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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1910)
THE NOHFOLK WEKKM' NjOWSvIOUKNAh , FltiiMY , AUdl'ST 120 , 1010. FRIDAY FACTS. Dr. 11. T. Holden returned fron Oinuhu. II. A. Oldhum of Gregory WUH a vlt llor In tlio city. H < riniiii ItiuiHcli of Stanton WUH I lliu city for a Bliort visit with roll tlVCH. > Sheriff lloff of Pierce county Is 1 tlio city on husliiCHH. Mr. and MIH. AniHpoker of Sprint view arc In tlio city. A. Buchholz returned from a bus IIOHB trlii t Stanton. Miss Dorothy Rudat returned from visit with friends at Madison. Miss Leona C. Jones of Omaha 1 vlHltlng MTH. W. C. Ahlmann. Dr. and Mrs. C. . ) . Verges returne from an automobile trip to Stanton. . ) . W. Mc'Clury returned from Mad tion whore hu spent a day vlnltln with frli'iids. Mrw. T. W. ScJillllnKton of Ornah IH In tlio city visiting with Mrs. Ji uopli Pliant. Misses Clara Knnsch and Dor WIchert have gone to O'Nclll for week's vlKlt with relatives. John 1'llant of Missouri Is here , ha1 Ing been summoned by the Illness i tils hrother , Joseph Pliant. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones have n turned from a week's vacation whlc they spent with relatives at Lincoln , Mrs. Nettle Paxton , who has bee here visiting with Mr. and Mrs. U. 1 Hardy , has returned to her borne t Omaha. Horn , to Mr. and Mrs. A Sionki n BOH. A golf tournament was announce for this afternoon at the Countr club. Horn , to Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Grovi n daughter. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Wllllai Smith , a son. The roof of the high school bulldln IB being painted. Dr. W. H. Pllger has purchased IGO-acre farm near Nowlln , S. D. Howe's orchestra went to Stanto to furnish music for a dancing part ; Mrs. 13. Tobban of San Francise Las opened hair dressing and beaut parlors in the Bishop block. At a special meeting of the Eaglt Paul Nordwig was chosen as del gate to the grand aerie at St. Loui The Gollmar Bros , circus passe through the city over the Union Pi cillc enroute to Fullerton and otbt towns on that road. R. B. MeKinney , manager of th liHUhorn Life Insurance company wh has been conllned to his bed , is ngai able to be back at his desk. All members of the Norfolk Krli ger Verein are Invited to go to Stai ton Sunday. Those who go aree : pected to be at the hall at 12 o'cloc sharp Sunday. Mrs. O. H. Kaun , wife of O. I Knun , a farmer living north of th city , was operated on at Omaha o Wednesday evening. Her condition 1 reported as satisfactory. John Penny , a farmer near Norfoll has brought to town three stalks c corn measuring thirteen and a ha feet in height. The stalks are on e : blbition at the Sailer Coal & Gral Co. olllee. Paul Peterson , an employe of th Norfolk Transfer and Storage con jwny who sustained a broken toe o Thursday when heavy freight-acclden ally fell on him , is reported gettin along nicely. Mrs. A.V. . 13arge has gone to Cro ton. Mrs. Anugust Huebner of Hndr was in the city. Miss A. W. Glenn of Madison \va here calling on Friends. Miss Martha Miller of Hoskins w.i here visiting with friends. Miss Nellie Howard is spending week's vacation with relatives at Co rectionville , la. W. J. Smith , freight agent of tl ; Northwestern at Omaha , was In th city on business. Miss Maria Berger of Sheboygai "VVis. , who was here visiting with th C. F , A. Marquardt family , has r turned home. D. Uaunl is in New York City o business. He will visit Philadelphl : Pittsbiirg , Cleveland , Chicago an other cities. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Butterfield wer called to Davenport , la. , Friday evei Ing by avtelegram announcing the si rious Illness of Mrs. Butterfield's fi ther , A. P. Doe , of heart trouble. M Butterileld had only returned froi Davenport on Monday , at which tlm Mr. Doe was considered improvinj But the telegram Friday said that h bad had a backset and was in a si rious condition. A railroad ticket good from Hndn to Norfolk was found on the doorste of M. McCan Thursday mornlni The ticket had not been used but wo dated August 1C , which makes M McCan believe the purchaser becam tired of waiting for a train and ha "walked In. " T. E. Odlorne reports the sale ( the Swan Johnson residence on Hayc avenue to Thomas W. Norvell , M Norvell Is the father of Mrs. M. V Beebe and Is a prominent farmer ( Holt county. He will move to Norfoll W. N. Huse , editor of The New has been invited to serve as one < the vice presidents of the Omaha con mittee which will entertain Colom Roosevelt on the occasion of his vis to Omaha , Friday , September 2. The national reunion of the Ge man Landwehr Verein ( German so diers ) will take place In Omaha So ] tember 3 , 4 and 5. Fifty member of this society from Norfolk and thl vicinity have already made It know that they will participate in the r < union. Among the day's out-of-town visi ors In Norfolk were : H. M. Chrlstlai Ben , Plain view ; Jeanett Gutru , Nev man Grove ; Miss H. L. Norrls , Gran Island ; D. B. McLuugblln , Alliance William Krebs. Lamro ; D. E. Va Mlartcom , Madison ; Iva Vau Blaricou Madison ; J. II. Murnan. Lynch ; Mn A. Hall. Dallas ; 13. S. Stehhlns. Deri lur ; Dora Knott ; Illnlr ; H. J. Smltl Wakefleld ; M. K. ReeMin. West Point L. 12. Subln , Beatrice ; V. Chili Hughes , IlatUo ( "reek ; Anna I Hughes , Battle Creek. 1C. N. Vail returned from Fox HOHU Minn. , where he has a large farm. M : Vail reports but two Inches of rain I tlio vicinity of Fox Home since hu spring. HK ! wheat crop was small. In was Hiich good ijunllty that 11 brougl : $1.15 per bushel at the Mlnneapoll market. Kdward Pheil , the Hosklns plonee who died from cancer of the stomuc ) was laid to rest In the Hosklns cenn tery Thursday afternoon. Rev. M Aaron of the Hosklns Lutheran churc held services. Many relatives an friends from Norfolk and Stanton a tended the funeral. Mlllard South and Shortstop Krah of the Norfolk clerks' baseball teai went to Oakdale to play with the Oal dale team for a day. This make three Norfolk players that the Oal dale team has signed since the Kll horn Valley league was organizei Cillssman , the clerks' catcher , bavin been at Oakdale for some time. Teddy Oesterllng , 0-year-old son < Mr. and Mrs. William Oesterling , i suffering from an Injury to his rlgl foot. The youngster was playing ba when he accidentally stepped on a shar sliver with his bare foot. He did m tell his parents of his Injury unt the foot had swollen conslderabl ; The physician yesterday was unabl to locate the sliver but expects t take It out today. G. A. Anderson of Spooner , Wis. , ; moving his family to this city whei he will make his future home. M Anderson's brother lived In Th Heights a number of years ago. H was a carpenter. Mr. Anderson household 'goods arrived yesterda ; "The crop conditions In Wisconsin at very bad , " s.iye Mr. Anderson. "P < tatoes which were planted last sprln are just coming out of the groun now. There Is no tame hay. Wil hay shipped in Is selling for $18 pc ton. " Executors of the John Higman ei tatc , consisting of fifty acres locate on west Norfolk avenue , will not b able to divide the assets , should th property be sold now , until twent years from this date. In the will c the late John Higman , there is in thing which authorizes the sale c the estate. The eastern parties wh were here looking over the propert have left the state. O. P. Kinsey , formerly an employe of the Southern Pacific at Palisadi Calif. , but now with the Northwester here , is receiving his household good and will make Norfolk his honn Among Mr. Kinsey's property is double bicycle manufactured for us on' the tracks of a railroad. The mi chine arrived Thursday neatly crate and for some time after its nrrlvi employees at the Union Pacific di pot believed they were handling Hying machine. The bicycle , whlc is really two ladies' bicycles attache to each other , is quite unique , fitte out with brakes , and wheels of ligl material resembling much those ( a light handcar. SHIPPING IN COAL. With Rush of Fall Business , Car Shor age is Anticipated , Small shipments of coal represen ing the winter's coal supply are a ready entering Norfolk over the va ions railroads. One local dealer , t prevent last winter's threatened cos famine , has already laid in his wli ter's bupply. It is believed by rai road agents here that Norfolk peep ] will buy their coal early , while tli local dealers will do the same. If this is done Norfolk will be i no danger of a coal famine or e : perience any trouble such as tin from last year's car shortage. Grain is also being shipped on with the fall goods coming from th east , combined with the general bu iness picking up , in thirty days ther is no r.iieslion in the minds of railron men that cars will be hard to get. The Tripp country Is sendin through Norfolk considerable quant ties of stock and grain , but the fa shipments from there are expected t be heavy. The Bride Only 15. Neligh Leader : A prepossessin young couple appeared at the count judge's office Wednesday forenoo and requested a marriage Hcensi They gave their names ns James V Anderson , aged 24 , and Maggie Rako' aged 19 , both of Page. Afterward they were married by the count judge. In the afternoon of the sam day the parents of the girl came t 4 > ellgh and found their daughter an husband at the Atlantic nouse. The claimed that the daughter was but 1 years of age , and took her back horni threatening prosecution of the hu band for falsely certifying the age ( the girl to be 19. Three Men Are Burned. August Blade , proprietor of th Blade billiard parlors , is badly buri ed about the hands arms ; Martin La son. chauffeur of the Koyen autom bile garage is slightly burned aboi the hands and cut about the face , an I. M. Macy , former proprietor of th Macy Photograph studio , Is slight ! scorched about the hands and fac of the result of a five-gallon can ( gasoline catching fire from a mate on which Larson stepped when he we filling the can early this morning i the Koyen garage on North Flft street. Larson had let about a pint of tl : gasoline run on the floor and was tun ing from the pump located In th southwest corner of the garage , t load It onto the automobile of M Macy. At that moment he stepped c a match which bad been careless ] thrown on the floor , and immedlatcl he wax enveloped In sheets of Unmet The can of gasoline was burning fur ! oilsly , but the fact that there wer two hole * In the can , giving it plent ; ol air , checked an explosion. Three Men In Flames. Air. Macy ran to the telephone which Is located near the pump , am endeavored to turn In an alarm. HI clothing , however , was soon In flnnie and it was with difficulty that he e > tlngulshed the blaze with his ban hands. In the meantime Larson had throw ; a canvas over the burning gnsolln can and was dragging It Into th street where he collided with Blttdi whose clothing was soon in flana" He ran across the street where , enl ; after bis arms and hands were badl burned , the flames were extinguished Some Autos Scorched. A. Koyen , proprietor of the garngi was soon on the scene and with th aid of Fire Chief Millard Green ej tlnguished , the lire with chemicals The wooden wall In the cement garag was burning. A number of automc biles In the garage were slightl scorched. Among them was the heat tlfnl Plerce-Arrow of G. D. Butterfleld the fine Marion of Irvln & Melcher Blado's Mitchel. A Bell telephone wn also ruined. The buildings is owned by D. Roe and is not Insured. The damage don by the fire will amount to about $1 ( not counting the damage done to th automobiles , some of which were hue ly scorched by the lire. ABOUT CONCRETE PAVING. Sioux City Engineer Tells DIfferen Yarn to His Own Townspeople. A number of Norfolk business me are wondering why the Sioux Cit engineer declared In Norfolk recem ly that cement paving was past th experimental stage and is the comin thing. To the Sioux City council th engineer tells a different story. Th Sioux City Tribune says : "There is a marked disposition o the part of the city council to mak an extensive experiment with concert paving in the new work now bein planned for next year. An informs ] conference was held with City Eng neer Guynor following the councl meeting this morning and the quei tion of material was considered , in at dltion to the distribution of the ne\ work. "It was empnasized by the city eng neer that the concrete paving shoul be considered only as a temporary in provement and that the plans shouli lead to it being eventually used ns ; base for regular brick paving. Th economy of the concrete idea is on of the principal features cited in it favor , as a five-inch road dressing i said to prove sufficient for all ordi nary purposes. "Among the districts definitely slai ed for new paving are Jackson streel from Sixth to Fourteenth , Pierce fror Twenty-fifth to Twenty-ninth , Jer nings from Sixth to Thirteenth. Th West Fourth street paving which ha been used twenty years' Is due to b replaced and the plan is to have on good paved driveway In the region o Grandview park. " Carlson to Europe. G. L. Carlson , Norfolk's scientlfi horse breeder , in about a week wil go to France and Belgium , where h will study the breeding conditions o those countries. In Belgium he wil be joined by an interpreter whom h has already employed. Mr. Carlsoi has been swamped with hundreds o letters from European countries which are said to be far behind th United States in the horse breeding Mr. Carlson will not only study th general breeding conditions , but wil have numerous Interviews with th government officials of both Franc and Belgium , with whom he will fui ther Investigate the methods of breed ' ing. Hard at work in his office on Soutl Fourth street Mr. Carlsor is rapid ! ; approaching the last chapters of th new edition of his first book on scl entitle horse breeding. This book wil be of great benefit to colleges am professional men , while the first ed : tion was written more for the use o farmers. Seven thousand five hur dred copies of this book have alread ; been purchased by the breeders win attended Mr. Carlson's show liere i few days ago. They organized her and purchased the books , which the ; will distribute from nearly every stati in the union. The book will be fir Ished In a few days and with tha work out of his way , Mr. Carlson wil leave Immediately for Europe. This is not his first trip to the oil country , he says , and bis second tri ] there will be of great value to him. New Depot Comes Soon. Norfolk is assured of a new Unioi Pacific depot. Local Agent C. W Landers has received Instructions t notify some of the property owner on the road's right of way to look fo other quarters and make room fo the new depot , while other propert ; on the right of way has been condemr ed to make room for what is believe will be practically a new /relgh house. This Information was received yei terday from Mr , Landers who say there is no question In his mind tha his road will soon start operations o : the construction of the new depol One employe of the road reports tha the plans for the new structure wer In the hands of a railroad official few days ago. To a Norfolk business man Genera Manager A. L. Mohler of the Unio Pacific has written that the plan will be submitted to Norfolk to lee over. The time was not stated b ; Mr. Mohler , who says the proposltlo : must go through channels which ar Blow but cure. Grace Cameron In "Nancy. " Clrnco ( . iiiiu'ion. whose vaudevlll work with De Wolf Hopper and whos ilever musical comedy stunts In th original "Foxy Qulller" show made place for her on the American stagi came back to Norfolk Saturday nigh iind opened the new season with i play called "Nancy , wiltten for he by her brother , C. H. Kerr. Price were lower than for her former aj peainnces , which must be taken Int account In declaring that the show II self was not up to her former Mm : dards. At times In the play were llasbe of Miss Camei on's cle\erness and he singing of character tongs was et thuslastlcally applauded. Her chaiat ter work was nearly identical wltl her role in "Dollle Dimples" and sh sang a "Dollle Dimples" song eve again. The piny itself was not up t Miss Cameron's calibre on the stngt It was a weak make-over from i stereotyped model with n lot of It excusable coarseness In It. The con puny was fearfully weak. SATURDAY SIFTINGS. H. A. Haley Is In Cntcago on bus Mrs. Carl Albert of Hosklns wa in town. Miss Ella Huebner of Lincoln Is 1 the city. Sheriff C. S. Smith of Madison wa in the city. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lackey retun ed from Pilger. Henry Marquardt returned from visit at Hoskins. Mrs. Henry Miller of Hosklns wa a visitor in the city. A. C. Bradenberg of Battle Cree was here on business. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Pettlt of Wan erville were visitors In the city. Mrs. A. Wilsfy and her daughtei Mrs. McKim , ol Oakdale were here. Mrs. Eugenie Maxwell of Lincol is here visiting with the A. H. Veil family. Miss Nora Stevens of Peoria. Ill Is here visiting her sister , Mrs. E. y Huntington. M. J. Sanders has gone to Chadroi Rushville and Gordon on a week' business trip. Misses Marion Deitrich and Leot Leach have gone to Omaha for a vis ! with friends. Mrs. J. C. Stitt has gone to Cleai water where she will visit with Mrs Earl Harper , Misses Ida Hagel and Emma Raase' returned from a visit with friends 'a ' Hot Spring. S. D. Mrs. .1. A. Steele and son Rober Steele of Arlington , Xeb. , are her visiting at the L. B. Niocla home. Miss Zona McNutt of Ord , Neb. , schoolmate of Miss Maud Rees h Doane college , enroute to Plainvie\ \ for a visit with friends , spent las night at the D. Rees home. William G. Keehn , who has been as slsting Dr. McKim during the summei leaves for his home at Gresham , Neb today and will return to the Kansa Veterinary college next month to tak up his final year of study. B. D. Remy , superintendent of th schools of Monticello , 111. , was in th city yesterday to see Dr. McKim an other 'friends. Mr. Remy at one tim resided in Norfolk and clerked in th Spencer & Ovelman shoe store. E. B. Watson of Iowa City has at cepted a position here with J. C. Stit as draftsman. A carrier system will probably b installed in the Beeler Brothers ston A demonstration of the system is no\ going on at the store. U. S. Conn , the newly appointe president of the Wayne normal schoo passed through Norfolk. Mr. Con made a good Impression In Norfol ! upon the business men who met hiir Mrs. O : L. Hyde entertained a nun : her of lady friends last night at slumber party. Tents were provide and the slumberers enjoyed a treat c out-of-doors sleeping. Wallace Lyman who has been her acting as temporary district traffi chief nt the Bell telephone office i the absence of Walter Jones , has n turned to his home at Omaha. An Omaha man was fined $192 a Stuart Friday for shooting prairi chickens out of season. An Ontuh game warden was on hand to arres him when he returned from his hunt. P. M. Barrett , who has been confine to his bed in his apartments at tn B. T. Reid residence , is again abl to be at his place of business. Mi Barrett's physician has not yet detei mined whether Mr. Barrett is suffei ing from appendicitis or not. Sheriff Smith of Madison says th county saved about five days' boar bill on Joseph Teuton , the man hel in the county Jail for breaking into th Overrocker store some time ago. Tei ton gave up the idea of fasting am is now again enjoying his meals rem larly. He had not eaten a bite fo five days , says Sheriff Smith. Plalnview Wins Two Games. Plninview , Neb. , Aug. 22. Specif ) to The News : The Plain view ba ] team defeated the Royal nine on th diamond here by a score of 11 to ] The Antelopes were outclassed 1 every point of the game. Our boy played splendid ball and had the visli ors at their mercy nil through th game. Friday our team met the Rai dolph nine at the park. This gam drew a great crowd and it was wel contested for the first four innlngi The crack team from Randolph cei tainly met their match. Their slut gers failed to connect with Dunaway" curves , hut they made one single scor on errors. The visitors seemed to b surpised nt the fast playing of ou hoys and admitted that they were oul classed. Plalnview got seven score and Randolph one. Colome Man Injured. Colome Times : James Vyskocll wh lives on a claim five tulles east c Colome. was the victim of a seriou runaway last Saturday about nooi when m attempting to hook n loom line , climbing out on the tongue o his wagon to do so. his team of mulei ran away. Vyskocll was thrown U ( he ground , the wagon with the hay rack on. i mining over him. He win carried to the olllce of Dr. Klmbnll un conscious and apparently badly hurt An examination showed that one rll was caved In. another rib broken , tin left shoulder blade fractured and : deep gash In the back of 'his head He also lecelved a serious Injury t < the spine. After his Injuries had beei attended to , the Injured man was taken to the Simmons house In th < rear of the Implement and black smith shop , lormerly conducted by G C. Simmons , where he is now caret for by D. L. Nozlska and family urn doing as well as could be expected un der the circumstances. Clerks Defeated at Madison. Madison , Neb. , Aug. 22. Special t < The News : The Madison Imscbal team beat the Norfolk clerks on tin Madison diamond Sunday , the scon being 3 to 8. Woman is Injured. Colome Times : Mrs. C. A. Banti had her left leg broken just below tin knee Tuesday evening , when the horsi that she was holding took fright a an auto , tipped over the buggy am threw her to the ground. The acclden occurred at the Floete lumber yards Mr. Banta had gone to look over semi lumber , leaving Mrs. Bonta holdlni the reins , and it was during bis ab sence that the accident happened Mrs. Bantn was taken in an auto t < the home of Dr. Kirnball , where slu win remain for about two weeks be fore she can be moved. All Want Free Advertising. Orchard News : During the past fev weeks we have received enough politl cal announcements to fill half a doz en waste baskets , most of which wen accompanied by a letter starting ou something like this : "Anything yoi can do or say through the co'.umni of your paper to advance my candi dacy will be greatly appreciated , etc.1 It no doubt would , but we have louni that appreciations don't buy grocerie ; or pay the coal dealer. You will havi to offer better inducements. Homestead Fake Plans. Dustin. Neb. , Aug. 22. Edito ; News : The preceding articles 01 homesteading related more to the lion est and industrious homesteader whose intent is not to shirk honest la bor , but to cultivate and Improve hli land and give value received to t"nel ( Sam in return for real estate and i home. This article will deal with the fal ; < homesteader , man or woman , marrie < or single , who tries to cheat the govern ment , or who comes as near as the law will let him. and not lose his rlgh or land in the federal courts on charg < of collusion or intent to violate th < homestead laws. The least of these offenders is tin homestead bum , the rural hobo , win does not really understand his obliga tloiis , but wants a piece of land free without paying the required price- self-denial and hard labor. He doei not know there is such a thing at thieving from his government. He is simply following a lazy , sluggish in stiuct. untrained and ignorant , to ge something for nothing. That he owes his country a debt for furnishing bin land never enters his mind. Amoiif these rustic bums are as many womei as men and they are usually unmar ried. A homestead bum files on r piece of land and puts up a shanty In size and workmanship the pattern o : a large dry goods box standing em up. It will barely hold a cot , a chaii and a mimic stove for frying eggs ani pancakes. But few meals are eater in the shanty. The bum does a day's work here and there , eating and sleep Ing with the neighbors , catching rides to town , and enjoying himself at in tervals by the day or week. One of these women fakers filed 01 a homestead in Brown county a fev years ago. Time went on. The "drj goods box" held down the land. / few seeds were planted each spring A man was hired to plow twenty-fw acres or more. He ran a furrow th < required length , , skipped five rods 01 more , and plowed another furrow Seed corn was listed in the row. Sh < let the place to pasture to the man for putting up two rows of wire fence on two sides. She expects him t < swear on the day of final proof thai she has so many acres "under cultiva tion" and so much invested In I in provements. She Is bright and physl cully strong , able to earn , clear , froir $30 to | 45 per month , the net inconn of which she could invest in improve ments. But she dawdles away hei time , coming and going to town , eat Ing off the neighbors , and has not spent enough in three years to pay foi her living on the claim a solid month She stays all night in the shanty onct or twice in several months. She it fighting contest suits , bumming hei way as much as a railroad hobo , am keeping industrious applicants fron improving the land. Men Fakers , Too. There are men today in Nebraska able bodied , good natured , well inten tioned fellows , who live the same lif as the women fake homesteader , ant who spend their small calibre assld lously planning how to get along al the least possible expense and how to avoid performing honest labor They are not built on a model bit enough to defraud the public like s Morgan or n Rockefeller , but they de liver the goods In Intent as far as theli meagre abilities and laziness will al low. They get a meal and lodging wherever they can and debit it to expense ' pense account. Another lady homesteader has h ld down her claim for four and one-hull years , by moving onto the land u shuck not much bigger than a pint piano box. She has never planted i garden , built n fence or put up a build Ing She has eiirned Hovorul hundrot tlolliurs touching school and working for her father In the meantime. Slu has eaten , slept , worked mid lived un der her father's roof not staying 01 the claim more than ono night In sb months or a year. Not a cowtruck cat be neen on the place. She Is holdlm down a Klnkald tMO acres , that can not be farmed , but can be used foi hay and pasture. The demands of tin Klnkald law are that the homestead er live upon his land , make it his home and cultivate the soil. In sandy re glens especial stress Is laid upon ful filling the home claim , and great latl Hide Is given to the unmarried woman who must earn her own living. Slit can go away to teach or work by tlu week , but she must Improve her ' 'lain with at least a part of the money ant spend enough time to assure the gov eminent of her intent to maintain i home. In brief , the author of tin law says , "Home Is where you eii' ' and sleep and get your washing done It Is the Intent that governs all doubt ful cases. " The law makes except lorn in the case of Illness , lire , accident ! and storms destroying crops. The Rustic Rockefeller. A more serious offender Is tht old style cattleman , not extinct , hu thriving now and then In Isolated ro glens , a monopolist of the sandhills a Rockefeller of the prarlrles , wh < preys off his kind , who knows the law and who uses his sharpened Instinct ! to keep out of the clutches of that law He wants all the land and water ant trees and skies he can see or get ai option on. He bluffs his less knowing neighbors into believing be owns tht earth. He gets hold of the lands bj no right or title , but by ncfnrloin methods , that if known would lant him in state's prison. He leases Inm that does not belong to him. Ho selh hay that is not his to sell. He get ! friends and relatives to file on land they never Intend to settle on. I some honest settler brings u contes and wins the suit , he begins a seriei of petty persecutions , calculated t < discourage , starve or drive the home steader out of his dominion. One rural monopolist was caughi turning his herd at night upon eightj acres of ripened corn that belongei to his successful contestant. Thai field represented the settler's cash nc count for the year. He had left r few cows. Every now and then one was missing. One of his horses got the habit of wandering away and was found with its neck broken in a gulcl among the hills. When the gardei was ready to yield its cash account in tomatoes and potatoes at $1 pei bushel. Rural Rockefeller's bogs would be sure to swoop down upon the fence tear it down and devour the prbducl of the homesteader's labor. By the third or fourth year , the settler is us ually ready to sell or abandon his. right to Rustic R. , for he has despair ed of catching or punishing this vi clous offender , who often works through a middleman in such a way as to save himself from the law. And just as the real Rockefeller finds public opinion bis friend and the law his protector , this prairie magnate is held in high esteem , and great feat by his neighbors. Not a man even ! i victim will complain publicly. But all in private tell of his misdeeds anil depredations , and look in vain for n catspaw to pull their burning chest nuts out of the fire. Life is the saint in the sand hills or in Ohio , the birthplace of presidents and political leaders. Human nature is the same among the gulches of the Niobrani ajid Wall street and the city ball in Chicago. In the city protected monop olists defraud their brothers of mil' lions. In the sand hills , an intrench' ed magnate steals a quarter of hay holds a claim illegally , butchers hie neighbors beef at night and hides it in the sand , or when eggs are high , puts in four rotten eggs to the dozen , and mixes tallow with bis butter. Rosa Hudspeth. The Neligh Races End. Neligh , Neb. , Aug. 22. Special to The News : Saturday , the last day of the Neligh race meet and baseball tournament , was fully as well attend' ed as that on Thursday , which was not expected. There were three daye of excellent weather for all the events , and the many visitors who had the pleasure of attending this meet ex pressed themselves as being well pleased with the races and ball games , All credit is due to the local president , M. B. Huffman , Secretary W. W. Cole and J. W. Splrk and Joe McCalg for the success financially of the closing event. All business houses closed each afternoon from 2 to S o'clock. The program of the races given Sat urday were those that were scheduled for the opening day. Bonnie B. won the 2:20 : pace In straight heats , with Brunswick B. second. The Shade On futurity for 2-year-old trotters and pacers was a drawing card In Itself. Following Is the summary of the races : 2:20 : race , purse $300 Bonnie B. , b. g. . . ' 1 1 1 Brunswick B 3 2 2 Prince L. , ' s. b 2 3 3 Prince L. , s. h 2 3 3 Winsor Walnut , b. s. ) G 4 4 Basco , b. h 4 5 5 Time : 2:1S : > 4 , 2:15Vj : , 2:1G. : Shade On futurity for 2-year-old pac ers , one-half mile , purse $200 Shadulirie 2 1 1 Mooch On 1 3 2 Queen On 3 2 3 Time : 1:23 : , 1:23 : , 1:22. : Shade On futurity for 2-year-old trot ters , one-half mile , purse $200 Jennie G 1 1 Seal On 2 2 Time : 1:50 : , 1:59. : Running race , one-half mile , purse $ fiO : Marshall Dun first. Nettie C. second , Baby D third. Time : 51 i. A 12-lnnlng Ball Game. The baseball game between Oakdule and Elgin for a purse of SCO was the best exhibition of the national game Old Dutch Cleanser IrvThc Farm Kitchen. It the grrattsl bclp and convenience , If Cleansf Scrubs , Scours , Polishes. I'ots , kettht , jmnt , boilers , sinks and jlat-ironif rni/fc / jMiils and teHinttor > f woorf floors , etc. , eatier , quicker and better. Some cleaners are harmful. Avoid caustic and acid. Use this One bandy , all-'round cleanser for all your cleaning a time and labor saver throughout the house. TO CLEAN FLOORS-- Wood , Linoleum or Stone Wet sprinkle with Old Dutch Cleanser and rub with mop or scrubbing brush ; then mop with clean water. This will give you quick , unusual and most siti - factory results , \ LARGE SIFTER CAN during the three d.iys. It took twelve- innings of mighty hard work to de cide the content , anil it waanybody's victory until the last man was out. Oakdale had the best of the argument all the way through , and it was tlio excellent support rendered the ICIgin pitcher at critical times Hint the game was made interesting. Following i the score by innings ; : Elgin 00100000010 0 2 Oakdale . . .00000010010 2 4 Batteries : Elgin , Ffaiik McKay and Cole ; Oakdale , Albert McKay and Gllssmaii. Struck out : By Elgin. 5 ; by Oakdale , 14. Hits : Elgin. 4 ; Oak- dale , 12. Errors. Elgin. I1 ; Oakdale. 2. Umpire. Nick Melick of Neligh. Long Pine's New Park. Long Pine Journal : Last Saturday was the opening day at Amusement park and many people from this and neighboring towns payed their first visit to the park. All the work 1ms not been completed as the manage ment were unable to secure necessary help to put on the finishing touches before the opening date. Tue balance of the work , however , will he pushed rapidly. The grounds are nicely light ed with electricity , as are also all the buildings : . Large numbers of people may be found at ail hours of the tiny enjoying the pleasure afforded by the mammoth plunge. This bath house which has been built at a big expense is one of the finest to be found anywhere and is certainly greatly appreciated by the large crowds which visit the same. Everything possible has been and is being done for the comfort and pleas ure of guests , and already the place has gained much popularity from people ple for hundreds of miles around. A big slide is to be found at one end of the building and this adds much for the amusement of visitors. The water in the plunge is kept at the same temperature by a large boiler which was installed for heating pur poses. No crowd is too large to bo accommodated and a number of big events are being planned to take place before the summer season closes. Carrie Smelled a "Skunk. " Columbus Telegram : The original and only Carrie Nation was , In Colum bus this morning. She arrived on a late train lust evening , and left on the early freight for Albion , where she will deliver a chautauqua address this afternoon. Carrie had to wait awhile at the depot while the trainmen wore gf'tting the Albion freight ready for action. Only n few persons on the platform were aware of the presence of the celebrated woman. She had been the guest of the Merldan hotel for the night , and Landlord Todenhoft ac companied her to the depot. Carrie appeared uneasy. She sniffed the morning atmosphere suspiciously , and pounded the platform with her um brella. "I smell a skunk ! " These were the first words spoken by Carrie. "I smell a nasty skunk , " she repeated. "Ah , there It Is , " she shouted , pointing tea a cigarette between the lips of n young man In the crowd. And then the young man got a Ice- lure. Carrie told him that a cigarette was the most filthy thing that a white man could put in his mouth. She further told him that If he would fol low the trail of cigarette smoke every day , he would discover that It leads either trt the penitentiary , the asylum or the grave. As far as can be lenrned Cnrrlo did not visit any of the Columbus saloone , and never unsheathed her hutchet while In the city , except when she smollud the skunk. [ \