THE N'OHFOLK WHKKLY NE\VS.JOt'RNAL. FRIDAY. .11 NK 30. 1)11. ! )
Ten Counties Tributary to Norfolk Yield
Vear in Farm Products Twelve Times as
the Gold ine Region of ill
At the banquet of the Norfolk Ad
club. given to ; i. ) ( ) traveling men. rail
road moil and business men on Fri
day night , Juno 211 , O. 1. . Carlson , cd
Itor of Carlson's Breeders Review , said
in part. speaking on the subject , "The
Country Around Norfolk : "
Tlio one weak thing in the develop
ment of our home territory lies In the
fact that NO do not know ourselves ;
that we liavo at host but a small un
derstanding of our possibilities ; and
that we know even less about the poll
upon which wo live.
Since they have confined mo to the
country around Norfolk , I am going to
( online this paper to our Immediate
country , that is to say to our present
trade territory In which wo have little
or no competition.
1 might , ami perhaps should , have
included Cumiiig county , for we have a
greater claim upon that county than
any other city , but if ono wants to
start something , all he has to do Is to
claim something which some oilier
member of Iho family claims , and you
are quite sure to get all that is coming -
ing to you , and Cumlng county is
claimed by Omaha , Sioux City and
Fremont , too , so it Is probably best
that wo keep out of their quarrel.
Now I am going to coullne myself
lo the ten counties of IJoyd , Kuox ,
Cedar , Wayne , Pierce , Antelope , Holt ,
Hoone , Madison and Stanton , a terri
tory aggregating 8,100 square mites , or
5,376,000 acres , and at present supportIng -
Ing a population of approximately
100,000 of America's best men , women
and children.
1 shall say nothing In this paper of
the territory extending Into Wyoming
on the west , or to the Black Hills to
our northwest , or of that part of South
Dakota lying south of the White river
to our north and which is rightfully
ours as a trade territory , for I was
expected to confine myself to the coun
try around Norfolk.
Neglecting Fertile Soil.
As a preface to future remarks , It
may appear strange to many of you ,
but it Is none the less a fact , that of
the 5,376,000 acres lying Immediately
around us , and practically every acre
of which is highly productive and eas
ily cultivated , only 3,336,000 acres are
or ever have been cultivated and made
to produce crops. We are not only
neglecting good fertile soil , but we are
not producing as much from the culti
vated portions as we might.
Every man present this evening has
probably heard It said , that if we say
a thing often enough we will not only
get to believe It ourselves , but we
will succeed in making others believe
it. You have probably read many
times that within the lllack Hills dis
trict could be found the richest 100
miles square in America , and most of
you believed it. The Black Hills dis
trict is a mighty fine country , peopled
with a mighty fine people , with a cli
mate unsurpassed and I shall say noth
ing this evening to take from them the
advantages that are rightfully theirs ,
but let us compare this famous 100
miles square with the ten counties 1
have named , and these ten counties
arc considerably smaller than 100
miles square to be exact they make
n territory but ninety by ninety-three
and one-third miles.
In this comparison [ shall use nc
street gossip no hearsay evidence-
but Instead I shall confine myself tc
llgures given us by the agricultural
department of our national govern
ment as to the actual products ol
these two districts. For three sue
cesshe years the annual product ol
the Black Hills district was about $3 ,
500,000 , and one year the banner yeai
for the Home-stake mine the entire
Wires All Burned Out.
Norfolk was cut off from the outside
side- world all of Monday forenoon
lightning having burned out dozens
of telegraph and Ions distance tele
phone wires. No connection with Om
aha was possible and as a result tin
Associated Press leased wire rnnninj
into The News office was out of com
mission and not a line of tolegrapl
matter was received for the noon edl
tlon of this paper.
Along with lack of general news
this meant also a lack of market re
ports.
It was thought a wire might b <
patched up to Omaha by 1 o'clock.
NEBRASKA BANK GUARANTY.
Secretary Royse Sends Notice of Firs
Assessment to Bankers.
Lincoln , Juno 26. Secretary Roys <
of the state banking board , from re
ports sent In from 658 state banks
llnds that there are $66,253.565.72 o
average dally deposits subject to tin
guaranty deposit law. As compute )
by Secretary Royse , one-fourth of
percent of that amount , to be levlet
dUtih't. | i i ludiiii ; live Mo > k , grain
fruit.- and - _ , ; . , produced almost
but ii'it ' quite , $ IJI . ) . ) . This is a
grand piodiii tlon of new wealth to be
created by such a district , and wealth
produced from the earth In any form
Is a ireation of wealth , a form of
wealth which never before existed ,
and well may the people of the Ulack
Hills point with pride to such a pro
duction.
75 Million Dollars a Year.
Hut what were we doing around
Norfolk at that time in the way of
producing new wealth ? Why , these
i n counties of which I have made
nu-ntlon last year produced In grain
and grasses alone $61,000,000. The
value of the live stock sold and ship
ped out of these ten counties exceeded
Rf.OO.OOO. . Our hens laid 17.000,000
dozen eggs , and these eggs alone sold
for $2,080,000. The poultry sold In
these ten counties was worth $1,200-
000. Our cows produced a little more
than 6,000,000 pounds of butter and
the butter , milk and other products of
the cow sold for $2,00't,0io. ' ) The dairy
and poultry products alone exceeded
the value of the products of the rich
est 100 miles square In America. Our
grains and grasses sold for about ten
times as much as the richest 100 miles
square in America , while our grains
and grasses and fruits and vegetables
and poultry and the live stock and
dairy products sold for more than $7.v
000,000 , or twelve and one-half times
as much as did all the products of the
Black Hills district.
If a mining district , or even an en
tire state , can boast of a mine with a
market value of three or four million
dollars. It is considered good business
to advertise the fact to all the world ,
while the value of the farms and live
stock of the ten counties around Nor
folk have a market value exceeding
$200,000,000 and yet very few of us are
aware of the fact right here at home.
The market value of our Madison
county farms and live stock will
amount to $23,000,000 and this one
county with only 576 square miles of
land 368,610 acres produced last
year In grain and grasses , live stock ,
poultry , eggs , butter , milk , fruits and
vegetables $7,000.000 , and yet it has
been advertised so little that few people
ple know there is such a county In
Nebraska.
Are we doing anything else out of
the ordinary ? Let us see. I have the
figures for only twenty-three years ,
but for the past twenty-three years
the ten counties around Norfolk have
taken first place In corn yield per acre
over any other like area in the corn
belt twenty-two times. Only in 1894
has it ever lost the position of firs !
I place , when It lost to the ten counties
In southwestern Iowa , known as the
Nishna district. In twenty-three yean
we have been first in the yield of oats
eighteen times and In the productlot
of wheat sixteen times.
Scientifically speaking , that wulct
makes this possible that which gives
j us a good crop when other parts o
the country produce but little or noth
ing , is found in the fact that the loess
soil district , which includes so inucl
of eastern Nebraska , and which i :
composed of a deep deposit of silt
clay and line sand , Is the prlnclpa
formation in these ten counties , am
Is In most places covered with a thli
deposit of sand or a sandy loam , serv
ing as a mulch to conserve moisture
This makes it possible for us to grov
a good full crop of grain with les
moisture than almost any other par
of the known world. It is now kuowi
that with good tillage , uniformly gooi
crops can be grown on such soils witl
an annual rainfall of sixteen Inches
as the first assessment under tin
new law , will net an Initial guarant ;
fund of $165,633.92. Subsequent paj
ments will bo made in similar amount
every six months for the next eigl
teen months. The assessment will b <
duo and payable July 1.
Tv/o Racers Are Injured.
Two race horses were injured am
all Norfolk race track stables except
Ing five stalls blown down , in Sunda ;
night's wind.
The horses Injured are "Dr. Jim ,
owned by C. D. Buster of Gallatln , Mo
and "Our Reaper , " owned by J. M. As
key of Norfolk. "Dr. Jim" was t
have been raced this season , but is s
badly cut on the foot that he will b
out of commission for the year. "Ou
Reaper" was not In training for th
track.
All other horses escaped serious Ir
jury , though they were bruised am
frightened.
The old pickle factory building o
South Seventh street , standing erupt }
was demolished by the wind.
The Miles livery barn was unroofei
and many big trees about the clt ,
and \ve get Mime ton nn lies more than
that every year.
The Soil of North Nebraska.
I believe that ( acts will beat me
out in the statement that no part of
the woild has made moie men and
families piosperous than this territory
around Norfolk. Thousands who came
into this district from fifteen to thirty
years ago with nothing but their health
and an ambition to make a homo for
themselves and their families are to
day worth In land and personal prop
erty from $15,000 to $50000 each
These mon have not only undo them
selves prosperous , but they have help
ed to make others prosp'-ious and
thb.v have made of this a land of plen
ty , a 'and of fine homos , go < ) : l fc.liocls : ,
elegant churches and altogether one of
the best countries In which to live.
No time will be better than this for
a brief study of the ogology of the
soil upon which wo live. In discuss
ing or analyzing the soils and rocks of
a country wo speak of the results of
i nature In causing a deposit of any
j kind to be deposited upon the earth's
surface as a formation. That we may
have a better understanding of the
soil of our own district I will make
I brief mention of the several forma
tions which wo find at the surface In
the different parts of the state. While
many different formations are exposed
within the state , those which have pro
duced the soil are few in number , and
I all of them are of recent origin. The
Niobrara formation is found along the
lower Niobrara river and along the
Missouri to near the east line of Dixon
county. This formation is also found
along the Republican river , and con
sists of chalk rock. The soils pro
duced by the decomposition of chalk
rock are light colored and not very
productive , but when mixed with an
abundance of humus , or vegetable mat
ter are quite productive.
On the top of the Niobrara forma
tion we find tho. Pierre shale or the
Pierre formation. This consists of
dark , slate colored or gravy -shale , and
is generally spoken of as soapstone ,
gumbo or blue clay. In breaking
down Pierre shale for soil we are giv
en a stiff , sticky clay , which is the
gumbo of Sioux , Dawes , Keya Paha ,
Boyd , Holt and western Knox coun
ties. This soil Is always very fertile ,
but requires more moisture than any
other of which we know , and is quite
often found containing alkali in ex
cess.
In the extreme western part of the
state , we find the Brule formation
overlying the Pierre shale. This
Brule formation consists oC a peculiar
shade of yellow clay , often quite harder
or stony In structure. The Brule clay
is very easily eroded , and forms the
typical "bad lands" of the west , some
times weathering into fantastic shapes ,
from which are formed all the buttea
of the west.
The Loup formation consists of the
large quantities of gravel , sand , silt
and clay washed from the mountains
beyond into western Nebraska and
covering the Brule formation. Most
of the soils west of the sand hills are
of this formation.
In ages past eastern Nebraska was
covered with an ice sheet in the form
of a glacier , and as this glacier was
pressed onward and forward it con
stantly dropped much material fn the
way of clay , sand , gravel and boulders
and this material was dropped in s
most uneven and unsystematic man
ner. This Is known as the glacial for
ination , and this formation remains al
the surface in several counties of east
ern Nebraska.
The Rich Loess Formation.
By far the most Important deposit
were broken down. A big birch Ir
the yard of Mayor Friday was snap
ped off.
A large plate glass at the Nebraskr
National bank was blown in at 3 a. m
First Golf Trophy is the Burton Cup.
The first golf trophy for the Norfolt
Country club , has been put up. It's
the Burton cup.
George H. Burton has put up a verj
handsome gold lined , silver cup whlcl
will be played for in a tournament
This season's winner will keep the eui
until next season's tournament for ii
is played. To keep the cup permanently
nontly , ono must win It three years It
succession. The name of each sea
son's winner will bo inscribed upon it
with the year.
George B. ChrUtoph , chairman 01
the sports committee , is now arrang
ing details for the tournament.
Dr. Bertha Ahlmann.
Dr. Bertha Ahlmann died at hoi
homo at 20S South Fifth street at ' .
o'clock Sunday afternoon from the effects
fects of kidney trouble , caused by r
runaway accident four years ago whet
el the state is that which covered
-nine of the Loup formation of the
vest and much ot the glacial forma
tion of the east , and which is known
as the loess formation. This forma
tion Is found at the surface in many
parts of eastern Nebraska , east of a
line drawn from .the mouth of the Nio
brara river southwest to Dundy coun
ty. It Is in the loess districts of the
world that we find the world's most
productive soils and It Is because of
this that I have at some length de
scribed the several formations of our
state.
No man lias yel boon able to demon
strate to a certainty the origin of this
loess drift. I have already said It
consisted of silt , clay and fine sand.
The silt would suggest a water origin ;
the clay would suggest a glacial or
igin , and the fine sand would suggest
a wind origin , and this is alt we know
about it. But whatever its origin , the
man or people who live upon a soil
composed of this loess formation have
occasion to feel that they are the fa
vored of the earth.
This formation' Is found In parts of
Germany and in the plains of the great
Hoang-lio or Yellow river of China ,
and it is in these two districts that
history records no loss of a crop as a
result of dry weather.
We are not only likely to overlook
the real worth of those things which
are with us and around us , but we are
just as likely in our investments and
in making the locations for our future
efforts to forget that agriculture is
more permanent in character than any
Industry of which we know. If cor
rectly tilled the soils around Norfolk
will be producing food for many many
thousands of years hence. This is not
an idle assertion , for we know that
the people of Greece are producing
crops on the lands around Athens
where Demosthenes tried the first re
corded agricultural lawsuit centuries
before the birth of Christ. They are
growing bettei crops today in England
than did the Romans upon the same
soil nearly 2,000 years ago. They are
producing better crops in most parts
of Europe today than they did upon
the same land before the existence of
an America was known to them and
they are growing just as good crops in
China at the present time as they did
upon the same land before the birth
of Confucius.
Norfolk's Opportunity.
The future possibilities of the coun
try around Norfolk Is beyond the com
prehension of men now living. The
ten countlea around Norfolk have a
total area of the kingdom ot Belgium
and the 11,300 square miles of Belgium
with a soil less fertile than ours is
supporting a population of 7,500,000.
The ten counties around Norfolk are
capable of growing all the food re
quired to sustain a population of 5-
,000000 people and give plenty of land
for homes , streets and parks.
The water power available at Nor
folk , from two rivers , will In genera
tions to come be worth millions of
dollars In manufacturing enterprises.
Not enough attention is given to devel
oping this now
In conclusion
If each and every one of us will do
our duty in helping to conserve the
fertility of our soil , in doing all we
can in real home building , in building
and maintaining good roads , and at
no time become careless about main
taining the present high standard of
our schools , the country around Nor
folk will forever remain one of the
most prosperous and progressive dis
tricts of America.
! she was making a call to treat one of
her patients. At that time she was
thrown from the buggy and ono kid
ney was torn loose. Since then she
had suffered continually. She grew
worse during the past two weeks and
Sunday afternoon she passed peacefully -
fully away.
Funeral services will be held from
the Christ Lutheran church at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Ahlmann was born at Braums <
berg , Pomerania , Germany , on April
11 , 1850. In 1868 she was married tc
William F. Ahlmann. To this union
nine children were born , of whom
three are living Arthur , William and
Charles , Mr. and Mrs. Ahlmann came
to the United States from Germany in
1878 and settled on a homestead in
Pierce county. In 1880 they came tc
Norfolk.
Frohloff-Tiegs.
At the Christ Lutheran church at S
o'clock Sunday afternoon , occurred the
wedding of L. W. Frohloff and Miss
Metta Tiegs. Rev. J. P. Mueller per
formed the ceremony , after which a
large assembly of guests were enter
tallied at n luncheon , Mr. Frohloff la
in employe of the Fair store niul Is
the non of Mr. nml Mrs. John Frohloff
if Rock Rnplds , In. , who were nrosont
it the wedding. The brlilo Is the
daughter of Mr. mid Mrs. Gottllobo
Tlog ? , retired frmnors living on South
Third street , nt whoso residence the
young couple will tnnUo their homo
for the present.
Hosklns Items.
The boys and \OUIIK men tite prac
ticing and making rendy for the
Fourth of July celebration In our vil
lage , which promises to bo on n scale
never before attempted In this vicin
ity.
Friday is the last day of our school
term , having extended rather far into
the hot season. Rumor has It that our
M heel directors have engaged for the
next school year four Instead of three
teachers , with a lady as principal.
Edgar Swnnson and wife will move
into the house now occupied by 12.
Ik-Inner as soon as Mr. Behmer's resi
dence In the north part of town is com
pleted.
Luther Swnnson. who is now at Ex
celsior Springs , Mo. , to renaln his
health , writes thai ho is rapidly Im
proving.
Before nnolhor month will have
passed we will have F. Sedorstrom In
our midst again. He Is at present so
journing in his native country , Swe
den.
den.The
The line residence of W. Welck ,
eight miles north of town. Is almost
finished.
After a long absence , Mrs. L. Ra-
mer , formerly Miss Llllth Foster , Is
visiting with her baby at the home of
her parents , Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Foster.
Edwin Scheme ] , who has been stay
ing here the past two weeks , part of
the time acting as depot agent while
Mr. Hager was absent , left Thursday
for Fordyce , where he holds a position
as agenf.
The Misses Margaret and Helene
Schemel and Dorothy Green entertain
ed at a lawn party at the Dr. Schemel
home In honor of the Misses Reed and
Moran.
Ewlnq.
Josie and Emma Sanders went to
Elgin Monday to attend commence
ment exercises of the Elgin parochial
school. Their sister. Miss Alys , Is one
of the graduates.
At the school meeting Monday after
noon M. T. Sanders , P. M. Conger and
lames A. Butler were elected trustees.
These with W. H. Graves , W. D. Bax
ter and A. Dahl comprise the entire
board. The estimated expenses wore
figured at)00 : ! , with the district in
splendid financial condition.
A large crowd of sweltering human
ity sought relief last Sunday along the
shady banks of Sievers' and Pickerel
lakes , but no great catches have so
far been announced.
Harry Loob visited over Sunday
with friends in O'Neill.
The John Berigan company shipped
in 500 head of steers from South Da-
kola Saturday and on Monday they
sold them again to Graver Bros. , who
tool ; them out to their ranch.
The baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Burk
Wood was operated upon at St. Joe's
hospital , Omaha , and is getting along
nicely.
A number of young people from At
kinson , Emmet and O'Neill were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Grady last
week.
William Beck is building a new res
idence on his place just south of town.
D. B. Huston , traveling for an east
ern hardware firm , stopped over Sun
day with his cousin , D. A. Huston.
Winifred Butler and Uldrikka Dahl
went to Omaha Tuesday as delegates
to a Sunday school convention.
Louie P. Firstenberg and bride , the
latter a sister of Mrs. Leo Wood , are
expected to visit in Ewing this week.
Rev. Father Rose drove to Spauld-
ing In his motor car last week , accom
panied by M. T. Sanders.
Fred Beck traded his 280 acres of
land near town for a 100-acre tract
said to bo very valuable In Monroe
county , la.
Miss H. Helen Lackey has returned
from college at Monmouth , III. , and
will spend her vacation at home.
Trenches are being dug on Main
street in East Ewing for the laying of
gas and water pipe. J. S. Weaverling.
S. W. Green and Contractor Davis are
each going to have gas and water in
stalled in their homes.
John Kay of Neligh visited his many
friends in Ewing Sunday.
Caesar Wunner of Stanton , a mem
ber of the firm of Wunner Bros , of
this place , was a guest of his brother
John over Sunday.
M. F. and Evan Morris of Wheeler
county , a brother and nephew of D. T ,
Morris , are paying him a visit and
will remain until after the Fourth.
Rev. Mr. Lackey of the United Pres
byterian church held an outdoor ser
vice Sunday evening on account of the
extreme heat.
Boardman Watson , formerly a trav
eling salesman but now a homestead' '
or In South Dakota , has been visiting
a few days with his sisters. Mrs. J. N ,
Kay and Miss Nellie Watson.
A camp mooting , It Is said , will be
held by the Free Methodist denomina
tion seven miles from Chambers , com
mencing July 7.
Mrs. S. E. Borden and daughter
wont to Battle Creek Thursday to visit
her sister. Her husband went down
on Saturday and accompanied them
home Sunday.
D. T. Morris is shipping eight cars
of hay which he has sold to Sioux
City parties.
Jack Hofer of Elgin and Louis Ko
ver of Newport were eacn ounday vis
itors in Ewing.
SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE.
Edgar Berry , an aged and respected
citizen of Armour , died.
The contract has been let for a now
$6,000 school building at Howard.
Congressman Burke may enter the
race for Gamble's seat In the senato.
Hans Quarnbprry has been given a
judgment of $8,851 against the city of
Chamberlain. Ho ued for damage *
because the city restrained him from
digging nn artesian well near his mill.
The Mndlson ehnutauqua opened to
day nnd will continue In session three
weeks.
Dr. P. II. Nichols of Honestoel has
dosed his ollloo nnd will practice lit
Omaha.
The Fourth of July celebration nt
Qeddes will bo featured by several
horse rnccs.
The board of education has let .the
( ant nut for a $4.000 school bulliTlng
nt White Lnkc.
Mrs. Tina Bossman , ngod S2 , a Ores-
ory county ploucor , Is dead at Fairfax
nftor n long Illness.
Madison has been troubled greatly
with tramps. Sixteen of thorn occu
pied the Jnll one night last week.
The annual Joint fnlr of Fall River
and CiiHter counties \\lll be held at
Buffalo Gap September 10 , 20 and 21.
James Bargasser died In Chamber-
lain. He was among the original pioneers
neers of Chamberlain and was 77
years of age.
The Canton camp meeting , under
Hie management of the Sioux Falls
district of the Methodist church , will
be held this year from July 0 to 16.
Hichnrd Muhler of Tmnn , la , was
overcome by fumes in a well nt Stnr-
gls nnd died within a few minutes nf-
lei being untiled to the top.
The lemalns of nn unknown man
were found In the ruins of the Mil
waukee warehouse at Chamberlain
which mysteriously caught fire nt mid
night.
Dr. H. A. Hartwlrh of Howard was
man led to Miss Myrtle Rosenbury of
Madison at the homo of the bride's
parents.
John Steft'es , a resident of Strool , S.
D. , died In an Aberdeen hospital as
the result of a knife wound received
in a quarrel in a butcher shop at
Strool.
During a quarrel over 25 cents Ben
Dotson lilt Bon Badger , a contractor
at Speartlsh , over the head with a
shovel , indicting - injuries that may
prove fatal.
Death from drowning In a slop pall
was the fate of the litlle 1-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Bailey at
their farm home a few miles north of
Watertown.
Nisland will offer a big free bar
becue as a Fourth of July attraction.
Fire at Lake Kampeska. the Water-
town summer resort , destroyed three
cottages.
Northern Tripp county crops were
considerably damaged by a wind and
hall storm.
While bathing In the Jim river near
ills home twelve miles north of Huron ,
Jacob Hugi , a farmer aged 3 ! ! , was
di owned.
The Yankton chantauqua will be
held the week beginning July 10 and
ending July 1 ! > .
Charles Sterr was killed near Wol-
say when he fell from a rapidly mov
ing freight train.
Mitchell will employ the Sioux City
guaranty plan to finance new enter
prises for that city.
O. H. Juckett of the Belle Fourche
National bank , has been eleclod cash
ier of the Farmers' State bank at Nis
land.
land.Gov.
Gov. Vossey reappointed R. S. Bas-
ford of Redfield insurance commis
sioner ; W. F. Bancroft ot Watertown
state game warden , and A. M. Cook of
Vermillion food and drug commis
sioner.
Rev. Frank Fox of Redfield , S. D. ,
died in a hospital at Des Moines , la. ,
where he had been taking treatment
for several weeks.
Jacob Bergen , a lumber dealer at
Nisland , will leave this week for Ruff ,
Wash. , whore he has business inter
ests and will make his future home.
Thorton W. Brisbine , for years a
resident of Yankton and at one time a
county judge , died suddenly In Minne
apolis. He will be burled in Yankton.
The contract for the now Butte
county court house at Belle Fourche
has been let to Phillips & Burke of
Leeds , who put in the lowest bid with
$34,820.
Congressman E. W. Martin met with
water users under the Belle Fourche
project at Nisland to investigate
whether the government project was
giving satisfaction.
DROPS OFF SKYSCRAPER.
But This Human Fly i * Cauqht by
Comrade and Life Saved.
Chicago , June 28. One of the hu
man flies , whose agility and lack of
nerves make skyscrapers possible , lost
his balance today and toppled from
the twentieth story of the new Heisen
building.
Ordinarily the foregoing statement
would present the story , but not so in
the case of Patrick Eustice , for there
was a hero at hand In the person of
John Murray , and Eustice probably
will be at work again tomorrow.
The latter toppled from a beam just
as scores of other structural Iron work
ers have done , and some of his com
panions did not even turn their heads
to see the mangled form which their
minds conjured up as lying on the
pavement below. Murray was work
ing on the nineteenth lloor and saw
Eustice fall.
He reached out and grasped the
falling man by the tough working-
man's blouse. He was not able to
hold the weight , but gave the descend
ing body a swing inward and the lat
ter landed on the eighteenth lloor on
a pair of cross beams.
Ho was bruised , but that was all.
Murray looked down , saw that all was
well , and resumed riveting.
Further Storm Damage.
Neligh , Neb. , June 28. Special to
The News : Reports from the wind ,
hall and rain storm Sunday night are
becoming more generally known since
the telephone service and main trav
eled roads are getting In better condi
tion.
tion.Within
Within three miles southwest of No-
ligh , on the farm of Wood Bros. , their
corn crop Is reported as damaged to
moro than $1,000. Columbus Penn ,
who has a farm In that neighborhood ,
tbat he had forty acres of line
nnts. being mnro Hunt two feet hlgli ,
thnt wna beaten Into the ground. "I'lio
corn on my place wa stripped , n welt
as other field * In Hint vicinity ; noth
ing wns left but n few Inchon of Iho
stocks , " he said.
A InrRp now barn belonging to Ar
thur McKtlllps wnu completely denial *
'Ulitul ' by the wind , Mr. MoKllllpn ro-
_ aides about nine miles southwest of
this place.
Wlnslde Storm Damage.
Wlnalde. Neb. , Juno i'S. Special to
The News : Wlnslde was vlsltod by n
t heavy rain Sunday night , doing eon-
, aldorablo damage , also some good ,
I About l.ooo feet of railroad track was
washed out.
The barn of Edward I'lrlch wno
struck by lightning and totally do-
strayed. Mr. IMrlch lost three horson
and a lot of grain.
Quite a number of bridge * and a lot
of fence was also washed nwny ami
destroyed.
Conl Dcnlcrs In Session.
Kansas City , Mo. , Juno 28. One
thousand delegates , from Iowa , No-
braskn , Kansas * , Oklahoma and Mis-
Houil attended the first annual con
vention of the Interstate Retail Conl
'Dealers ' association , which mot hero
today for n three days' session. The
question of securing legislation roqulr-
Itm railways lo weigh shipment ) * of
co.il nt It" destination will bo con
sidered.
Noted Indian Warrior Dead.
Darlington , OKIa. , Juno 2S. It wan
learned Jiere today thnt Left Hand
Fees of the Arapahoes died at Ills
homo near here , several days ago. Ho
was S3 years old nnd one of the most l
famous warriors of the early days of
the west. One of his most prominent
lights was the massacre of Major Joel
H. Elliott and nineteen men tiio day
General Custor fought the battle of
Washltak , near the present town of
Cheyenne , Okln. The bodies of the
slain men were not found for a week.
"Lost Child" Found.
Teknmnh. Neb. . Juno 28 The mys
terious "lost child" rase , which
wrought up the farmers north of To-
kamali , Is believed to have been solv
ed. It has developed that a new fam
ily named Carter had moved to a farm
across the ditch from the Elliott farm
a few days ago , which fact was not
known to the farming community of
the west side of the ditch. The Car
ters had a little child about the size
of the ono supposed to have been lost.
The child was absent from homo Sun
day afternoon a little over an hour ,
and this loads to the belief that II
crossed the ditch and wont over to the
Elliott home , whore it played with the
children , who , not having before seen
it , were led to believe that it wan
some strange child.
Lindsay Defeats Humphrey.
Lindsay , Neb. , June 28. Special , to
The News : Humphrey went down to
defeat Sunday at the hands of the
Lindsay team on the Humphrey dia
mond. This is the second time Lind
say has defeated Humphrey thin
spring , both times by the score of 3 to
1.
Laurel Defeats Winslde.
Wiuside , Neb. , June 28. Special to
The News : Laurel defeated Wlnsido
in a fast game of ball at Laurel , score
2 to 0. Batteries : For Wlnslde. Si-
man and Pomeroy ; for Laurel , Bw- ;
senger and Kemp. Hits : Laurel , 4 ;
Winside , 4. Errors : Laurel , 0 ; Win-
side , 5. Struck out : By Slman , 8 ; by
Bassenger , 7.
Niobrara Beats Verdlgre.
Niobrara , Nob. , June 28. Special la
The News : Niobrara won a victory
over Verdigre'a fast team on the Ver-
digre's fast team on the Vordisre
grounds. The score was 6 to 0 in fa
vor of Niobrara. Batteries : Vordl-
gre , Dunaway and Barta ; Niobrara ,
Mackoy and Barroll. The second nlnn
played with the Center team at Cen
ter yesterday. The score woo II to
12 in favor of Center.
A good shower visited this locality.
It was greatly needed and probably
saves the corn crop. A cool brooM
makes the atmosphere more endur
able after the torrid heat of the past
week.
Bassett Wins Again.
Bassett , Neb. , June 28. Special to
The News : Bassett ball team cronn-
ed bats with the Johnstown team o
the Bassett diamond and trimmed
them up to the tune of 1 to 11. Bat
teries : Bassett , Stoekwell and Curtis ;
Johnstown , Williams and Campbell.
Score by innings R
'Bassett ' 10050050 x 11
'Johnstown ' 000100000 1
Thus far Bassett has won nlno out
of ten games , only two of which have
been played on our homo grounds.
The team Is engaged to play Spring-
view on July 3 , nt Alnsworth , and
expects to meet a strong team.
Pierce 10 , Stanton 1.
Pierce beat Stanton yesterday after
noon , 10 to 1. Batteries : Pierce , Gore
and Plft ; Stanton , Seldol and Hoppur.
Hits : Pierce. 9 ; Stanton , 2. Errors ;
Pierce , 2 ; Stanton , 5.
No Rooting at Ball Game.
Tilden , Neb. , Juno 28. Special to
The News : Tilden won the game with
the deaf mutes by a score of 10 to 4 ,
In the first Inning the visitors started
at a lively gait and earned a run. But
after the homo team had succeeded
In piling up six scores the play wan
somewhat loose. A couple of errorn
on each side cost runs , but after the
middle of the game was reached , both
teams played snappy ball. Consider
ing the handicap which their infirmity
places upon the mutes , ono must ad
mit that their play Is littlu short of
marvelous. They appeared to get as
much fun out of the sport as their
more fortunate opponents who hnvo
' the full use of all their senses. The
' game was witnessed by a largo crowd ,
but was marked hy almost an ontlro
absence of "rooting. "