Columbus Journal
STROTHER & STOCKWELL, Pubs.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA
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Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Reader.
Washington.
When the national republican con
vention meets in 1912 there will be
one name before it. William Howard
Taft. predicted Chauncey M. Depew,
former senator from Xcw York, to
the republican club in his first public
utterance since the election of his suc
cessor. Reciprocity with Canada, and a
farmers' free list, it was decided at
the democratic caucus will be the leg
islation taken up in the order named
by the present house of representa
tives. The woolen and cotton sched
ules, according to present indications
will follow.
To prevent foreign countries buy
ing second hand armor and arms
which have been discarded by the
United States. Representatie Moore
of Pennsylvania introduced a bill and
also a joint resolution requiring that
such condemned arms or armor "be.
mutilated so as to render them harm
less as instruments of wartare or
violence."
President Taft granted clemency to
three men convicted of federal of
fenses. Thaddeus 1. Potter, of Port
land. Ore., convicted of complicity In
a conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment of public lands and who had his
sentence of six months and a fine of
$500 commuted a few weeks ago. to a
line of $50 and costs, was relieved by
the president from payment of the
costs which amounted to $2,000.
Francis W. Taylor of Chicago, a
real estate operator, who reecntly
was a member of the board of alder
men from the famous Twenty-first
ward, has been appointed private
secretary to Secretary of the Treas
ury MacVeagh, and will begin his du
ties April 20. Secretary MacVeagh.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher,
Secretary of War Dickinson and the
late Solicitor General Bowers lived in
the Twenty-first ward.
General.
The country's trade movement Is
slow, but the future outlook is bright.
Senator Depew says that Taft is
sure to be renominated for president
Fifty men and boys lost their lives
In a coal mine near Scranton. Pa., by
lire.
The government crop report caused
the price of wheat in the Chicago mar
ket to go up.
Government troops after stubborn
lighting defeated the Arab rebels near
Sanaa, in Yemen, killing more than
a hundred.
Major Charles H Devereaux. U. S.
A., was found dead in bed in his
home on the Fort Thomas military
reservation.
Persons from all sections of the
country and of all creeds are contrib
uting to the Cardinal Gibbons memo
rial hall fund.
The American Implement company,
Chicago, raised its capital stock from
$10,000,000 to $50,000,000 and filed the
necessary certification with the sec
retary of state at Springfield.
Chas. D. Morton, former secretary
to President Taft, has been elected
vice president of the First National
bank. New York.
Women are to be given an equal
chance in the police department of
Seattle in positions now held by de
tectives, desk men and patrolmen.
A bill changing the date of presi
dential inauguration to the last
Thursday in April has been intro
duced in the house by Representative
Henry.
.John Hays Hammond has filed a
formal plea of not guilty in the suit
brought against him by .1. Sully for
$1,500,000 damages for conspiracy to
defame
Senator Martin of Virginia, at the
democratic senate caucus was select
ed as permanent caucus chairman
and minority leader during the pres
ent congress.
One hundred and forty leading citi
zens, including many women, were
appointed by Mayor Gaynor as a com
mission to arrange for a safe, sane
and patriotic celebration on July 4.
Judge Walter H. Sanborn, senior
United States circuit court judge.
Eighth judicial district, in an exhaus
tive opinion handed down decided the
Minnesota rate cases against the
members of the Minnesota state rail
road commission.
Dr. B. Clark Hyde, convicted of
murdering the Swopes at Kansas City,
was granted a new tr'al.
Persons from all sections of the
country and of all creeds are contri
buting to the Cardinal Gibbons memo
rial hall fund.
Bids were opened at the Chilean
legation at Washington for the con
struction of one battleship of 26.000
tons of the Dreadnaught type.
The budget committee of the Rus
sian Duma has approved the grant of
$75,000,000 for the construction of
warships and naval works for the
Black sea.
The health and sanitary condition
of the maneuver camp at San Anto
nio. Tex., are excellent.
John Callahan of Wichita, Kas., con
victed of receiving stolen postage
stamps, arrived at the federal prison
at Leavenworth.
Frank L. Dutton or Augusta. Me.,
has been appointed receiver of the
Eon Air Coal and Iron company, a
Maine $5,000,000 corporation.
Mrs. Losan A. Swope, now in Cali
fornia, says she will return to Kansas
City for the trial of Dr. Hyde, but will
spend no more money for srecial
prosecutors.
Pennsylvania eight-hour law has
been declared unconstitutional.
Congressman Norris was placed to
his saitsfaction on house committees.
The cofferdam surrounding the
wreck of the Maine has been com
pleted. Judge William S. Kenyon was elect
ed United States senator by the Iowa
legislature.
Mexican rebels are accused of hold
ing Americans captive in a town of
i Lower California.
Senator Lafayette Young made a
speech in support of the commission
form of government.
A tornado which devastated Okla
homa and Kansas killed twenty-three
and injured a hundred.
Dr. Gomez, of the revolutionary
junta at Washington, is moving act
ively for peace in Mexico.
According to the court of commerce
Canadian reciprocity is not affected
by the favored nation clause.
If congress adjourns during the
spring months President Taft will go
to Texas to watch the maneuvers.
A bill has been introduced in con
gress providing a "children's bureau"
for the department of commerce and
labor.
Canadian reciprocity and farmers'
free list bills were introduced in the
house on beehalf of the democratic
majority.
The Nebraska railway commission
has announced the physical valuation
of the Rock Island system in Nebras
ka to be $10,000,000.
National negro democratic executive
committee has called a convention for
Indianapolis. May 17. to formulate
plans for the 1912 campaign.
New Mexico lands, aggregating 576,
064 acres, have been withdrawn from
all forms of disposition by President
Taft on recommendation of Secretary
Fisher.
The story that General Hector Mac
Dcnald, British general, reported to
have committed suicide years ago, is
drilling troops in China is authori
tatively denied.
After a search of two years secret
service men arrested Harry B. Porter
in Denver and charged him with mak
ing the best counterfeit silver dollars
ever circulated in this country.
Mrs. Sereno E. Payne, wife of Rep
resentative Payne, father of the pres:
ent tariff bill, is in a serious condi
tion at her home in Washington, suf
fering from nervous prostration.
M. Cruppi, in his maiden speech as
minister of foreign affairs in the
French senate, refuted the pessimistic
criticisms by Senator Alden Guan de
Villaine, who asserted that France's
foreign policy was decadent.
A Mexicali (Mcx.) dispatch says:
General Stanley Williams hurled his
little battalion of rebels against
Colonel Miguel Mcyet's 500 main reg
ulars on the mesa five miles south of
Mexicali. Eighty insurgents went into
the fight; 20 returned from the battle
field. Seeing his wife riding in a buggy
with William E. Hagan. a wealthy
flour dealer of Kansas City, in Inde
pendence. Mo.. John Bramhall, an at
torney and claim agent for the Metro
politan Street Railway company, fired
twice at Hagan with a shotgun. His
victim is dead.
The warden of the Wyoming peni
tentiary has tendered his annual re
port to Governor Carey. It shows
there are 251 convicts at the state
pen. This means that approximately
one person out of every 615 persons
in the state is a convict, there being
about 155,000 inhabitants in Wyom
ing. What secret service men believe
was an extended plan to flood the
middle west with counterfeit gold
coin has been discovered in Kansas
City. M. R. Little and Charles De
Vaul have been arrested charged with
passing counterfeit eagles and double
eagles.
At New York in the presence of
many women and children whom they
had rescued, twenty-four women were
presented with medals for brave work
in 1910-11. Mayor Gaynor in present
ing the medals, said the New York
fire and police departments were the
best in the world.
One hundred bills were offered but
only 15 went through the Nebraska
legislature affecting the railroads.
George W. Critchfield, the Ameri
can who was shot from ambush sev
eral days ago at his ranch near Tux
tan. Mexico, died from his wounds.
Braving the chilly winds and drizz
ling rain and immense throng, vari
ously estimated from 150.000 to 200.
000 stood in the streets of Cleveland
and paid silent tribute to the memory
of Tom L. Johnson as his body was
conveyed from the family apartments
to the union depot, en route east for
burial.
Personal.
Congress, it is said, faces a storm
session.
Secretary MacVeagh is an advocate
of a civil pension list.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, for a time ser
iously sick, is rapidly recovering.
Tom L. Johnson, ex-mayor of Cleve
land, died after a protracted illness.
Stephen Crawford, candidate foi
mayor of Alton. 111., has deposited $2.
400 as forfeit if he fails to close sa
loons on Sunday if elected.
Mr. Roosevelt has about completed
his long trip to the west and north
west. Members of the Nebraska legisla
ture got through with their labors on
the 10th.
The president may place the re
sponsibility of admitting Arizona on
congress.
Four leaders of a black hand gan
in Newark. N. J., have been sentenced
to seven years in prison.
Martin C, Breen, of the wholesale
liquor firm of Breen & Kennedy, was
found dead in the hallway of a Chica
go apartment building.
Th" German governor, with others
was killed by natives of the Carolines
Senator Norris Brown has asked
for a boost in committee chairman
ship.
Reports from the bedside of Tom L
Johnson of Cleveland are that he can
live but a short time.
An attack of grippe has sent Rep
resentative Latta of Nebraska to his
home in Tekamah. Neb.
Governor Hadley of Missouri has
feigned the bill giving the railroac
commissioners power to fix express
rates and establish free deliver?
zones.
FIGHT ON OWN SOIL
CONFLICT MUST BE CONFINED
TO MEXICAN TERRITORY.
SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN LIFE
President Notifies Authorities that
War Must Not Get Over the Rio
Grande.
Washington. President Taft is de
termined that battles between Mexi
can federalists and insurrectos shall
not be fought on American soil. He
is equally determined that the lives
of American non-combatants shall
not be endangered by the forces of
President Diaz and those of General
Madero. Future combats between the
rebels and the forces of the Mexican
government must not be fought out
so close to the American line as to
put in jeopardy the lives and proper
ty of Americans.
Through the state department the
president notified the Mexican gov
ernment that it must see to it in the
future that no such unfortunate inci
dent as that of Thursday at Agua
Prieta. near Douglas. Ariz., when two
Americans were killed and eleven
wounded, be allowed to occur.
Through the war department and
through the department of justice the
president sent the same sort of warn
ing to the leader of the insurrectos
at Agua Prieta.
The view was expressed at the
White House that these warnings will
be obeyed to the letter and that no
more battles will be fought in the
vicinity of the boundary.
Neither the president nor any of his
advisers whom he called into consul
tation, was inclined to regard the in
cident at Agua Prieta as a forerunner
of anything more serious, but they did
conclude that it must not be repealed.
President Taft feels that his order
sending the troops to Texas has been
entirely justified by the developments
of the last few days. He is more cer
tain than ever that conditions in the
southern republic are. to say the least,
alarming. He is hoping that there
will be no need for any further move
ment to the south, but if there should
be he knows that 20.000 American
troops are near the Rio Grande and
that on that river and the Mexican
border itself "is already a force that is
not insignificant.
An attack on Juarez, just across the
border from EI Paso, seems impend
ing, and consequently, the commander
oi the Department of Texas is charged
with the responsibility of seeing that
the city of El Paso is not endangered.
In California the city of Calexico faces
the Mexican town of Mexicali, in the
vicinity of which considerable fighting
has occurred recently.
The war department received a re
port from the commander of the De
partment of Colorado. It said the
American forces offered no interfer
ence in the battle, but one United
States officer, upon request of the fed
erals, crossed the line and endeavored
to induce the remainder of the fede
rals to cease a useless fight.
EDWARD I. CUDAHY TO MARRY
Son of Chicago Packer Will Wed
Miss Brewer of San Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal. A marriage
license was issued Thursday at the
town or Redwood, near here, to Ed
ward I. Cudahy. member of the
wealthy packing firm of Omaha and
Chicago, and Miss Leonore Brewer,
a society girl of Hillsborough. San
Francisco's fashionable suburb. The
marriage, it is said, will take place
in San Mateo on April 25. The couple
intend to make their home in Chi
cago. MADERO'S ARMY ON THE MOVE.
Casas Grandes to Be Invaded by the
Chihuahua Insurgents.
El Paso. Tex. Private advices
from Pearson, Mexico, verify the re
port that Madero's army i.s moving
on Casas Grandes. The army ar
rived in Madera Saturday night, and
is expected in Casas Grandes Tues
day or Thursday. It is believed the
insurrecto forces are marching over
land upon the city they once tried
to take.
Ask for McVeagh's Removal.
Washington. Pa. William F. Tem
pleton post No. 20, G. A. R.. adopted
resolution calling upon President Taft
to request the resignation of Secre
tary of the Treasury Franklin Mc
Veagh. localise of his speech at Phila
delphia, in which it is charged he
critized tne present pension system.
Scuthern Author Dead.
New York. George Cary Eggleston.
author of civil war and southern
stories, died Friday of a complication
of diseases at the home of his son in
this city.
Rule to Stop "Fake Speeches."
Washington Representative Clark
of Florida, during debate Friday serv
ed notice on his colleagues that there
would be no more "extension of re
marks" or "lcae to print" undeliver
ed speeches in the Congressional
Record, a popular outlet when debate
is limited, during the sixty-second con
gress. It is understood that a rule
will soon be devised to govern the
wholesale printing of speerhes in the
official daily publication. The senate
allows no speeches to be publ'eiied
that have not been delivered.
Ambassador Hill Resigns.
Washington. David Jayne Hill of
Rochester. N. Y.. ambassador of the
United States to Germany, has re
signed his post. The resignation has
been accepted by President Taft.
Neither in Mr. Hill's letter of resig
nation nor in the president's letter
of acceptance is any reason given for
the ambassador's action. The presi
dent thanks Mr. Hill for his services
at Berlin and says that he is glad to
know that he will remain there until
July 1. when the resignation goes
into effect.
ALL OVER NEBRASKA
Cass County Mortgas Record.
Cass County During the month ol
March in Cass county there were filed
for record in the office of Registrar of
Deeds Snyder 50 farm mortgages, the
amount of mortgage indebtedness ag
gregating $243,494. There were 38 re
leases filed, the amount being $130,
769. Extra Pay for Marble Contractors.
Seward County. The Drake Mar
ble & Tile Co. of St. Paul. Minn., sub
contractors of Marx & Rokhr, contrac
tors for the erection of the Seward
county court house, who sued the
county for $800 and interest for ex
tras, recovered $43 in the district
court.
Two Golden Weddings.
Jefferson County. Two golden wed
dings of unusual interest occurred
recently. The first golden wedding
anniversary took place at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Rich, five
miles northeast of Fairbury. and the
second was that of Mr. and Mrs. John
Harris.
Seward Couple Is Acquitted.
Seward County. After being out all
night the jury in the case of the
state against David F. Dougherty and
Frances M. Young, uncle and niece,
tried on a statutory charge, returned
a verdict or not guilty. The couple
was brought back from Illinois some
mouths ago by Sheriff Gillan.
Hobart Appointed Judge.
Lancaster County. Governor Aid
rich announced the appointment of
W. R. Hobart of Mitchell as judge of
the newly created Seventeenth judi
cial district. This district, created
by the judicial reapportionment bill,
comprises Banner. Scottsbluff, Deuel,
Garden and Morill counties.
Smothered in Sand Pit.
Adams County. An accident which
cost the life of one man and nearly
two more happened at the sand pit
at Brickton. just south of Hastings. A
slide of sand partially buried two men
and completely buried one other and
before he could be dug out was dead
from smothering. The name of the
victim was Frank Hildehrand.
Judge White Wins Out.
Saunders County. By a decision of
the Nebraska supreme court Judge
P. P. White, democrat, is declared the
duly elected county judge of Saunders
county after an exciting contest.
Judge Palmer, who was elected on the
face of the returns, is thus compelled
to abdicate unless an appeal is taken.
The result hinged on about 20 votes.
Boys Escape from Industrial School.
Buffalo County. Without coats or
shoes three boys escaped from the
Industrial School for Boys while a
cold wave prevailed. A search by
local police and Industrial school au
thorities resulted in finding one of
them. Harry Cherret. near the depot
In Kearney shivering in the cold. The
other two boys were captured at
Brady Island.
The Gering Extension.
Scottsbluff County. J. F. Williams
was called by wire to Northport to
meet Whalen & Whalcy. the success
ful contractors for the Gering exten
sion of the Union Pacific. He re
turned home the next day with the
contract for 22" miles of the grade
and the hauling of tile for culvert and
the concrete of the bridges. The work
must be commenced at once.
Kimball Has Contest.
Kimball County. Following an or
der by the village council to close pool
halls, the Law and Order league
swore out search warrants for the
same places. In one hall a half bot
tle of whisky was found and in an
other a barrel of "2 per cent" liquor.
Election of the recently elected vil
lage trustees is being contested on
the ground of illegal votes.
Sale of Bonds.
State Treasurer George has begun
the advertisement of $4,099,000 of
bonds of the state held in the state
treasury which the legislature has
authorized.
The Speaker Cuffed.
Lincoln County. The senate pre
sented Lieutenant Governor Hopewell
with a pair of diamond-studded cuff
buttons in recognition of his fair, able
and impartial manner of presiding
over the senate and of the friendship
of both the democratic and republican
members. Senator Skiles presented
the gift. The lieutenant governor re
sponded in a pleasing manner.
Hospital to North Platte.
Lincoln County. It is expected that
the hospital for indigent sufferers
from tuberculosis, for which an ap
propriation of $40.0ftft has been made,
will be located at North Platte. That
is a point that many doctors have
agreed upon and the expression from
this source is expected to control the
board of public lands and buildings
In its selection of the location.
Life Sentence for Murderer.
Boyd County. Cornelius P. Kirwin,
who killed Ed L. Jones at Gross. Neb..
November 10, 1910. was found guilty
of murder in the first degree and the
penalty fixed at life imprisonment.
Minister Hangs Himself.
Kimball County. F. W. Berquist
hung himself from the rafter or the
barn at his homestead 15 miles south
west of Kimball. He was a Swedish
Lutheran of some note in Kimball
county. Despondency over financial
troubles was the cause.
Johnson County Exhibit.
Johnson County. The board of
county commissioners of Johnson
county has named William Ernst and
Albert Russell a committee to secure
and prepare for exhibition an exhibit
for the Nebraska state fair this fall.
Attendant Drcps Dezd.
Adams County. Fritz Dannenberg,
an attendant at Ingleside hospital,
Hastings, dropped dead of heart fail
ure. He had complained of not feel
ing well, but there were no indica
tions of anything serious.
IS H 10 STAY
Control and Publicity for Public
Service Corporations.
IERDICT OF PROMINENT MAN
"Theodore N. Vail, President of West
rn Union and Telephone Compa
nies, Recognizes Rights ef the
American Public.
Public regulation of public service
corporations has come to stay. It
-night to have come and it ought to
stay. That is the flat and unequivocal
assertion of Theodore N. Vail, presi
fent of both the American Telephone
and Telegraph company and the West
ern Union Telegraph company. It
came in the form of his annual re
port to the seventy thousand stock
holders of the two great corporations.
Although Mr. Tail's advocacy of full
publicity in connection with the affairs
of such concerns was well understood,
nobody in financial circles had antici
pated so frank an avowal of full pub
lic rights in the shaping of their gen
eral conduct. It came consequently as
a surprise, not only because of its
novelty and squareness, but also on
account of the unqualified acquies
cence of a board of directors compris
ing such eminent and conservative
financiers as Robert Winson, of Kid
der. Peabody & Co.. and Henry L.
Higginson of Boston, Henry p. Davi
son of J. P. Morgan & Co.; Senator
V. Murray Crane. George F. Haer.
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., Norman W.
Harris. John I. Waterbury and others.
President Yall's declaration is her
alded as the first recognition by those
in high corporate authority of the jus
tice of the demand that the public
be regarded as virtual partners
in all matters that pertain to the com
mon welfare. He goes directly to the
point.
"Public control or regulation of pub
He service corporations by permanent
commissions." he says, "has come and
come to stay. Control or regulation,
to be effective, means publicity:
it means semi-public discussion and
consideration before action; it means
everything which Is the oppo
site of and Inconsistent with effective
competition. Competition aggressive,
effective competition means strife.
Industrial warfare; it means conten
tion: it oftentimes means taking ad
vantage of or resorting to any means
that the conscience of the contestants
or the degree of the enforcement of
the laws will permit.
"Aggressive competition means du
plication of plant and investment. The
ultimate object of such competition
Is the possession of the field wholly
or partially: therefore it means eith
er ultimate combination on such
basis and with such prices as will
cover past losses, or it means loss of
return on investment, and eventual
loss of capital. However it results,
all costs of aggressive, uncontrolled
"ompetition are eventually borne.
directly or indirectly, by the public.
Competition which is not aggressive,
oresupposes co-operative action, under
standings, agreements, which result
In general uniformity or harmony of
action, which, in fact, is not competi
tion but is combination, unstable, but
for the time effective. When thor
oughly understood it will be found
that 'control will give more of the
benefits and public advantages, which
are expected to be obtained through
such ownership, and will obtain
them without the public burden of
either the public office-holder or pub
lic debt or operating deficit
"When through a wise and judicious
state control and regulation all the
advantages without any of the disad
vantages of state ownership are se
cured, state ownership is doomed."
"If Mr. Vail is right." says
Harper's Weekly, in a concise summing-up,
"then it seems pretty- plain
that we are entered upon a new era in
both economics and politics. And it is
high time we did if evolution i.s to
supplant revolution as an efficient
force in the development of civilfca- j
n"
Fighting Man. I
It Is man's nature to fight. It is his i
merit to fight for what he believes to
be right. Courage and bravery are
not achieved by hiring a lawyer. A
man who is not willing to fight to the
death for the right or for his own Is
not as good or complete a man as one
who is is willing. But opinions about ,
this are not so important as the fact 1
that it is man's nature to fight, and (
that neither resolr ' nor legislation
nor provision to get over all kinds of
trouble in any other way than fighting
will avail. Ellwood Hendricks, in At
lantic. More to the Purpose.
"Are you In favor of a ten-hour
day?"
"I don't care anything about the
days," replied young Rounderley, "but
it would be a jolly good thing if we
could hr.ve 24-hour nights."
Misguided Energy.
"I am bound to make a noise In the
world," said the determined youth.
"But be careful how you go about
It," replied Mr. Osage Spouter. "An
amateur with a bass drum can spoil
the finest symphony ever written."
Joyous Economist.
"You don't mind high prices?"
"No." replied the resolute philoso
pher. "When prices are high, think
how much more you save every time
you decide to get along without soma
thing."
No Great Matter.
"How do you like this grand opera.
Bill?"
"I can't understand what they are
eaylng."
"That's all right. You ain't missing
no jokes."
So Unexpected.
"Your wife has received some sud
den shock. What has happened?"
"I don't know, doctor. I came home
early last night "
"Ah, that presumably accounts for
1 TJPFfPHHrVjlWS
Preparing for New Warden.
Governor Aldrich has not indicated
that he has ever heard of the Placek
resolution passed by the state senate
demanding that he appoint a warden
of the penitentiary, but every prepara
tion is being made at the penitentiary
for a new warden. It is said be will
carry out his original intention of ap
pointing Mr. Delahunty. former dep
uty warden, as soon as the senate ad
journs. The new warden is expected
to take possession of the penitentiary
at once.
Warden Tom Smith is still in
charge and the affairs of the institu
tion are apparently as smoothly con
ducted as ever. Ernest M. Fairfield
of the state land commissioner's office
has been delegated by the state board
to invoice the property at the prison.
S. M. Carlin. steward of the prison, is
working with Mr. Fairtteld as a repre
sentative of Warden Smith, who is to
turn over the property of the state to
his successor. The financial accounts
of Warden Smith were checked over
last week by a state accountant, and
it was found that the state owed Mr.
Smith SS2.S9. The warden received a
voucher for the amount and the state
is now square with him.
Grandstand for the Fair.
The senate In committee of the
whole, voted to appropriate $100,000
for a steel grandstand at the state
fair grounds. The senate committee
on finance recommended the item
after the house bad killed a separate
appropriation bill for the same pur
pose. Placek of Saunders opposed the
item and said he was willing to give
millions for education, but not one
cent for horse racing. Oilis of Valley
chairman of the finance committee,
made a strong speech in favor of the
appropriation and was assisted by
Banning of Cass in his efforts to con
vince the senate that money spent for
that puriwse would be productive of
Treat revenues to the state fair and
would assist that organization in tak
ing its place at the top of the list of
state fairs and in advertising Nebras
ka throughout the country as the lead
ing agricultural and stock-growing
state. It was shown that the state
fair has lived upon its own resources,
never having received from the state
more than $118,000, while other west
ern states are liberally aiding state
fairs in the building of necessary
bnildings. Placek's motion not to con
cur in the amendment of the senate
committee was defeated by a vote of
nineteen to nine.
Wants Data on Summer Tilling.
The experiments conducted on the
Experimental Substation at North
Platte during the last seven years, and
reported in Bulletin 11$. indicate that
the growing of winter wheat on sum
mer tilled land is profitable. This
method promises so much that it will
help greatly to solve the question of
profitable crop production in western
Nebraska. In order to collect the re
sults of their experience and give
these results to all who are summer
tilling or may summer till this season,
it is desired to secure the names of
all the farmers in central and .western
Nebraska who have summer tilled for
winter wheat or for other crops. Let
ters from men who have summer
tilled, giving their method, crops
raised, yield, etc.. and also the names
of men who have summer tilled or
contemplate summer tilling will be
very much appreciated. Anyone in
terested may write to W. P. Snyder.
Superintendent Experimental Substa
tion. North Platte, Neb.
Died Slowly and by Degrees.
Like the "old cat." the legislature
died slowly and by degrees. The last
twist of the ropes unwound Monday
afterno m. the senate adjourning Bine
di at :t-42 and the Iioiisp at Sr4fi. It
wag wth sa(lnPSS and ye't wJth (lcas.
ure that the small group of senators
and representatives heard the last rap
t)r he gavel announcing the close of a
memorable legislative body.
It was with more than sadness that
Governor Aldrich looked upon the
heap of bills placed upon his desk' for
approval or veto. He pulled off his
coat and went to work, but said he
would not announce anything for a
day or two. A portion of his time was
taken -rp with hearings on protests or
requests to sign bills. His office was
lined with callers waiting patiently to
tell him what to do.
North Platte Will Probably Get It.
It is expected that the hospital for
indigent sufferers from tuberculosis,
for which an appropriation of $40,000
has been made, will be located at
North Platte.
A bill to restore the army canteen
has been introduced by Representa
tive Bartholdt of Missouri.
Labor Commissioner L. V. Guyehas
written a letter to the Omaha board
of education in which he states that
the facilities for escape from fire In
the high school building in Omaha are
better than in many public buildings,
but that improvement could be made
if the present law regarding fire
escapes was conformed to strictly.
The house has passed the senate bill
making Columbus day. October 12. a
legal holiday. The same bill had ben
defeated earlier in the session and
two years ago.
The farmers adjacent to the town
of Elmcreek have formed an organi
zation known as th Elmcreek Ship
ping association for the purpose of
buying, handling and shipping live
stock, and articles of incorporation
have been filed with the county clerk
Frank Hildehrand. aged twenty, per
ished in a cave-in at the Ferguson
sand piU near Hastings and Will Hil
dehrand, his brother, almost lost his
life trying to save him. Several lives
were imperiled when tons of sand
went crashing dewn to the bottom of
the fifty foot pit. There were two
slides.
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When this pipe becomes clogged the
whole system becomes poisoned, caus
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"JUST FERfiiNST THE HILL"
Little Pointer for Those Who Feel a
Desire to Seek the State of
Matrimony.
The state of Matrimony Is one of
ihe United States. It is bounded by
kissing and hugging on on? side and
rradles and babies on the other. Its
:hief products are population, broom
sticks and staying out at night. It
was discovered by Adam and Eve
while trying to find a Northwest pas
sage out of Paradise. The climate la
sultry until you pass the tropics of
housekeeping, when squally weather
commonly sets in with such power as
to keep all bands as cool as cucum
bers. For the principal roads leading
to this interesting state, consult the
first pair of blue eyes you see. Ex
sbange. Grouch Still With Him.
When Brown died he left an old
friend living, by the name of Jones,
who always had a grouch. After
Brown had been in heaven some time,
he met Jones just coming through the
gate, and as the newcomer did not
look as happy and contented as be
should. Brown asked him what was
the matter. "Well," Jones said. "I
got my feet wet coming across the
river Styx and caught a nasty cold,
broke my left wing and have to carry
it in a sling, and my halo don't fit
worth darn."
Vagaries of Finance.
"I understand you have paid the
mortgage off your place."
"Yep," replied Farmer CorntosseL
"Then why do you complain of hard
Uraes?"
"All the neighbors have done the
same thing. That leaves me with
money on my hands that nobody
wants to borrow."
The pleasure of love Is In loving.
We are happier In the passion we feel
than In that we inspire. Francis Due
de Rochefaucauld.
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The Heart
Good
To see bow the little
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