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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1902)
THE OMAHA DAILY "BEE: SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1002. 17 FORESTS IN THE SANDHILLS Ifagnituda of the Work Undertaken by the OoTernment in 'ebTsuka. PLANTING BULL PINE ON BARREN GROUND r Jtoo.ooo Acres Rr.trTrd for For est Growth A Xafonal Kslrr price of Vast lr eortanre to the suite. Edward A. Branlff. chl ? of the Tale For est Reboot, New Haven. Oonn., to a letter to tUe New York Tim details the rlans of the rational governn nt for coo telling the anclhllle of Nebrar Into forests, as follows: To mak a desert pi iluctlve by arow log forests where prot bly no trees ever grew before, to modify .Imate and protect Held crops by checking ..e hot wlndi wnlr'h wither and destroy, to place within on renlcnt reach of a rlcl. agricultural coun try a cbesp and perma: 'nt source of tim ber supply these are t).' results which the Bureau of Forestry c : fldently expert to secure by the work It 1 s Just beguu Id tho sandhill country of Net lska. This spring the pn - dent put his ap proval on the scheme ly declaring 211,000 acres of tho public lanM of Nebraska forest reserves To reserves were created one, called the Dismal rlv r reserve, between the Dismal and Middle I-oup rivers, with 8,000 acres; the other, the Niobrara re serve, with 125,000 acre, between the Nio brara and Snake river. The division of tree planting of the Riit-nu of Forestry has Dow its experts In thr fluid selecting suit able places for forest nurseries and planta tion 3. In a few years thousands of acres of trees will have been set out, and forests created by artificial methods will have begun their struggle for life In one of the great deserts of th middle west. The Nebraska work marks an advance In forest polity In tins country, and a very Important one. HltbTto .the government bas been content to acquire and administer lands which were aire; dy wooded. The very definition of the words forest reserve would seem to Imply that tho land reserved con tained timber of some sort, no matter how mall and scattered. But In undertaking the Nebraska work the bureau has declared lta policy of grow ing forests as well as administering those which already exist; It has undertaken the task of creating sources of timber supply on land that cannot profitably grow field crops. If tho undertaking succeeds, or even If It shows In the next few years the proof of Its ultimate success, Its result Is sure to be manifested In the creation of more reserves in the prairie lands of the middle west and the planting of forests on a far greater scale, A "Forest" Reserve. A forest reserve was once regarded as land which actually bore timber; now It may not bear a stick of timber, and atlll be a forest reserve. And It may be far more valuable for a forest reserve If en tirely barren of forests than if heavily wooded. There are few places In thla country In which trees cannot be made to grow, and there are millions of acres which will not profitably grow field crops, but will produce valuable forests with very little care. The sand-hill country of Nebraska cornea within the latter classification. The land 1 utterly useless for field crops, and the grazing value of most of It Is Inconsider able. But It will grow forests, and grow tbem with profit to the owner, as the government has proved by experimental planting. This Idle waste contains within U sources of great wealth and usefulness, this desert of shifting sand has the capacity fof producing timber crops where" every tree : finds a ready market. Around the sand-hill district Is a wide belt of rich agricultural lands populated by prosperous farmers. The one great need Is for a convenient and cheap source of timber supply. The farmer must have wood for fence posts and poles, and lum ber for his house and barne. Timber is a rare article In the middle west; It must be transported for long dis tances, and prices are high. A forest In the sand-hill country would cheapen the cost of wood for the farmer, and thus be of great and general benefit; and It would be . a lasting benefit, for under the manage ment of the government's foresters It would : aot bs awept away In a few yeara by the lumberman, but would be made to yield crops perpetually. Profitable Planting. Cntll very recestly practical American foresters have regarded the planting of trees for profit with disfavor. Many ex periments have been made of tree planting ' la the middle west by private enterprise, but seldom Indeed have they met with suc cess. The coat of setting out the planta tions has been great and the results gen erally have not Justified the expenditures. But within the last tew years experts of the bureau of forestry have found methods Sent Free Jp Men. Frss Trial Parage of this New Dls covery Mailed to Every Man Sending Nutria and AdJreea Quickly Restores Strength tnd Vigor. JTree trial packages of a moat remark -Me remedy are. being mailed to all who rrite tha State Medical Institute. They tared, so many rasa who bad battled fur L I ROBINSON. H. D C. M Medical Director years against tha mental ami nhvslcal suf farina- of lost manhood that tha Institute naa ueciaea n distribute Ire trial paca.a s to all who wrlta. It la a hum treat ment and all man whn nffMr with anv form of texLul weakness resulting from youthful folly, premature loss of strength ana memory, weak back, varicocele, or aiuauiauon or parts can now cure wan salves at hon it The remedy has a peculiarly grateful ef fect oj warn .h and seems to act direct to ine aeeireu location giving strength and OeveioDmnt 1 ia! mhera It la needed- It cures all the His and troubles that come from years of misuse of the natural func tions and ha barn an absolute succeaa In all Cases. A 'xiiinl la tha Rtata ttMlfral Institute. T7v KlAtron Building, Ft. Wayne lad., stating that you desire one of their free trial pa aagea will be complied with, promptly. Th. Institute Is deelrous of reaching ths' great class of men who are Usable to ) r ,t j, hnmA ia Ha ImiimI anA the free aai jle will enable them to aee new easy it la to be cured or sexual weak ness when te proper remedies are em- f loye4. The Institute makes no restrio lens. Any n au w ho writes will be sent a iraa samO rarafullv aaalad in a nlaln rackets so that Its recipient need have no ar of euib.rassment or publicity. Kead tfl, Mt. maied, tg.wxm wiiui u-tjr . How to Avoid Lightning; First Aids for Those Injured. Nine hundred and seventy-threw people were killed by lightning In the 1'nlted States In the year 1900. Of thla number 291 per sona were killed In the open, 158 In houses, 67 under trees and 56 in barns, while tho circumstances attending the death of tho remaining 151 are not known. Besides this large mortality list there were 673 person more or less Injured by lightning during the aame time; 327 were Injured while In houses, 24S In the open. 57 In barns snd 29 under trees, snd the location of the re maining are not known. From these sta tistics, which are compiled by the 1'nlted States Weather bureau. It can easily be seen that of the entire population of the United States one In every 40,000 Is killed by lightning during a year. A aafe and reliable guide to reduce to the minimum the danger from stroke by lightning is to be drawn from these figures. steel or Iron, as a knife, kettle or key, do not attract lightning, as It la popularly believed. animation in less than an hour value the life of the sufferer. you When a severe thunder storm Is raging the safest place is In the open, close to the earth. If the body Is erect It acts aa an excellent conductor for the lightning to find Its way to the earth. For this reason it is dangerous to take refuge under a tree. Doubtless most of the persons who perished while under trees would be alive today had they remained In the open. It Is also In judicious to huddle under threshing ma chines, sheds or In the grandstands of race tracks or country fairs, especially under or near the flag staffs which usually adorn such structures. Men, like animals, are killed, not singly, but in bunches, when they huddle together. Avoid standing In doorways, near chimneys and fireplaces, close to cattle or near the ends of a wire clothes line during a thunder storm. On the other hand, there Is not much sense in going to bed or trying to Insulate one's suit In feather beds. Small articles of It is established that lightning does not strike as often In cities 'as In rursl dis tricts. The reason for this la base J on a scientific principle. During a thunder storm the moisture in the air Is surcharged with electricity. This electricity Is attracted ta the earth. When the force that Is drawing it toward the earth becomes strong enough the electricity follows the esslest path, and because upright objects, as trees, houses and men, are better conductors than the surrounding air and are therefore the easiest path, the electricity passes through them Into the earth. In cities the elec tricity in the air la attracted to the earth by hundreds of conductors In the shape of sky-scrapers and high chimneys. There are co such conductors In the country and the electricity in the clouds Is allowed to ac cumulate so that when It glvea away it breaks with great force. The country is a theater with but one exit, while the city is the same theater with many exits. When these facta ere considered the wonder Is not that so many people are struck, but rather that so many people escape. The flash will not Inflict harm, aa one who lives to see the fire need ooncern himself no more with that dis charge. If one has been struck by lightning th-j first thing to do Is to go to work to re store consciousness, as lighting oftener brings about suspended animation than somatic death. The condition of a person truck by lightning Is much the same as that of a person rescued from drowning. Try to stimulate respiration and circula tion. Do not cease In the effort to restore The method used to restore respiration Is tmmsterial. A good way Is to Imitate the motion of respiration by alternated compressing and expanding the lower ribs. Do this gently but persistently at the rate of twenty times per minute. Keep the body warm by the application of hot flan nels, bottles of hot water, hot bricks, or In rase of an emergency warm clothing from bystanders. Rub the limbs upward so as to force the blood to the heart and brain. Two or three persons can do this, re membering all the time to make but ons atroke, and that toward tho body, so as to force blood toward the heart. Rub firmly,' but energetically. Three things are to be borne In mind; do not give up, keep up the effort to restore respiration and keep the body warm by rubbing and hot applications. When swallowing is es tablished a tenspoonful of warm water, wine, diluted whisky or brandy, or warm coffee, should be given. When conscious ness Is restored encourage sleep. Do not give up, keep at work, and send for a physician. Of the visible effects of lightning stroke upon the human body little more ran be said 1 than that sometimes burns have been noticed, and frequently red markings, which are localized congestions of the small blood vessels of the skin. These, because of the branchings and net work, have led to the fanciful Idea of photo rraphs of trees. The effect of lightning Is to cause a temporary paralysis of the respiration and the heart beat, which. If allowed to continue, will deepen into death, but when treated as above desrcrlbed will generally pass away. Pelee Sets New Style Destructive Features of the Martinique Eruption. Ever elnce the eruption of Mount Pelee the question has been asked many times, Was it an eruption of the Mount Vesuvius type, a raging torrent of lava boiling out over the lips of the crater and engulfing all In its path, or was It an eruption more on the Krakatoa order, a grand explosion of pumice and ash, accompanied by earth quakes and tidal waves? To obtain, an answer to these questions a Washington Post reporter called on Robert T. Hill, who Is better able to give an opinion on the subject of the Mount Pelee phenomenon than anyone else In Washington, having arrived on the island of Martinique a few days after the eruption, where he spent several days studying the situation. In answer to questions Mr. Hill said: "The Mount Pelee phenomenon was neither of the Vesuvius nor of the Kraka toa type. It was of the 'Pelee type.' That Is to say, It was of a type to Itself, dis tinctly original and peculiar. All things considered, however, I feel safe In saying that the explosive action of Mount Pelee, on the whole, bore a closer resemblance to that of Krakatoa than it did to that of Vesuvius. "The features that characterized the Mount Pelee eruption and which render the phenomenon peculiar to Itself are that, up to date, the action of this volcano has been unaccompanied by any cataclysmic effects, such as the destruction of the physiography of the country by either serious earth quakes or large tidal waves. What I mean is that the topography of Martinique re mains the same today as it was before the eruption. Houses have been -burned and the trees and foliage killed, to be sure, but the coast line remains the same as It was before the eruption, while the natural features of the land, the hills, valleys, etc.. have not been disturbed In the slightest. "In the Krakatoa eruption and the seis mic disturbances attendant thereupon lelands Were divided la half, valleys ap peared where hills once stood, and vice versa, while the coast of neighboring Islands waa changed for miles, so that they were no longer recognizable to navigators, but no such thing has taken place in Martinique, where the topography remains today what it was before the eruption. "Moreover, throughout all the eruptions of Mount Pelee that have taken place dur ing the last month there have been uo lava flows. The volcano ejects ash (lapllla), steam and boiling-hot mud, and of tile vast volume of ash and pumice shot into the air it Is estimated by observers to have risen seven miles and, while most of It was dropped within a radius of twenty, miles of the volcano, vast quantities of the loose ash were carried by air currents northwest to Barbados and Antigua, westward to Ja maica, and southward to Granada. In thus ejecting only ash, mud, steam and pumice stone and being accompanied by seismic action the, Pelee phenomenon differed from any other volcanic eruption so far as known. "Other features of the eruption were the gases sent forth by this volcano. These gases were of a kind that did not ignite until they reached the outer atmosphere. Coming up with the high temperature of subterranean depths, the mass was charged with mineral substances ready to flash into burning gas or to oxidize on contact with the air; and the more vo latile materials, being of less density than the average, were more abundant la the upper portions of the mass. Such, In brief, is the nature and character of the Mount Pelee - eruption, a phenomenon strictly peculiar to itself, the results of which should be seen to be appreciated. "I traveled over the Island alone, eat ing and sleeping in the huts of the' halt caste peasantry, and a more hospitable, honest and cheerful set of people (once that you are away from the rabble of the town) I never met In my life. I noticed this on every hand In Martinique. The people aro taking the matter very phil osophically, and I dare say that before an other year they will be settled, within the devastated territory as unconcernedly as though nothing had ever happened. They are already returning to their burned and ruined homes, to begin life anew, while In several places In the neighborhood of the volcano the people remained through out the eruptions. "This was notably the case at Morne Rouge, where the priest and his little flock braved the storm of fire and have thus far escaped unharmed. Many, if n.gt the greater portion, of those killed were the victims of gas that took fire when It reached the air. The gases of which I speak come out of the crater with a puff and ascend skyward In the form of a thick dense cloud. The people of Mar tinique, the negro and mulatto peasantry, are the most thrifty and prosperous people la the West Indies, and wherever I went through the districts not affected by the eruption I saw the evidence of their thrift In the shape of clean, neat and comfortable homes, well-tilled fields and good cattle and domestic animals. "In this same connection I want to say that the story has gone the rounds of the press to the effect that the last remnant of the Carlb Indians on St. Vincent was destroyed by the eruption of Soufrlere Is a mistake. These so-called Carlba were negroes with a drop or two of Indian blood In tbelr veins and were not all destroyed. There Is another remnant of the Carlbs living on Dominica, but the most of them are In Honduras and the Orinoco valley of South America, so that as a tribe they are not destroyed by any means. "Thoee In the Orinoco valley are the purest representatives of the race and are living In the original home of the tribe. The Carlbs of Honduras were transported thither many years ago from. St. Vincent and Dominica by the British, Just as that nation transported the Acadlans from Nova Scotia, for the reason that they were too troublesome on the Islands. So you see the Carlb stock la not In any Immedi ate danger of extinction and that there Is more than one remnant of the tribe be sides the so-called St. Vincent Carlbs. "Apropos of the St. Pierre disaster tt la worth while to read that part of Lafcadlo Hearn'e description of Martinique dealing with Mount Pelee. This book appeared In 1887 and In It Mr. Hearn says: "'Is the great volcaho dead? Nobody -knows. Less than forty yeara ago It rained ashes over all the roofs of St. Pierre; within twenty years it has uttered mutterings. For the moment it appears to sleep, and the clouds have dripped Into the cup of Its highest crater till It has become a lake several hundred yards In circum ference. The crater occupied fey this lake has never been active within human mem ory. There are others, difficult and dan gerous to visit, because opening on the side of a tremendous gorge, and It was one of these, no doubt, which has always been called La Soufrlere, that rained ashes over the city In 1851.' " of planting far leas expensive than those formerly practiced and have so reduced the percentage of failures by a proper selec tion of species and cars In planting that money Invested in raising timber crops In some parts of the country ia reasonably certain to bring good returns. This Is es pecially true In the middle west, where timber Is scarce and there Is a good market for all forest produce. The principal tree selected for planting In the sandhill country, the tree In which the government puts its confidence. Is the bull pine, or rock pine plnus ponderosa scopulorum of the Rocky mountains. In the wet valleys along the rivers this tree has been found growing naturally, and It seems specially adapted to the soil and climate. A dosen years age the Bureau of Forestry made an experimental planting of bull pine in Holt county on land that showed the average conditions of the sandhill country. Although the plantation was partly de stroyed by fire, what trees escaped showed a remarkable growth. Exposed to the dry, hot winds which sweep over the country, In a place where the rainfall Is seldom above twenty Inches a year and often as low as seventeen inches, this hardy western pine haa grown from fifteen to elgnteen feet. The minimum rainfall under which trees will grow Is reckoned at twenty inches, and under such a condition they are usually dwarfed, scrubby and unfit for timber. But In the taod hills the bull pine has shown a rapid and even growth and promises to develop Into a fine tree. The reason for this lies in the peculiar nature of the soli and In the drainage conditions of the coun try. Once av Sen Bed. The sandhill country ocuples - about a third of Nebraska and lies in the center of the state. Geologists believe the country was once the bed of an Inland sea whose sandstone deposits, under the wearing In fluence of the prevailing northwest winds, have crumbled Into sand and been heaped up in drifts aud mounds. The sandhills have been piled at right angles to the wind, that Is, from south west to northeast, and this is the course taken by the rivers which flow through the country. It is the general belief that a great underground flow of water passes through the sandhills and drains the entire area. It has often been observed that no mat ter how dry the season may have been or how long the hot winds may have been blowing the sand only a few Inches beneath the surface Is always moist. Trees with recti long enough to penetrate into the damp, rich soil find abundant nourishment and thrive accordingly. The bull plus bas a long tap root, which goes down straight as a plumb to the wet ssnd beneath. Hoo ver scanty the rainfall this tree Is secure from drouth by reason of its store of mois ture under ground. - Mataaj s rarest. The Bureau of Forestry haa planned to plant up the sandhill reserves gradually with trees by making email plantations of four or five acres in the most favorable parts of the country, and gradually extend ing them until they ultimately merge to gether In a continuous forest. Thus wide spread mistakes will be avoided, and tha, conduct of one plantation will affect the treatment of the rest. The most serious 'problems with which the bureau will have to deal in the sand hill reserves are the prevention and sup pression of fires and the regulation of gracing. Poor aa the country Is for graz ing purposes, It does support many herds of cattle whoae owners have acquired by long occupancy a certain title to the public range. The country is, however, too severely grazed, the range la growing steadily poorer, and conflicts between cattlemen over grazing privileges are mors frequent than formerly. Mr. Glfford Pinchot, chief of the Bureau of Forestry, sees here an opportunity to benefit both the government and the cattlemen. He bas planned to co-operate with rattle owners In such a way as to grant rights for grazing privileges on certain parts of the reserves for a small rental, with the understanding that the cattlemen shall as sist the government' In keeping out Ores or suppressing them when tbey do occur. This should prove more satisfactory to the cattlemen than the present condition of affairs, for while he now pays no rental, ha is constantly annoyed by Interference from other rangera, and he would willingly pay the small sum required to gain a graz ing title which he could defend in the courts. As for aiding in the suppression of fires, that Is to his interest also, for fires are disastrous to the cattlemen in the sand hill country, as well as to the government with Its forest plantations. Whenever the grass Is grazed too close or burned off the wind begins to tear holes In the sand and change the topography of the country. Hills Blowa Away. The thin, wiry grass forms a sort of mat over the hills which holds the sand in place, but when the grass is grazed or burned off the wind gets In and eats a hole Into the soil. This phenomenon Is called In the sandhill country a "blowout." The "blowout" usually starts at the bottom of the hill, alwaya on the windward side, and works upward. As the wind eats Into lbs hole It draws out the sand and acatters it over the side of the hill. The forest planting in the sandhill coun try Is watched with friendly interest by the people of Nebraska, who feel confident of Its auccsss, now that the government ia be hind It. The work means much to them, for If tt succeeds on the limited area in cluded ia the forest reserves it should sua cecd anywhere In the 15.000,000 acres of un productive land la the entire sandhill country and thus increase tremendously the value of the slate are t PRATTLE OF THE TOlBiUSTERS. Willie pushed George Into a pile of coal and George began to cry. "I don't see what you are crying about," said Willie, "that's soft coal." "Willy," she said reprovingly, "you mush't tell lies." "Why not?" he demanded. "I'm going to be a politician when I grow up." "How do you spell needle Bobby?" asked teacher. "N-e-l-d-l-e, needle," was the reply. "Wrong," said the teacher, "there is no "i" In needle." "Well, then, taint a good needle." The golden text for a certain Sunday school waa, "And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit" (Luke 11, 40). Little "Ted's" hand went up like a flash when the superintendent asked: "Can any of these bright, smiling little boys or girls repeat the golden text for today? Ah, how glad It makes my heart to see so many little bands go up! Teddy, my boy, you may repeat It, and speak good and loud, that all may hear." And they all heard this: "And the child grew strong and waxed strong in spirit like 1:40." , An up town reader of the Philadelphia paper tells of the "break" made by a tot of the family who was one of a party of little girls at a recent strawberry festi val la the vicinity of her home. She had been valiantly boasting of the manfold advantages of belonging to her family, and had managed to hold her own against the vainglories and Ingenuous discourses of her companions. They had gone from clothes to personal appearances, then to Interior furnishings, then to the number of tons of coal consumed In the home of each during the past winter, and finally brought up at parenllal dignity. The min ister's little girl boasted: "Every package that comes for my papa is marked 'D. D.!,M "An" every package that comes for my papa is marked "M. D.C " retorted the daughter of a physician of the neighbor hood. Then came a One snort of contempt from the hero of this anecdote. "Hub!" she ex claimed. "Every package that comes to our house Is marked 'C O. D.' There, now!" 'two areas a it lea. Ia almost every neighborhood someoae has died from an attack of sdio or cholera morbus, often before medicine couli procured or a physician summoned. A re liable remedy for these dlseasss should bs kept at hand. The risk is too great for anyone t take. Chamberlain's Collo, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy tuu un doubtedly saved the lives of mors people and relieved mors pain and suffering than any other medicine la ass. It csa always be depended upon. r Vc Manufacture Pianos Strictly liljfli emtio Instruments. Our personal ptiaranteo cover every Uetn.il of tluir construction. Workmanship and Material the Best. Tonnl qtmlity, unsurpassed. Action, responsive anrl dependable. Icsi(rn, artistically admirable. Intending purchasers should examine our piano. in We Are No use diguing about the necessity of A FIASCO Everybody concedes that they are an absolute necessity nownduys. Tim time Is past when a piano was looked upon an a luxury. Now education Is not com plete until our children can play the piano. So, If you don't already own one, we desire to call your attention to the fact that the piano business Is our specialty. AVe understand the business from A to Z. We desire to state that we carry the largest stock (ItlK) pianos), ns well aa the greatest variety (30 makes) to be found In the west. Concluding, we would say that on TI1KEE very Important poiuts we can not be beaten, or even equalled, west of Chicago. The Highest Qualify The Lowest Prices The Easiest Terms Ve Arc Western Rep resentatives Kor over thirty different manufactur ers. "Steluwti.v." "Yose A; Sons." "Ilardmaii." "Stejrer & Sons," "Knier son." tJeo. Steck." "Mason Hamlin." "A. 11. Chase." "Itarrlnirton," "Schfief fer," "tJrmner" and twenty others. We show the larircst stock. AVe sell the greatest variety. AVe make the lowest prices. AVe arrange terms to suit you. on GO aZO Manufacturers Special Bargains These are pianos that have been taken In exchange on new pianos. Some are neatly new all are genuine bargains at the prices thut wo are asktug for the m this week. Terms Will Be Made to Suit Your Convenience. Some will go for less than $l(si others at $1"0, $1.'f.-, .150, H5. Among them aro such familiar names us EVEHETT. PHASE, EISCI1EH, KIM BALL, 1VEKS & POND, EUBE, A It I ON, etc. Then Again AVe have two sample pianos shipped us on approval which we will close out this week at factory prices and on easy terms. Once More AA'e are overstocked In one of our high grade makes and shall sell a limited number of these at wholesale price. Hotter see them. SGDUEE3 Q DIMLEEL Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Piano Dealers 1313 Farnam St., Omaha. 502 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa rzzniEi. '- ,, 1 ; 11 11 11 1 sj Criticisms Unfounded. Railroads Pay Tax on Every Item of Their Property, Union Pacific Bridge is Taxed in Every County, City, Village and School District Along the Railroad Line. (Issned nndrr Authority of the Railroads of Nebraska.) The Railroad Tax Bureaj has recently been Invited by Tho Omaha Bee to explain why ths east half of ths Union Pacific bridge Is m sensed at $S4,000 In Iowa, while the west half of the bridge Is listed for only $1,630 in Nebraska, and this subject was ag-ain referred to lit Mr. Ronewater's editorial of Sunday, June 15th, and Wednesday, June 18th. Alth'ough we very much doubt the good faith of the Invitation, we neverthelens cheer fully respond. To begin with, the proposition as stated Is erroneous and misleading-, as are nearly all of the crillchsms emanating; from the same source. Under the Iowa law. railroad bridges across naviga ble streams are expressly excepted from the unit assess ment of railroad property as fixed by the State Board, or Executive Council, and are made subject to separate as sessment by the local assessors. Under the Nebraska law, as construed by the Supreme Court, these bridges are Included In the valuation and assessment fixed by the State Board and are In that way distributed over and taxed In every county, city, village and school dis trict along the respective railroad lines In the state. We quote from the decision of the Supreme Court In the case of C B. & Q. R. R. Co. vs. Rlchardwon County, relative to the Rulo bridge, as follows: 'What was the purpose of the Legislature In requir ing the right of way, roadbed and superstructure of a railway to be assessed us a unit? The commun-seiuie view of the subject would seem to be that Burh purpose was to enable the proper authorities to distribute the !v? Ji1." if Uxalon i1u"f!Iy mong all the municipal subdivisions through which a road mav pnss. In the ratio which the number of miles within such subdi vision bears to the total number of miles of road within the state, treating each mile as equal In value to every other mile, and regardless of whence came the power under which any particular portion of the road is con structed. A railroad might have vat terminals at one point, worth aa much as the remainder of the line though It extended through a dozen counties. The sub olvllon In which these terminals are located is not under this law, permitted to reap an advantage over other localities by reason of the mere accident of loca tion, but must share its advantages with thrse others pri "'.ii "iaV .rvl, f' ltly' la reaaon behind and under this legislation." Ths J.3 referred to In the Interrogatory and edi torial does not represent the asseaaed valuation of the bridge at all. It merely represents the mileage pro rat aCmllenof5ckfLae8eaSar !T1 th fraction of f the brldae Ni?h 5 t0 A-"9 J""11 t ths west half later cr ti, ?oe ,he W. referred to In a Union Irtncdenft Tnrt1 """",d valuation of the trackas ? . B,ni nt grounds, right of wav It m&to'npSlFJFZfc T. the 'f Omaha! he city f fi l"la 'ne, hl",,rib.u,.'.ve "hare Hccimlng to entire iropcrVy of 'the I fnnniWp in11 i'iU?e ba"1'' of the and leaves out of il, onhFau"" In the state, - andtaxed """Thrp T f T' terminV?aVue f-qulrln, the "ver the rai road llrea ?,?r , ,:'1r,y to 1,0 "'"tributed fct that ti e taxable ? nrn ,." XHllon- "ccounts for the P-clflc main line . cerMlM Jallm ,of the L'nlon counties a Ion J "its ii! J . rt to. by ne"Hy all of the per cent ,f L . . presents from thirty to forlv those" OUnt,esh M.UVnV.a,1,,e ?' tangible pVoperfy n represents very much less i.!fi'fhCOUn,y ' u"1"tedl? R l ry mucn less than those percentages. of railroad vaiuSnn. fJ lw"r't to lhe "trIbulion that in Iowa ti!L iJS J r taxation, we would explain machine and reoa r sholli"' lhe i,B,.,lo"Jof ""road othfr hin.V -"oranKa law tor the Iowa law? On tha repKho1,f.l,;tSnXdSLrtiM n'T1""' n,ach,ne rssThJpi,T,5 ; Nf..5sisi",ft, ''. i..r.. h.uii:fflm:'.",-;r,s0',,"sxi;,; , r aMMeaeaatiaaaiSiaal 85.00 A filONTI! Specialist Id all DISEASES nd DISORDERS of MEN. 12 yeara la Omaha SYPHILIS cured by the QUICK. EtfT, safest and most natural method thai. has yst baan dlsoovered. Soon every sign end symptom disappears completely and forever. No "UREA-KINd OUT" of the disease on the skin or face. A cure that Is guaranteed to be permanent for Ufa. IflDIPnPCI C cured. Method new, I AnlwUutLC without cutting, paint ao detention from work; permanent ours guaranteed. WK1K MKM from Excesses or Vlntlml to Nervous iJeblllty or Exhaustion, Wjt Ing Weakness with Early Decay In Touns anil Middle A gad. latk of vim, vigor aol strength, with organs Impaired and weak. THICTUKB cured with a new Horn Treatment. No pain, no detention front business. Kidney and Bladder Troubles. OameaUatioa Free. Trnast br Mail, CHAHOtCB LOW. 11 1. lta St. Ur, Searles & Searles, Omaha. Neb, Li- NO MONEY TILL CURFn ov.lcI - XKW PlBLfCATIOIVa. Toor Fortune Told Free IT TIE TnnilR fT rw row Ufa, w B lt tUUIIu. will amd 7a a lloruc,u Raad his of roar Hie anS a aiou lniarHu,a hooton a Irokwr. W yum arod tha a la cf your Wrth and tump happy and full of botw and Mooaaa. Aiiiam Maflaaim Or MTSTIEttl, i , WUlUa 01., T My. VARICOCELE A safe, painless, permanent care guaranteed. Twentf-Brs years' sxperienoa. No money ac cepted antil patient Is well. Consultation no ValUAOLC BOOK FRIg, br mail or at office. Write to Suits P. DR. C. M. C0E, SKftW. Sk Have yon a frequent delre to pass waterf TJss a sound or cathntert Have you any unnatural discharge or night losses? Are you afflicted wlia STRJCTUR.E Enlarged Prostate. Lost Vitality. Skeeiis painless Strloture Cure eradicates tyery trace of th-se xymptouit and dlwaiw No eut ting, dilsilne. drugging or bougies. We gusrun. te a thorough and permanent eure, and you can make satisfactory arrangements to PAY WHEN CURED. It costs nothing to invektlgate. Our remedy ! a dlrei-t lucal api'lloatlon to lhaf(rted I ani being harmless and painless. We 111 mall in' plaiu seiiltd envelope to any addrea, our inter eating book. 'An Honeat T:k," with inaur , temiiiiOinuls: also ' FREE trialI9treX?'ment. IHE 0. L Utl CO., 121 Itlti lailf..,Cc!Mitl,0.
