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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1902)
of r.TKT ATTOHK1 9. : TO PATENT ATTORNEYS Vrh ronstaiit and rapid Increase of the In dustrial and mercantile relation! between ths U nited HI ate, and Mexico make It not only advisable hut Imperative for In ventor of all Clausen, who have patented their Inventions or registered trademarks In thin country, to have oaine registered at once In the Republic of Mexico, a their businesses are now being seriously Injured by the use In that country of many United Slate Inventions, whereas In the rest of the world such Inventions are cheerfully adopted. Therefore, we will be pleased to correspond with patent solicitors In the 1'nited Htates and to undertake the regis tration In Mexico of patents and trade marks of American Inventors. Owing to the special organization of oir law ofllce, having at all times employes who talk the English and ripanish lan guages and a notary's office attached thereto, we are In position to offer our correspondent the rates mentioned below, which are beyond competition, as we save 60 per cent of unavoidable expenses In curred by others In order to secure pat ents and trademarks In Mexico. Total charges for patent attorneys cor responding with us, covering all expenses, taxes and fees, for patent, 70.); for trademarks. M'00; payable In each case when the patent or trademark duly regis tered In Mexico reaches the interested party. EMKTERIO DE LA GARZA, JR.. EKNB8TO CHAVEKO, ALRfcLIO D. CAN A US. Atorneys anil Counselors at I aw. address: Med lnas Street. Nos. U and 13, City of Mexico, D. F Mexloo. MEDICAL. LADIES' Chichester's English Pennyroyal Pills are the best; safe; reliable. Take no other. Send c, stamps, for particulars. "Relief for Ladles" In letter by return mall. Ask your druggist. Chichester Chemical Co., Philadelphia, Pa. !jR. W. HUTCHINSON, specialist 1 women and children; 30 years' practl of ce. Office, 2l'' Cuming. Residence telephone, F-37H); office. LADIES, use our harmless remedy for de layed or suppressed period; It cannot fall; trial free. Paris Chemical Co., Milwau kee, Wis. LADIES, better than a 2S0O.0O reward la my written guarantee to relieve every long-standing, obstinate, abnormal case of suppreoelon ; vegetable, safe, sure, harm less; by mall; particulars and valuable In formation almolutely free. Dr. Mead Remedy Co., 216 State St.. Chicago, 111. -2G4 5 JADIES Regular health, guaranteed; no medicine; send 10c. Gum Rubber Co., Kan I san City, Mo. CARPKNTKRS AND JOINER. I ALL kinds of carpenter work and repairing promptly attended to. J. T. Ochiltree, lth and Tjike streets. 370 ACCORDIO PLUATING. IDE Ali PLEATING CO., 1510 Howard. 835 LAUNDRY. OMAHA Steam Laundry; shirts, 8c; collars, 2c; cuffs, 4c. 1760 Leavenworth. Tel. A-17S3. S'M DKTKCTIVE ACiF.Hl IKS. CAPT. TH03 CORMICK, private detec tlve, 517 Karbach block. Tel. A-1US33. 36 7 TMERISa AKD STl'TTKRIXG. CURED. Julia Vaughn, 430 Ramge Bldg. W0 AITOMOB1LUS. ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES. Delight, 1119 Farnam street. 991 Frn DRESSING. O. R. GILBERT CO., tanners, 1424 S. 13th. 9SB TAILORING. XADIES' JACKKTS made, altered and re modeled. Joe Yousen, 1411 Farnam St. M859 FLORISTS. Iv HENDERSON, 1C19 Farnam. Tel. 1263. Send for price list, cut flowers and plant. M!a STOVES RBPLATED. GOLD, silver and nickel plating. Omaha Plating Co., Bee Bldg- Tel 2M6. 981 PRINTING. WATERS PRINTING; COMPANY. Linotype CompoalUon. 611 8. 13th. -Wo LANGUAGE. OEKMAN. A. Murscliner; 'phone, blai k 1901. Mltu GARBAGE. ANTI-MONOPOLY GARBAGE CO.. cleans cesspools and vaults, removes garbage and dead animals at reduced prices. tUl N. ltitn. Tel. 17.9. 1S3 KXPERT ACCOUNTANT. PRIVATE lessons In bookkeeping, etc.: night class Mond., Wed., Frl. G R. lUihbun. Room la, Com'l Nat l bank. M9.S6 BRASS FOUNDRY. SSRAS3 and aluminum casting, nickel plat ing and finishing. Specialty Mfg. Co.. 41 N. Main tit.. Council bluffs. LEGAL NOTICK. STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Sealed bids will be received by S. K. Crans. city auditor of the City of Lead, South Da kota, until 6 p. m., October 16th, 1902, for liavlng vrtth brick, stone or asphalt, upon a e-lnch concrete base, together with all necetiaary grayling. Approximate estimate: lii.uu) square yards paving. S.2uu lineal feat curbing. Specifications and plans ran be obtained of J. P. Crick, city engineer, 1-ead, South JJakota. Oct4dl0tM rjilLWAY TIME CARD. CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND ft . Partita Rallroad-' The Great Rock Island Route" city Ticket Office. 1S23 Farnam street. Telephone 429. Depot, Jelenhone 92 "uu, . "Vcy treeui. E 8T .arrive. Chicago Daylight Ltd..a 6 00 ara a i Chicago Dayitglt i.ocaL S am I i Chicago Express. ..i oil 15 am . ! 5 5"1 IV. Molne. Kxpre. a l Sm bit M am C hicago Fas, fcTxpres-.a 9: tea ,:5 m 4 50 Denver. Pueblo and ColoradoV'okiahoma' & Pm ' -i3t"n JjDaiiyeiuMry. UNION PACIFIC-'THK Overland Route'' -General "f 2v?.' N- JF' Corner Nl"h end .lrI,"nL1t, y Ticket rarnam St. Tele phone lit,. Depot, Tenth and Marcy bia. Telephone US . , . arrive. i -.. . in vvvruinu umiiea..! y:o am The Chicago-Portland Special :M am The Fast Mtll a 8:60 am 1'ha Mall an,l Vv,-.rm .n.n- a 7.30 pm a 7:30 m 3:2a pm . 1:40 am The Colorado Special... a 7:10 am 1:40 am Lincoln, Ilea trice and Btrorasburg Express.. .b pm blJ:S5 pm The Pacific Express. ...a 4:25 pm The Atlantic Express.... a 1- Urand Island Ical b 9 30 pm b t'.JJ am ami'i . u vcpi Dunaay. CHICAGO. MILWAl'K EE Ticket llrt,... it,,. i.TTi oi. raui Km w,w ty ----- t. rurnam St. Telephone 2M. Depot, ....... ...u mason Btree Teh phone 9i. ( htcago a umana ti..D i:tu am b I 40 pm .hicar? umitea ei in pm a 7:50 am Dally. 0 Dally except Suudajr. 111. WAV TlwK ARD Contlnaed. BURLINGTON Mis souri River Railroad "1 n illW lUlLUJir-IVJ Ul Burlington Route -","-i 4T,5v 'J "''', Northwest Cor ' lllH l ' ner Tenth and rarnan I VVlH J Streets. Ticket Office ISM ".Liz.JZ J Farnam Street. Telei.houe, 2.V. Hurllngton Station, Tentn ana loii Streets. Telephone lis. Leave. Lincoln, Hastings and McCook a 9:40 ara Lincoln. Denver, Colo rado, Utah. California.. a 4:25 pm Alliance Express a 4 Jo pm Lincoln at Black Hills, .all :10 pm Montana, Pug-t Sound.. all:10 pm Lincoln Fast Mall b 9:10 pm Wymore, Beatrice and Lincoln a 9:40 am Denver, Colorado, Utah and California Fort Crook, South Rend, Louisville, i'lattsm th.b 9:20 pm Bellevue, Piattsmouth A Pacific. Junction a 7:60 pm Arrive. a 7:45 pm a 9:10 pin a 3:10 pm a 9:45 am a 6:45 am a 9:17 am bll:S5 am a 9:45 am bll:05 am a 9:97 am Bellevue, Piattsmouth Pacific Junction a 9:00 am a Dally, b Dally except Sunday. KANSAS CITY, 8T. Jo seph A Council Rluffs Railroad "The Burlington Route' Ticket Office. 1502 Farnam Street, Telephone 250. Depot, Tenth and Mason Streets. Telephone 12. Kansas City Day Ei....aI9:20Vam Kansas City Night Ex.. ah): pm Arrive, a 6:06 pm a 6:16 am Bt. ixjuis tyer, ror i. Joseph and St. Louis.. a 6:10 pm all:15 am a Dally. r CHICAGO, BURLINGTON Qulncy Railway The Burlington Route" Ticket Office, 15t2 Farnam Street. Telephone 250. Depot, Tenth and Mason Streets. Telephone 12S. Leave. Arrive. Daylight Chicago Spe- a 700 am all'Ot nm clul Chicago Vestlbuled Ex. .a 4:00 pm a 7:30 am v iiicngo ixiciii r,xpres.n.a 9:j am a 4:05 pm Chicago Limited a 8:05 pm Fast Mall a 2:46 Dm a Daily. FREMONT, ELKHORN A Missouri Valley Railroad "The Northwestern Line" a- General Offices, United States National Bank Building, S. W. Corner Twelfth and Far- Ticket Office, 1401 Farnam St. 561. Depot. 15th and Webster Sis. Telephone 1458. Leave. Arrive. Black Hills. Deadwood. Hot Springs a 2:00 nm a E:n0 nm Wyoming, Casper and DoUKlaa d 8:00 nm e 6:00 nm Hastings, York, David City. Superior, Geneva, Exeter and Seward h 3:00 nm h fi-nn nm Norfolk, Verdlgre and Fremont b 7:90 am hln:2S am Lincoln Wahoo and Fremont h 7:30 am h10-2fi am Fremont Local c 7:30 am a Daily. B Dallv excent Sundav. c Run- day only. d Dally except Saturday. e Dally except Monday. CHICAGO NORTH western Railway "The Northwestern Line"' City Ticket Offlde, 1401 Farnam St. Telephone 661. Depot, Tenth and Marcy Streets. Tele phone 629. liuvn. Arrive. Fast Omaha-Chicago... a 8:00 am all :20 pm Local Carroll-Omaha. ..b 4:00 pm a 9:50 am Local Chlcngo-Omaha..al0:55 am a 6:10 pm fast omaha-Chlcago... a 4:65 Dm a 4:05 nm Fast Mall a 8:00 nm a 2:45 nm Omaha-Chicago L't'd.. .a 8:10 pm a 9:20 am f st St. Paul a 7:55 pm a 8:16 am Fast Mall a 7:50 nm a H-M am Cedar Rapids Passenger a 5:30 pm ijocai bioux uity b 4:00 pm b 9:50 am a Dally, b Daily except Sunday. CHICAGO. ST. PAUL, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway "The North western Line" General Offices, Nebraska Divi sion, 15th and Webster Sts. Cltv Ticket Offlce. 1401 Farnarc gt. Telephone 661. Depot, 16th and Webster Sts. Telephone 1458. Leave. Arrive. Twin City Passenger. ...a 6:30 am a 9:10 pm Bioux city Passenger. ..a 2:00 pm all:10 am Emerson Local b 6:30 pm b 8:30 am a Dally, b Daily except Sunday. ILLINOIS CENTRAL Railroad City Ticket Of fice. 1402 Farnam Street. Telephone, 245. Depot, Tenth and Marcy Sts. i'tRO Leave. Arrive. Chicago Express ...a 7:35 am a 6:10 pm Chicago Limited ., ...a t.w pm a 8:05 am al0:35 pm bl0:35 pm a 8:05 am alO:00 am Fast Mall Minneapolis & St. Paul b 7:35 am Paul Express Minneapolis & St. Limited ...a 7:60 pm Fort Dodge Local from t outicll Blurts . b 4:50 pm r ort noage locai irom Council Bluffs a 6:00 am a Dally, b Dally except Sunday, WABA6H RAILROAD Tic- ffKsSirgA ket fflce- 1601 farnam JXi W&M A Street. Telephone 922. De- V5!!m pot. Tenth and Marcy Sts. Telephone 929. V Leave. Arrive. St Louis Express a 6:o5 pm a 8:30 am Ixmls Ixical (from St Council Bluffs) a Dally. a 9:15 am al0:30pm MI8SOURI PACIFIC RAIL road General Offices and Ticket Offices. Southeast Comer 14th and Douglas Sts. Telephone 104. Depot. Linion Htation. Leave. nd Kansas Arrlva a 8:25 pm a 6:16 am Cltv Exnreaa a!0:00 am K. C, St. L. Express... al0:60 pm Leave from 15th and Wehster Streets: Nebraska Local, via Weeping Water b 4:10 pm al0:46 am a Daily, b Dally except Sunday. ( LARK'S CRUSES FOR llHtH. By Specially Chartered Twin Screw Steamers, "K AlSERl V nail CELTIC" North German Lloyd White Star Line Exprehs Steamer Largest Steamer afloat Cheapest and most attractive trips ever onrerea. VJoCT InrllOC Jan- 14 Martinique, Barba llCal liluloo does, Jamaica, Cuba, Nassau, etc.; 21 days, ll&o up. Unrl torrona-in ni Ir tint Jn- Feb. 7 niUUMbliaiiaail the OIIOIIl Madeira ra.Athens. Constantinople. Palestine, Egypt. Rome, etc., Huo up. I MHCcia Julv 2- 42 days. 9275 snd nUIWCIi flUiiia up; nrst-class. Including IIUOOIU shore excursions, hotels, guides, drives, sic. Programs free mention trip. . c tLAKii, ui tiroaaway. is. x. CANNOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE Park Board Will Have to Let Baflalo Bill Have Baffalo Ball. Arrangements have been completed whereby the buffalo cow which died at Riverside park about a year ago and was mounted at the expense of the park board by J. E. Wallace, taxidermist, will be hipped to Colonel W. F. Cody, who owned the animal. This cow and ths bull which has been at Riverside park for the last five years were loaned to the board by Colonel Cody, "Buffalo BUI," before the exposition. Colonel Cody values the bull, which Is con sidered the finest animal of Ha kind In cap tivity, at 81.000. and has recently offered to transfer ownership to ths park board upon payment of $500. thereby donating half of his value. The board, while desiring to own ths bull and feeling deeply grateful to Colonel Cody for his generosity In having allowed the buffalo to remain her all this time, does not consider that It can afford to expend as much as I'jOO for buffalo bull at this time. Only a few weeks ago the board purchased from a man In Iowa two buffalo cows, and there was shipped with them a young bull, which will be kept here over the winter with the understanding that ths board may purchase him In the spring. To Isaao J a pa a see Uss, LONDON. Oct. 4. Ths Japanese loan of 125.000,000 will be Issued October T. Ths pries will b tlO.il. R mm IB".B- '".-BlSe urn i nam Bts Telephone St. louls TTIE OM.AITA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, OCTOHETl f, 1902. FARMS IN THE NEW COUNTRY Chance9 for Htnifi in Ugin9 lecently Opsnsd ts leUlr9. RRIGAJION WORKS WONIERS IN WEST John Francis of the B. M. Writes of Farms and Firming la Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming;. John Francis, general passenger sgent of the B. ft M.. contributed the following arti cle on chanoes for homeseekrrs In thn west to last week's Issue of The Twentieth Cen tury Farmer, from which paper It la repro duced: It was Mark Twain who said, "Once I could have bought St, Louis for f6.000.000, but I foolishly let the opportunity pass. Now It could not be bought for hundreds of millions." A gentleman from Texas Is on record with this remark, "When I first went to Texas I could have bought the whole of one county for a pair of leather boots. But I didn't have the boots." Most of us are familiar with experience similar to these, but. perhaps, not so ex tensive. When to seize the opportunity In the lsnd buying business Is a problem. To day there are sections of the west where land is plenty and population sparse. It does not take a prophet nor the son of prophet to forsee the developments of western land and the consequent change In values from almost nothing to prices cor responding to those of other productive territories. Immigration Is the most striking feature and the most efficient agency iu the de velopment of the United States. Colonisa tion of new territory has ever been a won derfully important fact. In the earliest ages man constantly shifted his abode. The hunting tribes were necessarily migratory. In a more advanced state of civilization we read of the transit of large and organ ized bodies. The lost tribes of Israel moved across the entire continent of Asia. Phoe nicia and Greece sent forth colonies. A European population has been drawn across the Atlantic, and the greatest fact In mod ern history Is the peopling of thla hemi sphere. Whether we study ancient me dieval or modern history, we are impressed with the fact that the son do move like wise the daughter. Immigration Always Heads Westward. Where do homeseekers go? The answer might be completely expressed In one word west. Immigration columns have al ways headed westward. The advice of the great journalist, "Go west, young man," Is as sound today as It was when first written. The thing today is to locate the portions of the west that are most likely to be made more productive In the near fu ture and secure land thern. It would be Impossible in this article to name all sec tions of the west that Invite attention of the homeseeker today and that prom I so good returns for luveeluient made. Every state In the transralssourl territory offers some good opening that would be well worth the while of the homeseeker to consider. By way of Illustration attention may be called to the North Platte valley In Ne braska and the Big Horn basin In Wyom ing. Development of a Xew Conn try. A new line of railroad for 100 miles in northwest Nebraska has made the North Platte valley accessible to the homeseeker. Starting at Bridgeport, Cheyenne county. Neb., if you will follow the Una of the new railroad through Cheyenne and Scott's Bluff counties to the Nebraska Wyoming state line, thence northwest through Wyoming to Guernsey, you will have traversed a section of new country, con taining nearly 400 square miles, offering unusual Inducements to the farmer, to the stock raiser and the business man. The east end of the Bridgeport-Guernsey line runs through one of the richest farming. dairying and stock raising sections of the west. The west end enters a country rich with mines, which are expected to give employment to large numbers of men and furnish consumers for all the surplus pro ducts of the valley. The leading crops growa in the North Platte valley and yield of each follows: Corn, 36 to 60 bushels an acre. Wheat, 20 to 40 bushels an acre. Oats, 40 to 95 bushels an acre. Barley, 40 to 60 bushels an acre. Flax, 9 to 14 bushels an acre. Alfalfa seed, 6 to 12 bushels an acre. Potatoes. 150 to 300 bushels an acre. Native hay. 1 to t tons an acre. Alfalfa, 4 to 7 tona an acre. Vegetables do well. Sugar beets do well. yielding from twelve to twenty tuns an acre of good test beet. Fruits oi all kinds. o far as they have been grown, are of su perior quality. In this same valley apples and other fruits have taken premiums at a number of state fairs. Alfalfa is destined to be one of the best paying crops grown in the valley. Three crops may be cut every season and sold at home for good prices. I know of one man in the North Platte valley who last year hnd the use of 100 acres of land for the breaking. He put It all Into corn. The crop was sold to stock men at $1.10 a hundred and brought him nearly 12,000. A. B. Fowler, near Guern sey, Wyo., raised 4,000 bushels of potatoes on twenty acres, and from ten acres he raised enough garden truck to bring him J 800 cash. Thla was in addition to what his family used and what he stored for winter use. His total income last season from thirty acres was nearly 94,000. teasing Lands Open for Settlement. The government lands to be had in the North Platte valley are mostly grazing lands, although there are some lands suit able for agriculture. Cheyenne county, Ne braska, has 280,000 acres of free govern ment lands; Scottsbluff county, 120,000 acres, and Laramie county, Wyoming, 2, 81,293 acres. Filing fee for 160 acres is (14. and within six months after filing ts made the applicant must establish n residence upon the land. The applicant must live there for five years, and it must be his home exclusive of any other home. After residence of fourteen months com mutation proof can be made and patent Issued upon payment of 91.25 per acre. The Big Horn basin In Wyoming contains nearly 10,000 square miles, somewhat more than the entire area of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Ths adventures of Captain Bonneville in 1832 and a few succeeding years, given to the world by Washington Irving, took place in what Is now the Big Horn basin, then known as ths "Crow Country." Irving thus quotes a descrip tion of ths region given by a chief of the Crows at that time: "The Crow country is a good country. The Great Spirit has put it exactly in the right place. While you are in It you fare well. Whenever you are out of It, which ever way you travel, you fare worse. It has snowy mountains and sunny plains. When the summer heats scorch the prai ries you can draw up under the mountains where the air Is sweet and cool, the grass fresh, and bright streams corns tumbling out of ths snow banks. Tharo la no coun try Ilk the Crow country. Everything good Is to be found there." Bis Mora Baala. Such was the Indian's eulogluro upon ths Big Horn basin of today. All whits men may not ars with, ths as rags la Lis opinion of the country, for their uses are different. But It is historically true that In nearly every case the white man has In time agreed with the savage estimate snd finally occupied the land. The Big Horn basin lies In the northwest corner of Wyo ming, the northern boundry being the state line of Montana. On the west lies the Yellowstone national park. In many re spects It Is one of the most remarkable basins situated on either side of the great continental divide. This Is true whether wo consider Its grost area, the lofty moun tains enclosing It on all sides except the north. Its equable climate or the fertility of Its soils. On the east looms up the Big Horn range, some of Its peaks rising 12.000 feet above sea level; on the west tower the equally high peaks of the Shoshone range, spurs of the great continental divide, con necting It with the southern end of the Big Horn range. The usual elevation of the divides connecting these peaks Is from 9,000 to 11,000 feet above the sea level. Nestling among these grand old mountains lie over 600.000 acres of the most fertile land on this continent, awaiting only the hand of man and the influence of the irrigating ditch to make it one of nature's garden spots. There ts an abundance of water at band for the purpose. Roots Thrive Exreedlnaly Well. The greater part of tho Irrigable lands have an altitude varying from 3,400 to 4,400 feet. On these lands grow oats, wheat, barley, rye, corn, timothy and alfalfa. All the roots, such as potatoes, carrots, ruta bagas and beets, of all kinds, thrive ex ceedingly well up to 6,500 feet of elevation. The Irish potato yields well and the quality Is unsurpassed anywhere. Being largo, smooth and mealy, they market at the highest price and are a profitable crop. It is not uncommon for beets and rutabagas, where well cultivated, to attain weights of ten to fifteen pounds, being solid to the core. Of melons, the cantaloupe matures of excellent quality; so does the water melon, though to loss extent. Such garden vegeta bles as radishes, lettuce, cauliflower, beans and peas do well at all altitudes. Radishes, lettuce and callflower come to perfection at 6,500 feet altitude and are of unsurpassed quality and flavor. Within the belt lying between 6.500 and 6,600 feet etevatlos timothy and redtop do exceptionally well. Alfalfa produces two good cuttings, some times three. Oats yield from forty to fifty bushels to the acre. On ranches In the vicinity of Cody a yield of from eighty to 100 bushels to the acre, weighing from forty-two to forty-five pounds to the bushel, Is not uncommon. Wheat has been known to exceed fifty bushels, and an average of thirty-eight bushels to the acre would be a conservative estimate. Barley runs from forty to sixty bushels to the acre snd rye from twenty-five to fifty-five bushels. In speaking of the corn crop in tho basin, the state report says: "Corn yields from thirty to fifty bushels to the acre, and Is as sure a crop as In Iowa." Alfalfa In tho lower belt yields three to seven tons; other grasses two to four tons per acre. Ideal Stock Country. For many years live stock raising was almost the only industry of Wyoming, and no doubt It will always be a leading Indus lly, as U la au Ideal stuck country. Its mild, open winters, abundance of nutri tious, natural grasses, and pure mountain streams, make It nature's stock country. There is no more favored spot In the state than the Big Horn Basin. Hundreds of head of stock never have a mouthful of feed other than grass during the entire year and go from the range direct to mar ket. The agricultural interests of the country are of course subservient to tho stock intcrrets, and always will be, but when the tillable lands of the baBin are under the ditch it will make one of the most profitable combinations to be found anywhere, both for the farmer and stock man. All the grain and hay necessary to feed and fatten the stock raised on the surrounding ranges will be grown in the country, besides grain, poultry, produce and fruit for the mining towns that will be opened as the country develops. These are two points of vital Interest to the homeseeker. Coal has been developed in all parts of the country, and can be had at several different mines within easy reach by team at $1.25 to $2.00 per ton. Wood can be had for the cutting and haul ing, and can be obtained along all the streams. Lumber can be had at the rail road stations at $20 to $30 per thousand, and at the mountain mills at $14 to $15 per thousand. Earning; Power of Lands. As an illustration of the earning power of these lands when put under water and cultivation, we quote from a report on crops of 1901 of a few farmers under the Bench canal. These are new lands and only partially cultivated, yet It will be seen that the returns on these new farms are sufficient to amply provide for a fam ily: J. H. WAMHTTFF. 1.200 bushels of oats $ V W 213 bushels of wheit 1'T in bushels of alfalfa seed 76 90 150 tons of hay 42 hogs at 15 each 75 bushels of potatoes Garden 160 acres of pasture 6n0 o0 210 00 69 75 luO 00 ieo ) Total $1,943 15 V. O. LANGTRY. 1.000 bushels of oat $ 600 00 1m tons of hay W 125 bushels of potatoes 116 25 120 acres of pasture 120 00 Total J H. KATHMAN. 2,020 bushels of oats 17 bushels of wheat 75 bushels of potatoes 60 bushels of corn 25 tons of hay Garden 20 bushels of bromegraas aeed... 22 acres pasture .91,139 26 .91,010 oo . 1H0 20 . 9 75 37 60 . 100 00 . 100 00 47 60 22 00 Total $1,487 06 In the development of many new tracts In the United States ths homeseeker has preceded the railroad, and agriculture un der his direction has been made profitable before the arrival of the locomotive. In the North Platte valley In Nebraska and in the Big Horn basin in Wyoming, however, the railroad has been ahead of the settler and is bending its energies to build up these territories for the future returns expected from them. In neither the North Platte valley nor the Big Horn basin has the rail road company which constructed new lines any land for sale. Inrreaari Farm Valaea. From comparison with what has hap pened In Iowa and Nebraska we can form a aafe conjecture for the future of tho North Platte valley and the Big Horn ba sin. Ten years ago first-class land could bs bought in Iowa for $10 an acre. Today that land is selling for $60, $70 and $76 an acre, practically out of reach of tho man of moderate means. Some doubting Thomas may say, "But that land is east of the Missouri river. No such advance could bs shown in the west." Nebraska Is filled with just such examples. Going further west let us take tho irri gated farms near Fort Morgan, Colo., for example. Ten years ago land was worth from $12 to $15 an acre. Today It la held at $30. $40 and 250 an acre, with very little for sale. These remarkable increases In value of farm lands show plainly enough why there Is a steady demand for cheap lands that will grow staple products, and accounts for the steady movement of home seekers to lands In western Nebraska and beyond. Reference has been mads to irrigation In both of tho new territories recently opened to homeseekers. Americans are slowly growing accustomed to irrigation, because they ara beginning to appreciate 11 aa an absolute necessity. Nearly sll of the gov ernment lands that lie under rainy skies ara now occupied Tet there Is sn Immense area of rich soil In the far west thst wants only water to make it the most fruitful nd valuable of lsnd. The farmer In an Irrigated country has many advantage over the one who has to depend upon the capricimisneaa of the weather. Having water available la his ditch or reservoir, the Irrigation farmer can turn it on and distribute It when sad where It Is needed, and In such quantities as experience has taught him will produce the best results. No crops rot In the field; the Irrigator hss complete control of the water, and other things being equal, a crop Is assured be yond all doubt every season. Removes Element of Chance. Irrigation is one of the oldest of arts. It was practiced by the ancient Egyptians, the Assyrians, the Bsbylonians and the Chinese. Irrigated land in Spain ts worth from $600 to $2,500 an acre. Irrigated land In California, planted to oranges, has sold for $2,600 an acre for soil, trees and water right. Dry farming Is seen to be precarious business in every land. Irrigation is scien tific. It takes the work of the tiller of the soli out of the realm of chance, and In a land of sunshine like this makes farming or fruit growing a staple business. But Irrigation concerns Itself with small tracts. It means the day of small farms, snd large holdings must be broken up. They are un profitable. This explains why lands are low; why great, level, productive acres In the finest regions of a wonderful state, ar for sale. In Nebraska the number of Irrigators In creased from 214 In 1889 to 1,932 In 1899, or 902.3 per cent, and the number of acres Irrigated from 11.744 to 148,638. or 1.1 4 8 per cent. The ditches in operation In 1809 had a length of 1,701 miles, cost $1,279,978 and Irrigated 147,696 acres. There were 843 acres irrigated from wells. The Irrigated area In crops was 129,726 acres, yielding products valued at $82.615. The area Irri gated In pasture and Immature crops was 18,812 acres. Government Irrlajatloa Work. Immediate results from the recent act of congress looking toward Irrigation of arid lands In the west should not be ex pected. Reports from Washington are to the effect that before the general work can be undertaken there will have to be a great amount of preliminary work. An extensive series of surveys will have to be made and other preliminary work done before the actual construction of Irrigation works can be expected. Tho first object of the government will be that of determining tho extent of the available water resources for the various districts, and in doing so one of the facts to be ascertained will be tho amount of flow which may be expected at different seasons of the year. Until those facta are known It will not be possible to determine what area of land any particular stream Is capable of effectively Irrigating at the Urns when Irrigation Is most needed. Another Important subject to the eater prise which will require careful study la the extent to which the waters of various districts may be conserved by the construc tion of reservoirs. Where the conditions are favorable for the erection of dams and barriers the surplus waters of the rainy season can be stored for use during dry sessons. and thus the supply for irrigation be much increased over that which is now available. To determine where such reser voirs are practicable and where they should be located so as to most effectively serve the desired purpose will of course entail extensive surveys and a great deal of time. It Is of interest in this connection to know that the work of irrigation by the government, while It will eventually mean a great deal for the west, will not have to be waited for to develop the North Piatt valley and the Big Horn basin. The work of Irrigation In each of these sec tion is now extensively and systematically carried out. The best proof of this fact la the report of crop and yield for last season given above. In a recent editorial your paper states: "By consolidated effort Nebrask a can without question add 100,000 Inhabitants to its population within the next two year. Some of this population In crement Is bound to come of Its own accord, but we cannot get the full benefit that belongs to us unless we do aomethlng to bring the unexampled op portunities afforded by this state to the attention of those who may be induced to join our citizenship." With the upbuilding of the North Platte valley and other sec tions of the western portion of the state there is no reason why the hope thus ex pressed that 100,000 inhabitants bs added to Nebrsska's population In the next two years cannot be realized. OlT OK TUB OHDIH4RY, Five generations of one family are living In the town of Pillow, Dauphin county. Pa. They are Mrs. Henry Feagley, aged 91; her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Leuker. aged 69; Mrs. Leuker's daughter, Mrs. Frank Snyder, aged 44; the latter' daughter, Mrs. A. R. Delbler, and her son, Russell, aged 2 months. The number of twins and triplets born In Berlin has steadily risen since 1825. Out of nearly 2,000,000 children born within that period twins were born 22.441 times, triplets 229 and quadruplets 3 times. During the same period in London twins were born 14.000 times, triplets 75 times and quadrup lets twice. The Parts figures are: Twins, 7,600; triplets, 26; no quadruplets. General John B. Castleman, a noted Ken tucky horse lover and whip, has tiled in Washington a proposal to carry the malls between his home, Pleasant Hill, and Bur gin, a distance of six miles. Provided he gets the contract he will do the work with a coach and four or tallyho, with outriders and postillions In olden-day style. Only Kentucky thoroughbreds will be used. John G. Taylor, a wealthy retired banker of West Chester, Pa., Is a philanthropist of an unusual type. He Is spending his for tune erecting monuments in the Brandy wine cemetery as tributes to the men who have figured prominently In our national history. He has already spent $100.0ua In this work and has Just given an order In Italy for a monument to Wells and Mc Comaa, who killed General Ross, the leader of the British against Washington In the war of 1812. Armed with dress suit cases marked "Around the World on Our Nerve," three New York youths have Just started on an attempt to circle the world. They are James T. Quirk, Arthur Klaffaky and Ed ward Krawltsky. They leave New York without a cent, depending solely uion th-lr wits to pay their way in first-class style throughout the trip. Quirk Is a song writer, monologlat and musician. KlafTbky a lightning aketche artist and Krawltsky Is a reciter and singer. The morning after th affray which re sulted In his brother's death Stuyvesant Fish was giving such Information aa he could to some reporters In New York. One of them attempted to take a snapshot of Mr. Fish. The latter, angered at the bad taate displayed, denounced the newspaper man and smashed his camera, saying In effect: "Tell your manager that It he will send a bill for the camera I will pay It. and If lie will call In person I will see that he is soundly thrashed." A civil war record of th height of In diana soldiers shows that out of 118.264 there were 16,047 6 feet 10 Inches tall. 8.7ui 6 feet 11 Inches. 4.679 4 feet tall. 2.614 9 feet 1 Inch, 1.357 4 feet 2 inches. 409 6 feet 3 Inches and 330 over 4 feet 3 Inches. Commenting on these statistics Dr. Gould, actuary of the t'nlted Slates Sanitary commission, writes: "It Is evident from our statistics that th Indiana men are the tallest of the natives of th United States, and these latter th tallest of all olvlllsed countries." Bailor have a very simple, and what la said to be a very effective way of deter mining the edible or nonedibl qualities of any new varieties of fish they may hap In to run across In the water In which the fish Is boiled is placed a bright silver coin. If the coin retains its natural color during the boiling process, the fish Is good to eat. But If It turns dark, th food Is rejected. Why should not this be an equally efficacious method of determining th pois onous or nonpoisonoua quality of vegetables mushrooms, for Instance? Any acid polaon will tarnish silver, and nol poison ar of aa acid natur. JACK A SAD SEA DOG NO MORE Cnltivat-9 iraofi f lcity Wh4n i8hre and 21ia9 U T. If. 0. A. Irtich. "BLUE RIBBON" MEN ON NEARLY ALL SHIPS Ballon Have Money, Laagh at BoasaU lnT Honse Keeper and Pick Oat Their Ship at Their Cite. (Copyright, l!si2, by Irving King.) Up from the shining paths of the sea, from the fields of foam and the watery steeps, come 20,000 merchant sailors a month to pour themselves Into the streets of New York and rest a while from their labors. Old Ideas and old superstitions die hard, and none seems more gifted with a baleful and persistent life than the stereotyped Idea of "Jack ashore." It Is embalmed in song and story. From the days of Dlbdin to the days of "Strike up the band, here comes a sailor," Jack ashore la pictured as a reckless, Irresponsible In dividual, whose first act on striking the beach Is to got drunk, get Into a fight and seek lewd company, the devil and all his works. Whatever Jack ashore may have been In the past, today he fulfill none of the requirement of the popular picture of him. If be did, these 20,000 merchant sailors a month would make New York bowl and keep It howling. Aa It I, their pres ence in port Is unnoticed except by those whose business brings them Into contact with the Invading rmv of th sea. It la probably because Kipling's "8!ven men from all thn worUI back to port again. Reeling down the Ratcllff Rond, drunk and raining Culn," appeal more to ths Imagination than "Seven men from all the world" looking over the recent periodicals In a seaman's reading room, that the world refuses to glv up Its old idea of Jack ashore. The old-time sailor who shivered his timbers, damned his eyes and dashed his tarry topllghta is almost as extinct as the dodo gone with the Black Ball Line to dane on Fiddler's Oreen with "Liverpool Jack" and "Hanging Johnny." And the sailor who considers It bis flrnt duty on getting aahore to get drunk and "paint the town" la fast following him Into the limbo of things which were ptctureaquo but un civilized, like the feudal system and the wampum age. He hasn't quite gone yet, though. Th old-time Improvident roysterlng sallorman Is still with us occasionally, and can be found by looking for him, sometimes with out. It would be too much to say that the character of the world's seafaring popula tion as a whole has changed, but It is an indisputable fact that it is rapidly changing. allor aa Skilled Worker. Today the sailor la simply a skilled work man employed on a vessel instead of ashore. When he is ashore he is taking his pleasure and the arrests among the 20,000 seamen who monthly eomei ashore In the port of New York are less In proportion than among any other class of workmen gathered In considerable numbers for an outing. Twenty years ago a sailor who wss a total abstainer was aa bard to And aa "rose In December, Ice in June," but today he Is not at all uncommon. Scarcely a ship comes into port but haa a few "blue ribbon" men on board of it. As a rule. Jack ashore still likes his beer, but he takes it in modera tion. It would be absurd to allege that Jack has turned angel all at once. He still Is very human and liable to fall by the way side. And when he does fall he makes so much row about It, after th bad old model, that he helps to keep alive the traditions which would make all sailors even as he. "Ben Bolt of the salt sea wave" still has something about which differentiates him from a landsman, and he will have till "there shall be no more sea" and the last sailor sails no more, but morally he has be come just about what most other men are afloat and ashore; if anything, a little above the average. (tailors' Clnb Aahore. Not many years ago there used to bo a score of places along the water front patronized almost exclusively by sailors, where they caroused and danced with their painted partners, reckless, abandoned, a prey to land-sharks, careless of Ood and man. Now there Is not a real old-time place of the sort in the city. On West street. Charlton street and Pike street there are free reading rooms exclusively for sail ors, and these rooms are filled all th time, every day, by Jack ashore. In these places Jacky reads the paper and magazines, plays checker or other games and meets and talks with men of his calling from all over the world. These ' are the sailors' clubs, when ashore, and no other club in the world can show such a cosmopolitan gathering as one of these sailors' reading rooms. For when the sailor of New York's shipping come all the "Seven Seas" the Swede, Finn, Dane and Norwegian, all dif fering from each other in politics (for they talk international politics), but all agree In their hatred of the Russian men of swarthy face and bearded Up from Genoa or Oporto; perhaps a swart West Indian or a lithe and wiry Malay or Kanaka; sailors from Spain or Buenns Ayres or a man from Rio longing for a sight of th sugar loaf and to e again the palm tree touch the skies; all these and more, too, make up th 20,000 sailors who rest from the sea every month in the greatest port in the new world. There is, of course, a large number of Irish, English and Scotch; nor 1 the Yankee sailor as extinct as is commonly supposed. The Swell Yaakea Sailor. One type of your Yankee sailor come In, say from Maine, being engaged in "the heavenly trade of coasting." The captain Is a person of the first importance In his own town and bis crew is largely made up of his sons and nephews, or the sons of his neighbors. When this sort of a sailor comes ashore be seldom frequent th place where other sailors congregate. "The boys" put on their "store clothes" some of them have patent leather shoes which they bought the last time "they was down to Bawaton" and pay a visit to some theater, where, if they keep their huge rough hands out of sight, they may be mistaken for golf play ers or yachtsmen returned from a cruise, except that their clothes are not exactly of th latest cut and ar badly In need of pressing. There are many other American sailor, too, not In th "heavenly trade of coasting" among the monthly twenty thou sand, and these, like tbelr brothers, may be seen In force in th reading rooms. A good sample sailors' reading room Is the one at 399 West street. This place, which opens early and close late, seldom haa lew than 100 sailor of all nationalities in it, and th manager say. In talking with a man, it I no uncommon thing to find that he I a member of th Young Men' Chris tian association. Fancy that, y who "Jack ashore" it of the old-time variety. Not all sailor aahor patronise th read ing room, of course. Thar ar tho who prefer to go to a concert hall, where they can bear aom muslo and drink a few glasses of beer, or to visit some cheap theater. Then they return to their ships, seldom th worse for liquor. Stand in Furmaa street, Brooklyn, some night with th towering cliff of Columbia Height above you and see Jack ashore returning late to his floating horn from aa outing of this sort. The steamer to which they ar bound ar laden with th product of Brsztl. th nhore of th P","h and the lands where the fla.hln. .urgea break upon th. coral reef, of the AnUlle. Th air 1 heavy with the odor of raw .ugar and green coffee and a thousand other tropical scent. Hardly . heard In th long, dim itreet but the foot fall of th returning allora. Now an4 then you might e - wba. walk unsteady, and who t.lk. excitedly, but there ar not many t Um. As a nil they walk quietly In groups, hurry,n aboard, apparently none the worse for thel night pleasure. The Increased pay whlcU the allor gets nowaday ha don much to change his character for the better. He la now gble, with economy, t end little money each time he I PI4 off to little home acros tho wave or to tar a little bank account against th Mm when "the ) that loves a allor" be his. Following th e U ot th oli dog' life that It waa. Jack, the Slave. Jack paid off. and living ashoro In bit boarding house, used to be the abject lav of the boarding master, who would keep him until his money wti gone, when ha sent him to sea again. 'Twa the old ong, "Get up. Jack; let John lit down." Con dition now ar vastly Improved and Jack waits In hi boarding house for a blp aa any other skilled workman would wait for a Job. The boarding master used to en courage Jack to drink up his money a fast aa he could and then take what he had trusted him for out of hi advance wage when he got a ship. Today there ar no advanced wage allowed, and Jack, Instead of drinking up bis money In a hurry, la rather Inclined to be careful of hi cur renry while he Is without ship. He like to be able to pick and choose when ha takes to the sea once more, so that he need not take the first ship the boarding master told him to. Boarding master are not all as perfect a they should be today and the modern Jackey sometimes will forget his shrewd nes. But with the close supervision which Is kept over sailor' boarding house now. nd th many societies which stand ready to aid the sailor, the toller of the see. Is "on easy street" compared with those of his kind who lived before him. One society ven will furnish him with free legal advlca If he think he la blng wronged. So Jack ashore today Is not the Jack ashore ot tradition, though In all his essential char acteristics he is still a different being front the man whose horn I on the shore a being for whom the ocean were estab lished. That those who bavw no pteswrrre to servo the Lord by measure May enter Into galleon and aerve Hint on the nea. IRVINfJ KINO. A Travellna Man's Story. "There Is a certain city down toward the) center of the state of Illinois which I very proud of its brand new court house, said a traveling man for one of Chicago' big wholesale houses. "I had to stay over night In that town one night last week, and as I had some time to kill after supper, I thought I'd go around and see the new building. It certainly Is a very Imposing structure, built ef granite and occupying a great big square in the center of the block, with lawn running up from the street to the different sides of the building. I found the Janitor and he took me all over the place, turning on the Incandescent lights to show me the handsome frescoes and finishes of the different rooms. What particularly caught my attention was the spotless cleanliness of everything. The mosaic floors, the quarter-sawed oak wood work, the staircases, the rotunda ratlings, the roomy elevators all were as bright and free from dust and tarnish a .the proverbial new pin. Just fancy court rooms and offices looking that way at the ordinary county seat. "How do you do1 it?" I asked the Janitor. He smiled, but said nothing until he reached hi store room. Then he showed me a whole case of Gold Dust which he kept in stock. . "This washing powder," he said, "Is the only thing that will be used around thla place as long as I am Janitor. I have been doing this kind of work all my life and have never had such a snap keeping things clean as since I began using Gold Dust. You can imagine what a Job I would have here without It." The Other Fellow. Terre Haute Gazette: "What do you think of these 'ere trusts?" asked Farmer Bootjack. "All wrong tumble things." replied Farmer 8weetflag. "Qov'ment bedn't orter allow them to exist. By the way," he added, with a chuckle, "I gueea thet milk association has got the pesky milk dealer right where we want 'em now. They'll hev to come down with our price for the milk or else quit sellln'." COXHL'BI ALITIES. The date set for the wedding of Bishop Potter to Mrs. Clark Is October 14. Th ceremony will be performed In Christ church, which Is within a stone's throw of Mrs. Clark's elegant country house, Fern leigh. ' ' .v.. ..... ..V, V V V. I , I IM Mini J DBltl- uels, aged 55, were married Saturday even ing at Apalacon. Pa, Forty year ago Stephens loved Mrs. Samuels. He later went to Nevada and married. Mrs. Sam uels aleo married. Recently both Inst their early partners In Ufa. Correspondence be tween tbem followed and they decided to marry. Stephens drove a team from Ne vada to Pennsylvania to meet hi affianced. Not often Is love of a business carried so far as that eloping Denver maker of arti ficial legs has carried it. He married a woman for whom he made one of these simulations. So great waa his pride In his workmanship. Now he has run away with another-female client. Mlsa Nellie M. Brown, for soma time a teacher In the government Indian school at Crow Creek agency. South Dakota, ha lust been married to Fred Medicine Crew, a full blooded redMkln belonging to the Crow Creek reservation. The bride hails from Washington, which also waa the home of Cora Belle Fellows, the society belle who married Chaaka, the Bioux a union which turned out deplorably. What Milwaukee and St. Joe are to Chi cago In the way of elopement Jersey City ts to New- York, and Justice of th Peace Roe of the last named place ha tied a great many hurried knot. He haa Just an nounced, however, that when he haa the slightest doubt aa to the legal age of high contracting parties he will require them to make affidavit. "There are too many silly, thoughtless marriages." says the Justice, "and I don't propose to cater to such mad neaB." It has remained for a Chicago bank, ac cording to newspaper reports, to fix not an age limit but an income limit for young men contemplating matrimony. It ha set the mark for Its clerks at leaat tl.Onu and the young men have protested and threat ened to strike. They think It unjust and cruel that an employe ahould Jeopardise his position If he ventures to take himself a wife before he haa "rulsed" to 21 OuO espe cially when the raises " are alow and long coming. .-..a Ju mar out uiuer iu nuu sure mat both parties should tM it aV a- taa nf thaa iniUun i v" tlon to It. The happy groom aald he had been so occupied In thinking of what hi had agreed to hlm.elf tnHt "he had alvei no thought to what hi. wife promised? and he dliin t care a cent anyway, so Ion a a. she agreed to marry him. The Judge aat! that huaband and wife form part wahn Therefore their Interests ar mutual f and nehher should be called upon to "obey" th it.ii.es. as to the ronatltutlonal rth , .7 -mad by Mr. Hamiltof NoblJ Dl i?' idge M. M. Sheldon of Macon. Mo., riud a young counle last Week an th word "obey" In the ceremony. In" Justice Bummervllle of 0dln. Ill haa handed down a decision that If a man s!X! hla wife he mu, I,,.,,,, uellvery. or h I guilty of obtaining money undeV fal Sei! hVaMrftheT.;;. port hut left him hif'r. 'gh't. 1 m.nor. had Hamilton arretu. and t ha ar,VtXT P n munJiv ...in i k.... .v"":1 ntlr com , vm iu cask I
