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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1007. ( STATE MILITIAMEN IN CAMP Today Mark Beg-inninj of Routine at - ' Lincoln. JVRKJS OK THE PHDSARY TICKET Law rrrtlffli Names State KxpreJs Com-sales. (From a 3taff Correspondent.) Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 11 -(Special.) Khaki clad, alert and robust, warrior of the Nebraska "National guard, wilt tomor row begin the routine of camp life. Cora panlea hare- been arriving In the city throughout the day, comnlutrf depart ments hare been arranged for quarter and supplies, and tomorrow the militiamen will tackle the food and regulations of army life. Adjutant General Sen warm has eatab llshed brigade headquarters at the F street park. .The following are with him: j Major D. L. Howell, Eighteenth Infan. ! try, U. 8. A., Ft. Leavenworth, who T p- ' j resents the government; Colonel George F. I Jenkins, Fslrbury, quartermaster and I commissary general, and Major E. H. I Phelps, assistant adjutant general. The hospital corps, .under command- of Major Blrkner ' of Lincoln, and the signal corps, j under command ..of. Captain Gage of Fre ' mont, are also encamped at the F street park. The First regiment, under command of Colonel Btorch of Fullnrton, Is at Capital beach. The other officers of this regiment are Lieutenant Colonel Oegner of Madi son and Majors Eberly of Stanton, Grimm of Wllber and Boehr of Omaha. tTha Second regiment Is at Ep worth lake park under the command of Colonel Harti gan of Falrbury, with Lieutenant Colonel Osborne of Omaha and Majors Mack of Albion, Paul of Bt. Paul and Sammona of Kearney. Regimental and brigade parades and a sham battle are features of the program. Jnnkln Sara lit Followed Law. In defense of tha sample ballots which he has sent out to the various county clerks. Secretary of State Junkln said this morning he did not specify after the can didates for railway commissioner the words "to fill vacancy," because no one filed to fill a' vacancy. ' He merely did as he was compelled to do under the pro visions of the primary' law; that Is, certify out to the county clerks the names filed with him as candidates for a nomination, j After those names which were filed as candidates to fill a vacancy, he said he inserted those words. Only two such names were filed, a candidate for regent on the socialist tloket and a candidate for Judge of the Ninth district. He did not Insert these names on this certificate alphabeti cally, he said, but In the order filed. On the sample ballot the names appear alpha betically. On his sample ballot the secre tary of state Included only the candidates ' for state offioers, and it Is up to the county clerks to Insert county and Judicial officers on 'the ballot alphabetically. RnllBs; on Branding; Llqoer. Tn answer to an Inquiry .regarding the brewing of liquor, packages, Food Com missioner Johnson has given out the fol lowing: VThs rulings of this office In regard to Vfrandlnr liquor packages are as follows: F "All liquors sold in Nebraska must be labeled, showing the percent or proof of . aloohnl and net contents." Am a vitii 1 1 17 ira atinn thst aitK niHn would mean practlaally prohibition! I have 1 only mis to say that tne jaw seems to Do very Plata h Its requlrrrtnt and I shall undertake To enforce It as 1 understand It, without considering whether such en forcement heli or binders the liquor traffic In this state. v The dealer who buys Imported liquors to ; wii lu in cuntuijMfra in una siaie ougni 10 know before he bys, the character of the f oods. If he does not' know, then that Is he very best reason whv hs should be held tn a strict responsibility, for It Is certainly somebody's business to know the quantity and the character of the contents of a 'bottle or liquor. Tou say It would be .impossible to re label every bottle of Imported goods after raising port Inspection. Why do you say his? It Is not a difficult matter to label these bottles In the country where the liquor Is produced. The producer at that end of the line should be willing to comply with the law In force In this state, which Is Intended to protect the consumer here agalnat an article not what it pretends tn be. but "If the producer of this foreign liquor refuses to label his roods to meet the requirements of the Nebraska law . where the stuff is tn be eonsumeed, then let the dealer on this side of the water, what Is appealing to the Nebraska con sumer for confidence and patronage, let him take the trouble to know the char acter and the quantity - of the goods he bnys before he offers them for sale here. This law Intends to protect the consumer in this state against - deception, either as to - the character nr the quantity of the liquor In the container. Tn enforcing the law. T am bound to eon alder the square denl, which the consumer Is entitled to when he buys, rather than the tnoonvenlenca of- wbieh. you complain In the label requirements. Kaforeement af it bier Aet. In answer to i. telephone inquiry from Representative Marshall Harrison of Otoe county 'regarding the enforcement of the SlbUy' law and the. position of the Btate Railway commission. Attorney Genet al Thompson has written the following: In view of what you stated to me In this conversation, I take the llbeity of Inform ing you' as follows tn regard to the en forcement of the Blbley act: It was. tha Intention of the legislature, as you know, to pass this act, with the emergency clause, and have It go Into ftect at once, upon Its approval by the f.trvernor. This bill did not, however, r nto effect upon Its approval because it did not conform to the requirements, of the constitution in that it failed to declare ' an emergency -either In the body "or the preamble of the act. The railway commission had been In formed that It was the Intention of the ex press couipanies not to obey this law or put Into effect the rates provided In the bill. Consequently under the direction of the State Railway commission and the gov ernor, the very day the act became a law under- thd institution, I commenced an fear of poor results, or of harming tut fabrics, if you -use the genuine P Made lor ewrr Ail T. The Badge of Honesty Is on every wrsppor of Doctor PI "fee's Golden Medical Discovery because t full Itet of the Ingredient composing it Is printed tbers In plain English. Forty year of eiperlne has proven its superior worth as blood purifier and Invigorat ing tonic for the cure of stomach disorder nd all liver ill. It balld tip the run down system at no ether tonle can la which alcohol In ova. The active medic inal principle of native root uch a (old An Seal and Qtieen't rrot, Stone and Mandrake root, Bloodroet and Black Cherry bark are attracted and preferred by the no of ctiemlcallr pare, triple refined glycerine. Send to Dr. R. V. Pierce at Buffalo, N. Y.. for rr booklet which quote extracts from well-recoenlied med ical authorities such as Drs. Bortholow, King. Scudrfetr, Coe, Ellin wood and a host of other showing that these root can be darnded upon for their curative action it all weak suite of the stomach, accompanied fey Indication or dyspepsia a well j InCll bilious or liver complaint and Iniy aatlni; disease" where there Is lostKnesh and gradual running down of tltt'strength and syMem. The "Golden Merilnnl DUr.overy' fnaVcs Wood n1 so ltivlcrate nculal.ee Tho stomach, llvor. and hnw Ma ori d. through them., the whole . Tnem Thus aUskin affections, blotehe, pimple 'and eruption as woll as scrofulous swel ling and old open running sorea or ulcort are cured and healed. In treating old runulng sores, or ulcers'. It Is well to In sure their healing to apply to them Dr. Pierce's All-Healing Salve. If your drug gist don't happen to have this Salve in stock, send fifty-four cents In postage stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotl and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. N. Y.. and a large box of the "All-Healing Salve will reach yon by return post. You can t afford to accept a secret nog ' trum as a substitute for this non-alcoholic, medicine or known compomtioh, not even though the urgent dealer may thereby make a little bigger profit. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and Invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granulo. easy to take a cond .. action in the supreme court against each one of these express companies, five In number, praying for Injunctions to restrain them from putting Into force or effect any other or different rate than the rate named In said act, which, according to the terms of the bill, was 26 per cent of the rates In force snd effect on the several lines of railroad January 1. 1907, In the state of Nebraska whereon theee companies were transacting business. Cases 1st Federal Court. As soon as the supreme court met I fol lowed this up with application for tem porary injunctions. Before the court acted upon the applications the express com panies filed their bond and application with the supreme court to remove these cases to the United States court. Under the laws of congress, whenever application ' is made and a bond for removal Is filed, the state oourt loses Jurisdiction until sucn time as it may be determined by the United States court that the cases were not re movable cases. After this had been done by the express companies and the state court had been thus ousted of Jurisdiction from the time being from hearing and de terrnntng these cases, the express com panies commenced suits In tho United States district court, for the Omaha di vision, sgalnst the members of the State Railway commission and myself to enjoin ue from undertaking to enforce the pro visions of the Sibley act, and made ap plication for a temporary injunction. I resisted these applications for temporary injunctions and succeeded In preventing the same from being granted. In the suits thus commenced In the Unlto-1 States court It was alleged that the Blbley act was non-compeniatory, cuiifUcHtory, contrary to the federal con stitution, null and void. It was also al leged that the State Railway commis sion and myself were threatening to commence a multiplicity of sutts to en force the provision of the Sibley act in addition to the suits commenced in the supreme court.- We prevented such injunctions from being immediately granted, tlelng the hands of the railway commissioners and my . own by ahowlng to the court that it was not our Inten tion to begin a multiplicity of eults, but to rely upon the suits w had com menced in the supreme court to enforce the provisions oC the Sibley act, and at the same time to determine Its constitu tionality. Will Proseest Vlgoronsly. It is now. and at all times has been. the intention of the members of the Rail way commission and myseil to prosecute these suits commenced In the supreme court with all possible vigor and dis patch, to the end that we may not only enforce the provisions of the Sibley act, but at the same time to determine Its constitutionality. As soon as the judge or the united States court returns, which I understand will be in a very few days, I propose to move to have these cases which were commenced In the supreme court re manded back to the state court for trial. Under the decisions of the United Stat court I have no doubt I can succeed in having this done. This will be with a view to presenting these cases to the court at the earliest possible time. Then we shall determine our course of fur ther action. If the act is held to be valid I will no doubt be granted the In junction prayed for, which, as suggnitod above, are In effect that the express com panies shall be required to put Into f fect and charge only the rates , provided for In the bill. . You spoke of the propriety of commenc ing actions to enforce the penalty dtovIb Ion of said act. This, of course, may be done, but what would be gained by such proceedings? In denying the applications tor temporary Injunctions in the cases brought at Omaha tn the United States court, the Judge gave leave to the express companies to renew their applications for Injunction, and Intimated that Injunctions would be granted in the event It would be shown that the Railway commission or myself contemplated bringing any other solts than the onee already commenced. It Is. therefore, certain that should we undertake to commence any other suits Injunctions would be granted by the fed eral court and the hands of the Railway commissioners and my own would be tied, and"we would thus be prevented from un dertaking to enforce the Sibley act In any other manner than In the suits already commenced. In any suit or suits to re cover peueltles that might be commenced. It would- be possible for the express com panies to raise the question of the valid ity and constitutionality of the Sibley act, they would raise it, fate's Case Will Be Harriet. Moreover, these would be penal actions and the parties would be entitled to trial by Jury, and even though w were success ful In such suits, appeals could, and no, doubt would, be taken and the express companies would have six months after the Judgment of conviction and the im posing of the penalty to appeal the case or cases to the supreme court. It would be perhaps at least a year after trial tn Starch You Can Depend Upon When doing up articles of fin linen or lace work, or particular piece of any kind, too. need have no IBRUSSIFGDlIEIj'Q HDSUJEGSGD Silver Gloss Starch It is the ens starch to be depended apea for perfect work ea em jr piece every It ma baa beea the standard of quality for half a ceatury. Imparts a pliable, whiM-es-eaow baiah.aad is without that haish brilliant lustre se offensive te good taste. Kasi eat aad quickest te apply; aiost ecoaeaaical; dis solves iastantly. BEST rot? ALL KINDS Of STAMCHINtt. Fr iwnl nwtl mm linsil. T Itshi in isle ea eensle a a all itut ara, rusrias) rt It-i-g y year at Oewege. grocera, full-weight package. KINCSFOBB ON. Oeweve, N. Y. RATION Afc WIUUM IWTkMX. I nrwifiii ii I nim : r -fnri the lower court before we could reasonably expect to get the queetlon presented and determined In the supreme court. By pur suing the coirs we hove tsken ws will be able tn all probability te reach a de rision of these Questions In tha suits we .Sieve commenced In the supreme court at least nine montne before we could reach a decision tn any of the cases that might be commenced to recover penalties. Theee suits that we have commenced in the su preme court will not prevent or preclude us In any manner from commencing eults against the express com pan lee to recover penalties provided for In the Sibley act after it Is determined by the court to be constitutional and valid. Cmmrn Coaatr Ckaataoaaa. PLATTSVTOUTH. Neb., Aug. ll-(9pe-clal.) At the Cass County chautauqua In Elm wood the County i Teachers Institute filled the program this forenoon for the first time. The Instructor were County Superintendent George I Farley, Prof. B. I. Rouse of the State Normal at Peru, Miss Margaret Farley 'of the Lincoln .schools. Superintendent C. A. Fullmer of "the Be atrice schools and Superintendent J. W. Gamble of the Plattamouth school. The Sappho Ladles' quartet gave three fine se lections this afternoon, and Harry F. Hunt ington gave a monologue, "Seven Oaks," and Rev. Frank L. Loveland, D. D., of Omaha gave a most Interesting talk on "Follies of Fogylsm." In the evening Bishop William Horn of Cleveland, O., spoke of the "Philosopher's Stone." The Elmwood Brass band gave an open air concert In the even ing. The weather was delightful for the oc casion. rtiewnwteaal VI eld ef Waeat. BHELTON. Neb., Aug. lJr-Sreclal.) One of the phenomenal yields of wheat for which this part of Nebraska has become famous was threshed yesterday on the Pounder farm, northeast of town, and was probably the largest In the state this year. The field contained seventy acres, and the average machine measure yield was a frae tlon over forty-nine bushels to the acre. As the quality was of the very best, the crop will weigh out over fifty bushels. The land was leased by Mr. Joshua Greenwood, and his two-thirds of the crop will amount at the present prices to over 12,000. William nicks Shot at IVrhsiwka. NBHAWKA, Neb., Aug. 12. (Sp-c'aU Last evening Robert STu-ader and William Hicks were visiting together, staving, drink ing and having a good time, when, without warning, Shrader shot Hick In the breast. The bullet was deflected from Its course by the breastbone and lodged near the shoulder. He will recover. The men had not been quarreling and were on the best of term. ( Nebraska News Notes. NEHAWKA Pleasant West died last night of tuberculosis at the home of h son, David, aged 72. He leaves three sons, Leander of Ironton, O. ; Joe of Belvldere, Neb., and D. C, the banker of th's place. It has not been decided whether the burial win take place here or at the old home in Portsmouth, O. SHELDON Yesterday was the hottest day this season and also for five years, at this point, the thermometer registering from 1 o'clock until 4 at front HO to lit In the shade, and work of all kinds was suspended. BEATRICE . E Myers of this city has raised a curiosity In the shape of string beans three feet long. Several years ago he sent to France for seeds, and has ral'-d several crops from the smsll beginning. The first four seeds cost htm tl. BEATRICE--Word has been . received from Dean Dempster, who left last week With three others In hlr automobile f De--ver. They arrived In Denver without seri ous mishap. They will tour Colorado in Mr. Dempster's car and return overland. . FIGURES ABOUTPRINT SHOPS (Continued from First Page.) 1890 the product of both branohes were of almost equal value, subscriptions and sales. however, being greater' by (1,000,000. At the census of 1900 advertising took the lead, with an excess of nearly $11,000,000. Since 1900 this lead ha been further increased, and in 1906 amounted to nearly 134,000.000. It la probable that this change In relative positions of these two classes of assets did not result from failure on the part of receipts from sale to advance generously In amount, but from the much more rapid Increase in receipt from advertising; the former more than doubled from 18S0 to 1906, but the latter much more than tripled. In 1880 the total value of advertising was equivalent to the expenditure of 78 cent per capita; In 1890, $1.13; tn 1900, $1.20, and in 1906, $1.71, on the basts of estimated pop ulation June 1, )$0i. The per capita value of advertising thus more than doubled from 1880 to 1906. On the other hand, the per capita value at subscriptions and sales Increased much less rapidly, rising from 99 cent in 1880 to $1.$7 In 1906. The statistics relating to newspapers and periodical Indicate a remarkable Increase from 1900 to 1906, except in the one sig nificant Item, ths employment of child la bor, Among the ten leading Industries previously referred to, printing and pub lishing led In the decrease in the employ ment of children. Increase 1st Baslaesa. The Increase in value of sales In the five year from 1900 to 1906 was so great by comparison that the Increase In the previ ous ten-year period appears insignificant. But eight states show a percentage of in crease for the period from 1890 to 1900 equal to or' exceeding that for the entire United States from 1900 to 1906. In 1900, with the exception of Idaho and Montana, no state reported as great an Increase as 60 per cent. Yet during the half decade cov ered by this report fifteen states reached or exceeded 60 per cent Increase. Ten states reported from the decade from 1890 to 1900 an- Increase In value of adver tising greater than 60 per cent, but so greet had thla branch of the Industry become In 1906 that thirty-four state reported for the five-year period an Increase In excess of 60 per cent. The increase indeed for the entire United States upon a decade basis was more than double that reported for the previous period. t No Increase in the Industry has been more striking than that reported for the number of pounds of paper used. Of the total amount of paper manufactured In 1906 more than 900,000 ton were used solely for news papers and periodicals, representing almost one-third of the entire output of the paper mills of the United States. To make this paper required the service ef nearly 16.0M men. and represented approximately $9,000, 000 in. wages. These mill used raw ma terial 1.900,000 cord of spruce, poplar and hemlock logs, representing the t'mber pro duct of approximately 100,000 acres, exclu sive of the Jog Imported from Canada. Thus every working day In the year the forests or New England and the middle states, with scattered areas elsewhere in the north and northwest, yielded approxi mately 1, 761,000 feet of timber to be trans formed Into the newspapers and magaslnes required to supply the people of the United States A , ' The Matter mt Otswalaslaa. Probably the earliest return of any branch of Industrial statistics, possessing even approximate value. Is the table pub lished in the Compendium, of the Seventh Census, presenting statistics of aggregate circulation of all classes of publications In II 10. From this table It appears that prac tically a century ago there were. 059 news paper la the United States, having an ag gregate circulation per annum of t2.SZl.700. rOl'ND A pocket-book at Mth and A St.. fJouth Omaha. Owner can have same by calltna M ICS Boroeo Bt., Bo. Omaha. (11) oIMT Uz HOMBU-IKH rooms, meals If wanted; for young; Uv clerks er aenUemea. Phone tlarae t (i-4itt 0I1LY eight more buy at $26.00 per PI f- . Sft ims sicca goes to August 20th, 1907. $104 buys $400 worth of An E Deposit $520.00 in any bank and you will get three per cent interest or $15.60 per year for your investment with the bank. Invest $520.00 in this 6tock and you will get $2,000.00 worth of stock on which your dividends will be declared; to be conservative suppose we declare a six per cent dividend; 10 p4r cent will be very safe. ou will get $120.00 per year or almost eight times the amount you would get from the bank. Now which is the wise tttfng for you to do let the banker use your money for $15.60 a year or let your investment with us make you from $120.00 to $200.00 per year, besides at the end of three years you will hold a certificate of stock' worth $2,000.00 or more, and can borrow money on it if you should desire. COUPON-MAIL Please send me further regard to the road. Name Address o. B. iu3B REFUSE TO DEMAND BOOKS Railway Commission Passes on Appli . cation of Creameries. JUDGMENT ASKED ON EVIDENCE CemmissJoa Refasee sal More Testl snoay is te Be latrodaeed Complaint Filed on Coal X Rates. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. 11 (8peclal.) The Btate Railway commission refused the request of the attorneys for h central creameries for an order for the books of the rail roads to be broufht before the commission, and then offered to subpoena witnesses who would brtna books should the attor neys so desire. Attorney Halner said such an order would have no effect, as the witnesses would have to be summoned from Chicago and the commission had no jurisdiction to secure a witness from an other state. Mr. Halner then moved to strike out all of the evidence Introduced which did not bear on the cream rate. He did this at the susrseetlon of Mr. Clarke, who desired te bring the matter to a show down. The commission refused to do this and Mr. Halner admitted no evidence re lating to rates had been Introduced. Halner then Introduced the following, upon which he asked the commission to pass, but was not acted upon: Mot Dear Petltlen. Jome now the above named defendanU and here move this honorable commission to deny the application of the above named plaintiffs and that of the Pacino Express company now pending herein for permission to put Into effect a schedule of rates proposed by them raising the rates for the transportation of milk and cream in this state, and assign the following reasons therefor! ... 1. Bald application to raise said rates and the evidence therein show that said appli cations are made pursuant to an unlawful and void combination and agreement be tween said plaintiffs and pthers to prevent any competition in rates tor me transporta tion of milk and cream. ... 1 That nnder the evidence Introduced en this hearing It clearly appears that the fates for the transportation, of milk and cream now in force and effect were adopted and have been maintained by said plain tiffs severally; that the same have been In full force and effect for more than ten years last past; that based thereon and re lying upon said rsies said defendants have severally expended large sums of money In erecting, equipping and maintaining large plants and factories for the manu facture of butter in thla state, and that at great expense they have built and developed the dairy industry of this state, and that under tha laws of this state the lowest of the several rates so put Into effect and maintained by either of said plaintiffs is presumptively a reasonabls rate. 1 That no evidence has been Introduced on this hearing to rebut or overcome said ieea! presumption that the lowest of said rates so put into effect is reasonable, and no evidence has been introduced at this hearing showing or tending to show that the lowest rate for the transportation of milk or cream put into effect by the plain tiffs or either of them is non-compensatory or non-remunerative. 4. The defendants here further move thla honorable commission that it fix and cause to be put Into full force and effect rates for the transportation of cream by common WelMed and Comfortable no matter how hot the day, on Grape-Nuts FOOD ThsV m Itosaton n n lb M. days to share. AS Do you realize that an investment of a few hundred -dollars in ' this enterprise will make you independently wealthy inside of three or four, years, and give you the neatest kind of an income? Why deposit your money on a three per cent interest when such an opportunity is before you? Ask anyone who has been East, West or South where they have electric roads and you will get a quick response that the electric roads are the biggest paying proposition of today. "All Elecric stock has gone to par and over. . . , . stock. $208 buys $800 worth of xample O.RAA1HIA & TODAY information in 320 First National Bank carriers within the state of Nebraska In cars other than freight cars and InUralns other than freight trains, and whlctNrate shall be applicable to and from all ship ping stations within said state, the fol lowing distance tariff schedule of rates for pch ten gallon can to-wlt: Under 30 miles.. 17 cts 140 to 1G0 miles. .28 cts . 10 to 40 miles.. 17 cts 150 to 100 miles.. 2X cts 40 to 60 miles.. 18 cts 160 to 200 miles.. 80 cts 60 to SO miles. .19 cts , 200 to 840 miles, .tl Cts 60 to 70 miles.. 20 cts 240 to 2S0 miles. . cts 2X1 to 800 miles. .S3 Cts i0 to-840 miles.. S4 cts 840 to 880 miles.. 85 cts 3S0 to 430 miles.. 8 cts 420 to 400 miles.. 87 cts 460 to 470 relies.. 88 cts 70 to 80 miles.. 21 cts 80 to 90 miles.. 22 cts 90 to 100 miles.. 23 cts 100 to 110 miles.. 24 cts 110 to 120 miles.. 26 cts 120 to 130 miles.. 26 cts 130 to 140 miles.. 87 cts In cases where refrigeration and special messengers are furnished by the common carrier an additional charge of 1 cents per can may be made and collected. That as a part ofl the service connected with the transportation of milk or' cream ths car rier shall return the empty con or re ceptacle in which said product was trans ported without any additional charge there for, and shall duly Issue to party returning aid can or receptacle a bill of lading or receipt ' for the same In like form and manner as Is usually give nto the con signor of goods, wares or merchandise. No Action on Motion. Nearly the entire afternoon was spent discussing this motion. Attorney Galns, of course, objecting to Its adoption. Mr. Halner was finally asked If he would end his case If the commission passed upon the motion and he refused, saying if the decision was adverse he wanted to put In mora evidence. The commissi 5n then ordered him to proceed with the testimony and Witness Rushton resumed for the state. In his argument for his motion Halner said the Rock Island cream rate was the lowest In the state, and therefore by law should be In effect on all roads. His main hope Is to get the special cream rate from all stations Instead of from a few. The commission tomorrow will take up the complaint of the Marshall OU com pany against the Burlington and other , roads In the matter of discriminatory rates ana me cream nearing put over until August It. Complaint on Cool Rate. The Btate Railway commission has filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce commission charging that the Union Pa cific Railroad company collects from the people o( Nebraska a blanket rate of 4.b0 for the shipment of Rock Springs coal In Nebraska, and a blank rate of 18.60 on coal shipped from Hanna, which rates are. It is alleged, exorbitant. The commission proposes a schedule of rotes. The follow ing rates are now oharged: Rock Springs to Cheyenne, 293 miles, $2.10; to Pine Bluff. 828 miles. 83.76; to Smead. Neb. (near stats line). 841 miles. 84.60; thence on to Omaha. 809 miles, and all Intermediate points, 14 60. To Kansas points from Rock Springs: Cheyenne, to Denver, Colo., 400 miles. 82.30: to Kansas-Colorado state line, 6s2 miles, 13.76; to Weskan, Kan., 692 miles, and Intermediate .points, to Ballna. 860 miles, 84.00. s The following are the rates proposed by the commission on coal from Rock Springs: To Kearney. Neb., and branches north and south and also to Omaha. 83.25 on lump, S3 on pea and 11.76 on slack; -from Hershey to Elm Creek. S3 on lump, 82.76 on pea and 82.60 on slock; from Coltan to Sutherland. $176 on lump. $2.60 on pea and $3.25 on slack; from Smead to Sidney. 8260 on lump, $2.25 on pea and S2 on slack. The proposed rate on Hanna cos) la as follows: From Grand Island east. Including the main line and branches, north and south. $2.75 on lump. $2.60 on pea and $125 on slack; from Cosad to Alda. $2.60 on lump. 12.26 on pea and $3 on slack: from Brule to Bmead. $8 on lump. 81.76 on pea and $1.60 on slack. NEBRASKA FR0M DAY TO DAY ftnsJat nasi Cnriosta Fee tares of Life in a Rapidly Growing tat. When an office seeks the man It doesn't have to hunt long. Ormond Republican. Nature Fake A full grown rat took temporary possession of the two front windows of Mrs. James' store early. Thursday morning, before the store was opened, and remained there sever! min- Hteo cattalof flies. Ho cl eased out oU ilUi s-Mv t ail" OMA'Hal"! y-yr-. , Z Vl Do you realize that great opportunity is knocking at your doorf stock; $520 buys $2,000 worth of To the Small Investor You are working on a salary. Do you expect to get any thing saved ahead for a rainy day. Don't you find it hard to do so. "WhyT Because your small savings do not work for you. Do you know that many small investors have become wealthy by the investment in a good proposition. If you can invest $5.00 a month in this' stock it means you have saved $20.00 per month; $10.00 invested each month means that you have saved $40.00 per month; $15.00 invested each month means a saving of $60.00 per month and so on. This is no. speculation, "but the best proposition in Nebraska today for a' good, sound investment. Send in the coupon and let us givo you information that will convince you of the value of this investment. .NTR.&L' In one window and then went Into the other, and after catching all the files In that one he disappeared. Several men amused themselves watching his opera tions and declared that v as the lirst fly catching rat of their acquaintance. Call away Courier-Tribune. . A Difference Monday morning a bunch of strenuous young men started In com bat with Mr. Wheatcraft's broad, blue fields of alfalfa. However, when Old Bol got up where he could get in some of his blistering shafts the boys con cluded that "bucking alfalfa" Is not juit the same aa bucking the slot machlnj, and that the rhythmetlo song of the. mower Is not so pleasant aa the corner talking machine, so about noon they be took themselves to the nearest forest and about midnight reached town. North Loup Loyalist. Trouble Talk about hard luck, the fam ily of Joseph Hostrelter, residing north west of town, has certainly had Its share the last two weeks. First, Mrs. Hostrelter was kicked on the linger by a horse and came near losing the f.nger; next. Mr. Hostrelter was In front of his binder taking away some weeds which stopped the action of the binder, when the horses started and caught one cf the gentleman's legs In the sickle, cutting and lacerating It In bad shape, and lat, a son fell off the roof. of a corn crib and dislocated an elbow joint. They are now all under the care of Dr. Cauley and are getting along In good shape. Colum bus Journal. The Pony Went Its Record A runaway Tuesday afternoon caused a right smart of excitement among the spectators on our streets for a few moments. The white pony which the Oberkotter children have been driving when coming to school the last two years took a notion, while coming to town with two little girls tn a tow-wheeled cart, that It would see how quick time it could make between the blacksmith shop and the courthouse, and they a It soy there is noth ing on record to equal It. No damsfre, ex cept some of the witnesses were awfully scared. One thing to cause the pony to run was there was no breeching on the harness, and when the girls pulled on the lines ths cart would run against the pony's heels. One of the girls said that was the best ride she ever had behind that pony. Taylor Clarion. The Bee Want Ads Are the Best Business Boosters. Dr. Price's Wheat Flake Celery Food Dr. Price's Food is the purest and most strength ening food upon the market. It is made from the whole grain of the wheat with celery, which to makes it the most cleanly, as it is not touched by human hands until served upon the nU Mrt nn- iV.afr ti ifr Anl1 VMr differ (mm Joa W WeVsFss incligestica. . P'f it'UPf Mi uYiiyiw IF2 stock and so on. NEBRASKA' OMAHA, NEBRASKA EBSl FATHER FINDS BODY OF SON Claude TVells of South Omaha Drowni ,., While.. Swimming. V"-T MEETS DEATH AT SEYMOUR LAE3 Family Becomes Anxious mt His Fail are to Retnrn . and Father Goes to Discover Trngredy ' Clauda Wells, 16 years of age, son of John Wells, a trwltchmsn, living at Fortieth and N streets. South Omaha, was drowned In a pond which is closely connected with Seymour lake, Saturday afternoon. Hia father discovered the body late Sunday evening after It hod teen more than thirty six hours under water. It was later token to the Barrett undertaking rooms, where an inquest was held Sunday afternoon. The funeral services will be conducted at tho South Omaha Methodist church at 10 a. m. Tuesday. Young Wells had been employed In the office of the Citizen In South Omaha for some time. He wos granted a holiday Sat urday and went fishing. On leaving horn he told his mother he might go In bathing. She begged him not to go, but he promised to be careful. The family did pot begin to worry until after the father come homo at night from the Omaha yards, where ho works. Early In the morning the father began his search of the lake and found no trace of the boy. Then, remembering tha boy had once before gone swimming In S pond which was separated from the lakoT by the grade of the Burlington railroad he went there. There near the bridge tho father found the clothes of the boy who, with the evident intent of being careful, had gone In again where he had formerly bathed- He had failed to notice the heavy rains of the last week hod raised water 1a the pond from tha overflow of the Papplo about five feet. The father thought ho must have stripped and jumped In without a thought of the danger. His body was found afloat near the place where the clothes were discovered. . It was already rapidly decomposing. The face was dis colored almost beyond recognition and tho skin loosened nn the hands. If you have anything to traae advertise It In the For Exchange columns of Tho Bee Want Ad pages. most perfect food; the tarw Vf i4 V W VM ui