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    TTIK OMAHA DAILY BEE.- MONtUY. JUNE 9. 1MK
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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WORK
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Graduation Exercises,
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Nebraska Uat university, J tins f
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maia H'.gl school. June 11
ONerltrr college. Oberiin, O., Jun It
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Notre Cam university. South Bend.
Ind .. Jiin 17 and 1
Helnge ellere. Hastings. Jfeb.. Jan
. 7 to I. Th program for th. lt three
dys follow:
Monday- a. tn , final chapel service;
lav a. rn , recital In oratory: I . m ,
Flsg raising, with sddres by Part Pnt
Commander L. A. Payne of Silas A. trirl
XktA post. Grand Army of tti Republic; 1
p. m . inter -elas field me: I N p. m.,
annual recital of music department.
Tue1ay-Contt in oratory for Currens'
Eibllesl prise; : p. m.. dedication of
Alexsndrr hall, fallowed by elsss day exer
cise: p. ra . dinner of Hasting College
society; I tt p. nr. Junior lawn fete.
Wednesday 10 a.
oration or Hm. Edward W. Hoch.
ernor of Ktam; 11 m.. alumni banquet;
30 p. ra . laving of cornerstone of Carnegie
building, h address by Rev. W. W.
Lawrence. D. D.. Lincoln. Neb.; imp. m .
aong and leclurs recital by Director K. E.
Tsrndley.
' Pewry at Gra4Mtla.
WrtH th annual ollrnsx of school life
commencement timeat hand. thought of
suggeattv fore to th average parent I
voiced by th Cleveland Plain Dealer ti
urging a broader aptiit of democracy at
graduation. "Th commencement aeaaon,"
aaya th Plain Dealer, "a htm Id be a tlm
cf rejoicing, eagerly anticipated and at
Joyously realised, and any unnecessary con
dition that tend to destroy this happy
eondsUoo should b discouraged by th
authorities. .
-To s poor in an witn perhaps several
Child: la school th expense of a fin
graduation gown tt an bat prohibit!. He
ia ordinarily left this alternative: h may
either force his daughter to appear at the
graduation esercise clad la a manner em
barrassing both to her and her family, or
h may boldly aaaum th expense of gl
lng th garl aa fin a raiment aa her class
mate and go Into debt to meet th bill.
Either course Is unfortunate and both are
to be avoided tf possible.
. "Ths school authorities In aeveral cities
fcava taken atepa to discourage large
pendltur by pupils' tn connection with
graduation.' urging them to wear simple
gowns and to avoid ostentation and have
received letter of appreciation from par'
ents who welcome th escape from finan
cial outlays which they could not well ai
ford. The movement among school authori
ties should spread to other cities. There
should b no mors social distinctions at
graduation than have been allowed through
th course) of study. Anything so oVStruc
tlva of democracy and so unfair to parents
in poor circumstance is to be discouraged."
University of Nearwaaua.
. Th Board of Regents of th state uni
versity has considered th advisability of
having a department of publicity estab
lished at the university, where Informa
tion can b secured for us la daily and
weekly newspapers or If thought profit
able to th school where newspaper mat-
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the newspapers of th rtst. It Is th
belief of members of th board that the
more publkiry th university secure
and th mors It Is brought to th atten
tion of th people of th rtst the mtrt
good will result.
The present board eowrts publicity In
all departments of th school and.tt Is
out of this deelr on th (srt of the
regents for publicity that grew th
thought of a publicity department. How
ever, th regents hav not seriously con
templated th establishment of such a
bureau, unless the worm could b done
without th em ploy meet of additional
help at th school.
Th university commencement exercises.
which began Saturday night with th con
cert by the school of music, will con
tinue until Thursday morning, when Hon.
Charlee A Town of New York win de
liver the commencement sddrem. Not
only the faculty and students, but th
people of Lincoln ar looking forward
with much Interest to this address. In
ld Mr. Town cam very near being
the end of th Bryan presidential ticket.
and for that reason th people here take
an unusal Interest In hint aa well aa be
cause of the fact h la a national charac
ter. So far a university students are con
cerned Lincoln Is almoat desert!. Th
entire week has been devoted to .exam
inations and between timea students hav
been packing their effects and pulling
out for the summer. Th seniors, of
course, are still her getting ready for
their part of th commencement exercises,
which began Saturday night.
In about two weeka th university sum
mer school will start, and the attend
ance this summer promise to be larger
than ever before. This summer school is
for the especial benef t of teachers,
though others arc not barred from at
tending. Kate frwaa Iowa College, OrtaaelL
The new management of th Scarlet and
Black will consist Of Mr. W. R Metx as
editor-in-chief and Mr. L. M. Thompson
aa business manager. Both men hav been
on the sttff this year and Mr. Meta for
two years, and both are therefore well
qualified to carry on the paper with great
success.
Commencement exercises are now prog
ressing with great interest to all. Th
academy graduation, which occurred on
Friday. June I. was of unusual interest,
because of the fact that the students pro
duced parts of th Kaievala tn dramatic
form and the music consisted largely of
Finnish songs. A good aixed class waa
graduated, most of whom will enter college
In the fall.
A last frolic could not b denied to the
outgoing class of 19C4 and so on Friday
evening when the shsdes of night had
falk-. braves and maidens of the two tribes
so long at war met in a farewell paw-wow
on Ward field, where the hatchet waa
buried and all amoked the pipe of peace.
leaving 1908 and W9 no longer enemies, but
friends.
On Saturday occurred th Hyde prise
oratorical conteat and In the evening the
closing concert of th school of music. At
this time the Girls' Glee club made Its first
public appearance in Orlnnell. The col
lege orchestra also furnished part of the
program. Th season baa been auch a rich
on musically that little need be said to
prove th merit of these exercises.
Th usual baccalaureate exerclsea oc
curred last Sunday, with the address by
President J. IV T. Main. The alumni prayer
meeting la on of the most anticipated qf
the commencement exercises and this one
was no exception. Thts la a notable alumni
year, for th class of 1S5S is holding it
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flfteth anVlversarr anJ either alumni ar
fathering to make this a "horae cominc"
year.
The endowment campaign ieetvel a11l
Irrpetua when It waa announced recently
that a bejuest had heen receive from the
estste f E. F. f!!epbch. who was a
member of the clas of The Income
from this aift of ir ons hi to b used to aid
needy students who ar studying for th
ministry.
Prlaeetan T Iverslty.
President Woodrow Wllsoa of Princeton
university is fond of expressing his belief
that tb chief duty of American college la
to fit men for "th servlc of the nation."
Ststistlcs show that under the Princeton
system of co-ordinating electtves, whereby
thre-firth of the upperclsssman'e choices
of studies must fsll within on group of
cognat subjects, one-fifth entirely outside
of thst group, and the remaining fifth
wherever th elector ehooe. th great ma
jority of upperclaaemea hav elected aa
their chief department the group of hie-
toricaU political and conomie studies, or
In other words th department which tt
may be supposed la best calculated to pre
pare men for public life.
In educational circles Princeton la con-
aldered a stronghold of the clsssics. But
classtca are by no means given first place
In the average Princeton undergraduate s
choice of studies. Mor thso twie as many
Juniors and seniors elect courses to his
tory, politics snd economics ss In other
groups cf subjects. Of the J17 members
of the present .Junior clsss, ?1 per eent
elected President Wilson's course on con
stitutional government, TO per cent elected
economics and SS per cent elected history.
In the senior claas per fnt elected
American history, politics attracting 87 per
cent and English history 45 per cent, while
1 per cent elected advanced economies. In
popularity th only rrvl of this group of
studies la English. SS per cent of the Juniors
and 7 per eent of th seniors electing
courses in English. Th high percentsg
her is due to the popularity of on par
ticular course an ia not divided over sev
eral courses as is the case In the hlstorlco.
political group of studies.
The sciences, mathematical and natural.
wer elected tn on form or another by SS
per cent of the Juniors and by per cent
of the seniors; but no single Scientific
conrse rsn show th popularity of any cm
of th hlstortco-political cturses. Philosophy
attracted Tl per cent of th Juniors and 22
per cent of the seniors. In the classics
Greek is more In favor than Latin, par
cent of Juniors electing It. while only t
per cent take Latin. Of the seniors 14 per
cent elected Greek and only 2 pr cent
Latin. In th modern languagea French
and Spanish lead by comfortable marglna
and run close race with each other. Junior
seem to b fairly fond of German, but aa
seniors they leave tt severely alone.
Task IckMl.
The twentieth annual commencement of
the Tuakege Normal and Industrial In
stitute, the famous negro achool of the J
south, csme to an end on the I8th olt.
An interesting feature of commencement
week waa the presenc of the envoys from
th republic of Liberia, Africa. G. W. Gib
eon, a former president of the republic, and
Secretary of Stat J. J. Dorren; Vice Pres
ident Charles B. Dunbar, attorney, and
Charles Branch, secretary. All except pres
ident Gibson were born In Liberia, and be
has been there since he waa t years ot
age. They hav ahown very great Interest
in every phase of th school's work and
especially in the Industrial features, many
of which they hope to introduce Into their
own country.
There I unusual activity among the
alumni thts year and a very iarg num
ber ar present. .Th claas of ' holds
s reunion In honor of Its twentieth year
and th three previous classes will be
their guests. Hereafter every clasa will
celebrate its twentieth anniversary and
one of Its members will represent it on
the commencement program.
Ths number of students enrolled this
year Is about ths same aa last year and
for aeveral yeara past. Th boarding
students hav reached 1.621 l.Olt young
men. 51 young women. Counting stu
dents In Tuakege town night school and
the town cooking school, with children
enrolled In the, "children's house" or
training school for teachers, the total
number la very near the 2.009 mark.
Thirty-eight atates and terrltor'.c-s and
twenty-one foreign countries have been
represented Alabama leads with 418;
Georgia, 100; other states with fifty and
over; Florlad. Louisiana. Mississippi.
South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas. From
Central and South America, the Weet In
diea and Africa the number of atudents
and Interest is steadily Increasing. Cuba,
Jamaica and Porto Rico ehow th largest
Incraas. rive are present from Af;1ca
and oh from Japan.
Eaeatlml Notre.
Marquette university. Milwaukee, has ab
sorbed the Milwaukee Law x-hool. It ac
quired the Milwaukee Medical college a
year ago.
Monmouth nil. college is erecting three
buildings to take the place of th one
college building destroyed by fir last
November.
Belolt college has introduced a novelty
In the teaching of orstory by arranging for
the making of regular political epeechea
by students during the coming campaign.
Wlaconein university haa an enrollment
thla year of 4.013 atudente in all depart
ments. gain of 1&5. Northwestern has
I, of whom 2.S72 ar studying for de
grees. Old Bowdoln college is preparing to
welcome at commencement time next
month th survivors of the class of it
Of Its twenty-nine members fifteen of the
clasa ar living.
Early In June representatives of th
Jesuit colleges and universities will assem
ble in Milwaukee to consider the course
of study in Jesuit institutions. No radical
changea ar contemplated.
The pension system adopted by the Vnl
yersity of Chicago two yeara ago haa Just
found Ita first pensioners In Dr. Franklin
Johnaon and Dr. H. H. Beifield. two of the
veteran professors, who wtli retire from
activ work.
A new college for young" women to be
known aa All Saints' college, has been
established by the Episcopal cnuncU which
met recently st Aherdeen. Miss. It will
be located at Vk-ksburg and buildings wlil
be erected Immediately.
An expedition wUl be sent out this sum
mer by the alumni of Amherst college,
under the direction of Prof. Loomis to
collect fossils in the w.l Indian relW-s
will also be collected- Three student will
accompany Prof. Loomis.
Tale haa added a course In Chinese
language and retlaiona for next year, under
the charg of Prof. Harlan P Beach, as
sisted by a aatlv teacher. C H. Wang
B. A., of Peking. Students will study ele
mentary Crimea, written and spoken in
cluding sto of th commonly used ideo
graphs. The Agricultural and Mechanical college
of Oklahoma will hold a summer aaatoa
of a.x weeka for normal instruction of
teachers. The state law renulnnr inime.
tlon tn agriculture in th common schools
uiaars n nsceaaaiy ior leacners to qualify
themselves. A special course for cotton
farmers will also be given.
Th Notre Dam club of Chicago has been
organisud by graduate ot the university
living in Chicago. Thia la oa of number
of similar dubs organiaed In various place,
with th object of bringing tcxner for
mer students at frequeu intervale and
to promote th welfare of th university
v. John Cavanaugh. C. 8. C, preeloent
of th university, is giving th movement
bis hearty support.
Th University of Chicago haa withdrawn
from oratonckl com ex with other In
stitutions, becsuae the methods tt teaches
ar so different from those ot other intii
tutkna. Development of thought and
naturalness f expression, rather than me
chanical Jeature and dram tic effects. a
th aim f th Chicago Instructors. Ttiey
declare that it is difficult to secure Judge
who ar a We la art outstd th ancient
methods of Judglrg.
Prof. rilx Adler of New York will fill
th Roosevelt chair for at th Ber.
lin university, and th Germ a a tchoiar
who come to Columbia la Max Verwera
of th I'Blversiiy of Goettmgn. For
1-1 th American profeaeora .selected
W go abroad, ar frioAi caJAU lit
Wheeler of the t'n'versltv of .-alifornl
and Krof. WtMsm Morn Davis ft Hr-
vsra. ir erworn Is one of the nu et
distinguished of living physlologl.'s.
Hsrrv A Oarfle d nr-r.r t-t t v- :
Hnry Hopkins s president of Wiilismx! .
will he Inatisursted on it..inhi it in.
stesd of st commencement time in June, j
s na twen piannea. ITedent tiarrield
win occupy the chair of government on
the collect faculty, taking the plai of
Henry Loomis Nelson.
Since My 12 the students of the Nortn
weatern Military academy have been camp
ing at Lake Gerveva. Wis., pursulns thir
regular aodnitc corses, but substituting
navai instruction snj drill for m'.litsry.
This is the first year naval inetmctlon has
been undertaken by Northwestern, but it
will b a regular feature In the future.
No more beautiful or suitable bodv cf
water than Lake Genera could be selected
for such purpose.
Estelle Reel, superintendent cf Indian
Instruction, will have charge of the In
dian exhlbt at the National Educational
asaoclatlon convention to be hid Lie last
of June in Cleveland. O. She believes
that the grsduatrs of the tndtan schools
at Carlisle. Hampton snd Mount pleasant
are capable cf making practical use of
their knowledge and sav fhat the girls
take naturally to sewing and ookMtc.
Many of the girl graduates are urw en
gaged in household duties and wL'l help
aolve the servant problem.
A department of library science has been
added at Rockford college, to besira next
session. A course In sppiled demcn has
also been sdded to the art department.
These additions have been made in pursu
ance of the policy of the college to offer
students an opportunity to fit themselves
for a vocation. A plan ia being prepared
to separate the preparatory and collegiate
departments. The collegiate department
haa so increased that it is deemed rces
ssry to separst the preparatory depa'1
ment and mak tt a distinct institution
eventually.
Columbia university has the honor of
being th first to offer training In do
mestic economy to women on the same
terma as any other professional training
offered to men or women. The cnool of
domestic economy ranks equally wltn her
law achool or its college of medicine.
The number of students In domestic
economy increases every year. A bigger
and fuller equipment Is needed. Columbia
recently received a gift of f490.0i3 to
build, equip and support a new home for
Its school of domestic science. The plans
are drawn and the ground already broken
for the new building. It la suggested,
that its graduatea receive th dcgiee of
"domestic engineer."
Th right of a school to expel a student
for misconduct without refunding the tui
tion fee hss been established by a declsioi
of th United States court of appeals,
which has revere d a Judgment secured
against Culver Military academy by W il
liam F. Ms neon of F.varurton, 111. The
effort of military achonia to maintain a
high standard of personal character among
their students will he greetly aided by this
decision. Military schools ar not reform
schools, but character buildera. The tuition
fee paid by a parent ought to be considered
a bond given by htm that hia boy will be
have himself ar.d not become a cause of
demoralisation to the sons of other parents
who entrust their boys to the institution.
Th thirty-seventh snnual commencement
Of th law department of the Georgetown
university will take place next Monday
evening. An exceptionally large clasa of
young men will be graduated this year
from th famous Georgetown. Law school,
there being eighty-eight who will take the
degree of bachelor of laws snd fourteen
who will receive the degree of master of
laws. Mr. Thorns Lynch of Hyannis. Neb.,
who is president of the third-year class,
will have conferred upon him the degree
of bachelor of laws; James P. Cam of
Claire, la., who waa the great "center" on
the Creighton university foot ball team,
will also receive th degree of bachelor of
laws.
Commencement exerclsea at Blees Mili
tary academy were held June 1, 2 and 3
at Macon. Mo. They marked the close of
a verv auccessful year under the new
management of the Academy. The addr-s3
to the gradustes wss delivered by Hon.
C. Porter Johnson of St. Louis. The gradu
ates wer Alvtn Wolcott Blees. Macon.
Mo.: Harry Basoom Davis. Deer Ixvdge,
Mont.; August Rudolph Dorkenwold and
FHvirH Frank Dorken wold. Ouincv 111
James Kem Glenn. Nevada. Mo.; 'Illlam
Rosco Jepson. Sioux City. Ia.; Frank
George Keems. Kearnev, Neb.: George
Holliday McKee. Bladen Springs. Ala.;
Loral ne Robbtns Northrup. Iola. Kan. Thia
year the school will -have a summer session
of ten weeks In tents on the extensive
academy grounds, in which a healthful out
door rife - and smwsernents under proper
supervision will be in dominant purpose.
Only auch tutoring as ia desired will be
undertaken.
fsrtt Haerraa;e f the La airs.
-Several year ainc my lungs wer so
badly affected that I had many hemor
rhages," writes A. M. Ax of Wood, Ind.
"I took treatment with aeveral physiclana
without any benefit. I then started to take
Foley's Hoy and Tar. and my lunga ar
now as sound as a bullet. I recommend
It In advance stage of lung trouble."
Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough
and heals the lungs, and prevents serious
results from a cold. Refuse substitutes.
All druggists.
BELLEVUE GRADUATE WEEK
Caller Will Held Cwaaaaeheeaaeat
Exercise 5raial Haa
Da 9.
Despite the cyclone and attending mis
fortune, Bellevue college Is going ahead
with Its preparations for one of the most
successful commencements in its history.
Twenty-on young men and women will be
graduated Thursday and the week's fes
tivities will be on a grander scale than
ever before. Following la th week's pro
gram: Sunday II a. nx.. baccalaureate sermon
by President Guy W. Wadeworth. First
Presbytensn church; I p. m.. address be
fore th Christian associations by Rev.
Nathaniel McGiffln. D. D.. of th Lowe
Avenue Presbyterian church of Omaha.
first Presbytensn church.
Monday J 1) p. m.. bas ball gam. Col
leg against Academy, base ball grounds:
I p. m.. senior class play. "The Halfback."
the grove; 130 p. m . iarulty recept:on.
Tueaday 11 a. m.. annual meeting of
board of trustees; 1 p. m.. home field meet,
athletic field. I p. in., recital. First Pres
byterian church.
Wednesday 10 a. m. to I p. m . library
and laboratory open, Clarke hall: i.iu p.
m.. baae ball game. Alumni against Var
sity team, base ball grounds, i.ij p. rn ,
Junior play. "Charlie's Aunt," the grove; 8
p. m.. Junior prom., the campus.
Thursday W a. m.. Bellevue college com
mencement exercises, twenty-eighth yesr.
First Presbytensn church, sddreas by Dr.
Henry B. Ward: t.Su p. m., annua re
union. Clark hall; 7 p. m., annual ban
quet. Fontanell hall.
Th Bellevue Normal school held its
commencement exercise at the First Pres
byterian church in Bellevue Friday night
Th address was delivered by W. M.
Davidson, superintendent of the Omaha
public schools. The graduatea from th
advanced course wer Margaret Randall
and Myrtle McOaverr. Those completing
th elementary course were: Edith Bach
cldar.i Minnie Haaa. Ella Holt, Cora John
son. Ester Johnson. Lets Kellogg, Martha
McLaughlin. Alice Wave Oakley, Anna
Robertson. Anneta Sherry and Lottie
Wright, But one student graduated from
the preparatory department, M.ss Marion
Stevens.
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substance upon which such a wholly im
aginary and suppositious thing aa a fever
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WONDERLAND IN NORTHWEST
New Idaho Country Fascinate Zhright
Williami, WT) VUiti It
SOIL EICH. WATTS ABLTIDA5T
dsn ah Mia Retaraa frwaa Taat 5tw
?trl Iteceatly Tkrswa Opea
laipreaetl erlta Its Tatar
reesittlltle.
There Is nothing trior fascinating to
most of u than th opening up and de
veloping of a new country, and especially
so when thst country hss fertile, pro
ductive soil and Is rich la other uatuial
resourcea." ssys Dwlght Williams, who
has returned from th northwest. "Those
of us who have some Trt In the trans
formation of such a -country from Its
original wild state to a modern dwelling
olaee for man are. Indeed, most tor-
tunate.
'Many reclamation project are now
being worked out by the government,
state land commieslona and privet n
terprises in various parte of the coun
try, but the greatest of them all Is the
sage brush desert of southern Ida no. the
great Snake river basin, whose fertility
of aoll. Climate ar.d abundance' of water
for irrigation purposes are rarely
equaled and never excelled. In addition to
this, la the Shoshone Falls, the Niagara
of the west, with a perpendicular fall of
110 feet Twin Falls with a fall of ISO
feet and other lesser falls and rapids
nature has added an unlimited supply
of power for factories to finish and ru
flne the products of the surrounding
country.
Pewsl Qalrk t tee.
That the people in general are quick
to see and understand th opportunities
offered in this new country waa well
demonstrated at th recent opening ot
th 10.000 acre of government land un
der th Carey act. known aa th Salmon
river project, where th lend, lucluding
the water right costs the settler I4l.ll sn
sere. Td this must be sdded th cost, of
clearing the land of sagebrush snd prepar
ing for Irrigation, which Incrrasea th
coet to th first seeding to an average
of about 150 an acre. Bo, you see
recognixe th fact that this Is not "fr"
land.
Deaplt this fact and that It is neces
sary to wait from two to thre years befor
water will he ready for irrigating this par
ticular tract there wer over 4. applicant
for this land, most of whom wr present
at the drawing at Twin Falls, Jun 1. ISOg,
and anxiously awaited th calling of th
number which meant so much to them, as
only about on In five could get land, ther
being about five times as many applicant
as there was land. This demonstrates
clearly the wide-spread interest in this pro
ject which was even more clearly hown
aa the namea and addreaaea of th lucky
one who eucceeded in drawing land were
announced by the land commlaeionera of
t.'-.e state cf Idaho.
Many State Represented.
"In the first hundred names" there wer
people from Oregon. Washington. Califor
nia, Colorado. Nebraska. Iowa, Kansas,
Wisconsin. Illinois, Pennsylvania. West
Virginia. Tennessee and other atatea, and
before many hundred names had betn read.
It
was evident that every state In thei
union was represented. While a large per
cent of the new homeseeker were from
the rain-belt of the middle west, especially
Nebraska and Iowa, yet tb greater per
cent .wer fro pi the irrigated settlemanta of
the west, where the price of land to the
average settler of moderate means look!
like a "rainbow in ths sky," ranging from
tyo to $3.0"0 per acre.
The magnitude of th various projects
The Great Development Work Dona by tfia Iron Mountain Its Low Grada Route Recon
struction of Fort Smith Division and ths Costly Wiiita River Line.
While the grosa earning per mile of the
Ircn Mountain ar much In excess of Mis
souri Pacific's. It must be remembered that
the latter road feeds th former and Is tho
main tributary to th stream of traffic
that flows over the Iron Mountain divis
ions. A map of the Gould eysum will
show how Kansas and Nebraska shed their
grain tonnage into th Missouri Pacific,
and how th natural continuation f thla
traffic southward to the gulf ports Is by
way of the Iron Mountain, the Texas Pa
cific, and the International and Great
Northern.
In years past and even today, th Ircn
Mountain has been essentially a thmngh
traffic road. Tt will always maintain this
character. Tear by year, however. It is in-
creasing Its lorsl tonnage by building up
cnntlenious territory and running tn
branchea where the resources or forest
mine snd farm exiat. but can not be de
veloped without transportation faellttea
The new Iron Mountain divisions created
and branches built in th laat flv years,
and the branches now projected bnt con
struction checked by lack of capital, whll
enlargtng factltles for the mwemnt of
thorough traffic originating n forelm
lines, will In a very short time Justify
their coet in local tonnage alon.
A car of high claas merchandise or per
ishable freleht routed south from )t. Louts
over the Gould lines ges via th Iron
Mountain to Texsrkana. where It Is picked
tin by the Texas Pacific and moved on ever
to the upper or transcontinental dtv11on. f
It is west Texas or Pacific e-st fe!ght:
or fiom Texarkana via Marshall on th
Texae Pacific and then-Jo Ingvtw for
the International snd Great Northern. If
for export at Galveston. The fast mall snd
passenger trains also follow these routes,
except from Texarkana to Fort Wprth.
where the routing Is via Dallas. Another
car of lower clasa freight leaving St. Lou; a
southbound would ro bv th low grade lin
on th oppose of the Miss slnM to Thebe
then cross and proceed by the St. Iuls
Southwestern or "Cotton Pelt line" to
Pararo'ild. prsotlcally a water level route.
From Paragould. Ark . to Alexandria. La.,
the car would pass to Iron Mountain tracks
again, and to line that have been blult
In recent years and represent the main
undertaking of the Gould management in
securfh a maximum 4-10 per cent grsd te.
th gulf. This Une is yet green. It ba
been very difficult to maintain until the
last year, when th leveee wer flnallv
held and the source of sreae tronblc was
eliminated. So much confidence ia felt In
the permanent eraracter of the river up
port that the l'n this spring is being re
laid with 5-ooiia1 rails. The original
weight was ff-pound.
At Alexandria araln the Iron Moun'sln
meets th Texa Pacific tLouiaians divi
sion). The effort at low gradient did not
stop with th construction of the tin to
Alexsndrla. A road haa already been built
that eamee tl.e Iron Mountain ta do to
th river from about Arkansas City to Fer
rlday. opposite Natch, Thla eventually
will b th route of least grade resistance.
At present tt la minus some email parts,
and not a factor in th ffair of th sys
tem. It Joins with th Texa Pacific, which
built a costly road up through th swamps
to meet tt. giving s maeh shorter ss well
aa a mor easily operated lin to New
L1 near. a.
Ttse new parts of the St Lot!, Iron
can be lltti appreciated '! n his
visited thia wonderland. whA:h extends '
from Mlr.ldr.ha anel Mllaer on the east,
where the governmVnt and other dams are
located on th Snake river, westward for
nearly one hundred miles n both Udes of
th river, snl Its wildest psrt from Sio
hos on the worth to th nv asm new be
ing constructed on th Salmon river, about
sixty mile to th south, and caly a few
mile from th Nevd line. And thla area
within a generation la destined to b trans
formed from a grt sage-brush desert t
th magnificent horn of a half million con
tented, industrious people.
Preestti a Here.
"Th products of th country ar prac
tically tha sam as Nebraska and Iowa. A
few banner crop on record at the experi
ment ststion st Twin Falls for W are.
Klghty-four snd a half bushels of wheat
per acre, 11 bushels of oat per acre, ninety
four bushels of com per sere. IJ4 bushels of
potatoes per acre, twenty-two tone of sugar
beets per acre, nine tons of alfslfa per
acre. Thee are as slsted. not the average
but bsnner crops, and show what the in
dustrious farmer ea do here.
"On of th natural results of this
v-lopment Is the building of a city to
proverly dispose of the enormous qusntlt.v
ef products. On account cf Its central loca
tion and proximity to th great power
producing falls In Snake liver. Twin Falls
is deattned to b that city. Three years ago
the place where it now stands waa a school
section of land, covered with sage brush.
This mag, city now has a population ot
about S.0TO sad st tne present time over
an new homes; Itores and factories are
being construcfed. ard the writer Is willing
to go on record with the donservatixr
prophecy that when Twin Falls celebrates
Ita tenth anniversary tt will be a busy,
bustling city of over to.opn souls, and H Is
this same conviction that has com to
manufacturers. Jobbers, merchants, profes
sions! 3i en and farmers that ha caused
them to leave th old home and come to
this new country and bsv an sctiv part
la th building of an empire."
POLICE MAKEAGOCD CATCH
J. B, Telfer, Waatea la fassls fr
aatsalsaat. ricked l'
Seae Deawt.
Whll searching for the. assailants of
Isaac Earl of Maivern, J a., who was
slugged and robbed of ISO at th City
hotel Saturday afternoon. Detectives H!t
feklt and Devereese mad an Important
captor Saturday night In th arrest of
J. E. Telfer. an absconding agsot of the
Dominion Express company of Calgary.
Alberta. Dominion of Canada.
Borne four month ago Telfer absconded
with two blank money order books of the
express company and a valuable package
of diamonds Circulars wer sent out by
the express and Canadian authorities, but
no trace of Telfsr could b found until too
late. He clams to have cashed checks In
Seattle. Lo Angeles and Denver.
He arrived In Omaha Saturday afternoon
for et Paul, intending to leave on the
at s o'clock and had purchased a ticket
evening train. When arrested by the de
tectives b was drinking with a new ac
quaintance In a saloon opposite th Union
depot and whea approached by the officers
endeavored to rid himself of two parcel
delivery checks from th Union depot parcel
stand. When taken to th poltc ststion
he refused to divulge his name, but th
grip he had checked at th parcel stand
wer secured snd from th contents It wss
lesrned that he was th much sought for
express sgent Two blank money order
book wer found In tb grip, from one
of which several check had been torn.
Correspondence sad linen found In. the
suit cases bor th nam of Telfer and
when confronted with th evidence Telfer ,
admitted he was th person for whom the,
pollc of two governments have been seek- ;
lng. I
(From th New Tork Evening Mail. April JO )
ASTICT.W T CKaaxU raVaTSSaUCX mil.
Mountain and Southern embody th Gould ! tend It to Sherman and Denisen tn Texas,
scheme for a Jow grade system from thrThr It would meet th Texas Pacific,
grain center of th middle weat to th Such a Una would be of great advantage
gulf. When they are placed In the state I to th Goulds and directly compete wtth
of perfection for which they ar Intended i the Missouri, Kansas A Texas for Galves
they will sllow of th lowest operating unit J ton business.
and the highest tram load of any lines be- One might inquire th ralson d'etre of
tween th north and south. They ar well I th White River line. Inasmuch a th Fort
worth the capital outlay charged against
them.
The two striking achievements of the
Iron Mountain In th last five years ar
th rebuilding of ths Fort Smith division
from Fort Smith, Ark., to Lltti Rock, and
th construction of th Whit River divi
sion, M0 miles from Whit River Junction
to Carthage. Mo. Th first undertaking
Illustrates the difference In th Ideas that
prompted railroad cunatructlon a genera
j uo ar, ,nd lQOM tni. p..,,.;; toCa. -v.
second project thowg the liberality of the
Gould maaagament tn construction work
that realises their ideal as to grade and
stability. The average cost of this lin Is
nearly MIKS per mile, with 100 mile be
tween Cotter snd Crane averaging twice
that amount
Th old Fort Smith road waa the Jest cf
railroad men and th butt of th traveling
public. It ran up hJU and down without
regard to grad and was practically laid
on top of th ground. It figured In th
Blaine "burn this letter" scandal. Heavy
land grants were allotted to It In return
for alleged financial favors to government
officials. The Idea that the rout was
planned to include all of th government
land possible In not correct for in th re
construction ther ar eleven detours, ag
gregating about forty-two mllea. all pre-
dicated on grad reduction and not on lin
length reduction. The charg actually
lessens th total distance between terminal
points but on mile. Th longest detour,
from Osark to Hantaan, 1 fourteen miles;
ther is on of seven mile and snother
of five miles. Th present lin follows th
Arkansas river; th old on west back up j
la the hill. It has not been sbaadoaed,
and I still used by paaaenger tralna
rurrnany ln. ama.on nao a airt pan...
Now It is gravel snd rock, th former being
tn largeat proportion. It was laid with 56-
7 . . , r 7
Nesrly .11 of th wooden bridges srs i-
u v wm enq rvpia.cQ wnn imi inq njn-
cret. As It was operated up to IKS, tt
had a maximum grad of lv per cent
Th present maximum la 10 ef 1 per cent.
Prom elvtb noelrton In trefflA Aenatfv It
has moved up to second rank. The facts j
abviou.i .en-ant the fx inn ono ..ai'.i
lure, or at in rat or aooui Ka.suo per
mil, mad on th property. This part ot
th Iron Mountain continues north from
Fort Smith to Coffeyvlll. Mo., snd th
upper end ss well as the lower half ha
been materially improved.
Last January a sixty-mil extension,
jiorth from Gurdon on the msia lin of
th Iron. Mountain to Womble, was opened.
Thl will be extended over a right-oi-wly
practically secured to Greenwood, where a
tin has already been built Into Fort Smith.
By means of this branch, considerable
Cr.u.g will b saved for gulf port freight ' been sdopted and line built only to give
from th gram fields as well ss a lower way later to others of better advantag; to
grade secured and fine, productive terrt-j traffic. But whe-n cn consider that p rec
tory opered. It Is th writer belief that I tical'.y all of thla work ha been don in
th Gould hav an Interest la th Mis- Arkansss. a stat crying fur railroads sal
sourt. OUahoma A Gulf railway TtnMch I th development that railroads produce, th
has built ninety-fiv miles ef road ;.--wn opinion wt'.l b reversed. Every mil f
Wsgooer. on the Iron Mountain, to Ram. new road will gala from locai Uaifla wtat
Oki., via M usj.cc . Tog Intention la to x-1 It cost . i ( J
COMMISSION FOR- UTILITIES
Beit Wt to Handle PaViio Corpora
tion!, Syi Nw York Expert.
WUL TAX THIX OUT OF rOUTICS
Gleaa Msrttsa Sara Tat Mta Wit
Work la Title Create
Daaser la ta
ate.
Glea Mtrstrn. a municipal stitlstlclaa ot
Nsw York, has been In th city for several
dsy looking into th public servtc Com
panies of Omaha. Mr. Marston la an expert
on public servlc problems, and epok at
th University of Nebraska last week oa
the public control of public utilities.
"I am surprised that there la so little
knowledge of th newest forms of regula
tion out here." h said. ' State regulation
of public servic corporations seems to b
th best soluMon of th problem yet de
vised. It Is th only method ef effectively
regulating th corporations without making
them a political Issue. Many cf th evl s
of municipal government tn the United
States csn be traced to efforts lo bring th
public eervte companies Into pontic. Th
public Itself la responsible for such a sta
of affairs. Th voters place th cintrol
of th corporations lr th hsnds of el'y
officials who must necessarily owe alleg
iance to some political party. Th offlcla's
have lltti time to devote to their duties
and thjs gives the corporations a strong In
centive to secure th election of men wh
will act as they dictate or at least not act
against them. Wat regulation by commis
sions, on th other hand, removes all eon
trot from th municipality and remove all
incentive for th corporations' to enter Into
local politics. The corporations need not
be feared In slat politics. Their Interests
ar too divers for them to get together oa
any definite program that would atfeot th
commission In any material way."
Datle f a Csaslala.
When aakad what h considered th
duties of a commission should be. Mr.
Marston said: Th state commission
should bar power to regulate rata and
quality of servtc; they should control
Capital expenditure; they should have so
power to Issu franchises and permits; they
should regulate competition and con solid -tlor.s.
and should exercise a general super,
vision over the corporations of th ata'a.
The Wisconsin public: servlca law practic
ally abolishes all franchises and issues In
determinate permits, which ar aa good la
unlimited perpetual franchises as long as
the company behaves Itself. The permits
arc revocable on short notice after a public
hearing. If th company abuses Its privil
eges tt is likely to be put out of business.
Tou can see that this Is good for both the
companies and th public. Th good Com
panies have nothing to fear and th bad
ones get what they deserve. Th consumer
'slw get. a price from J to I per cent lower
inan ne coma gvi imm m cumpwuy, www
Hmlted franchise compelled It to esrn back
enoagh to pay its capital Investment la ad
dltja to a reasonable profit Buck, a plan
would be successful only under state regu
lation, and would not do where th munici
pality had any control over th company.
Mr. Marston left laat night tor th east,
and will spend th coming month tn exam
ining public utility plants tn a large num
ber of cities rn Illinois. Indiana and Ohli.
It la said that he has th largest collection
of municipal reports In thts country.
If you will mak twj'jTy tt wtll be a
revelation to you bow many succumb to
kidney or blsdder troubles In on f irm
or another. If the, patient Is not beyooj
medical aid. Foley's Kidney Cur will cur,
It never disappoint All druggists.
Smith division parallels It only a 100 miles
or so to the north. It was s leading move
In the game of railroad strategy. Tho
Rock Island- Frisco Interests, the Kansas
City Southern snd the Union Pacific people
all had their ey on th territory. It wss
only a question of a few years before what
Is now strictly an Iron Mountain camp
would hav been Invaded. . Another thing.
thia line gav th direct route to Nebraaka
tonnage that was provided Kant by th
j fm gniih ih;,. 6 Gs.jM, h,d . br(lB.h
from Newport via Dlas to Balesvill that
had been In operation many yeara Th
now construction was north from Batas
vtll through th Ozark mountains and
parallel to th Whit liver. Tha old part
is In poor condition and has bran allowed
tc run down. It Is the plan of the toan
sgement to abandon It for a low gradient
rout by th riverside south from Bates
ville. It ts now laid In 5S-pound stee!.
poorly ballasted and bridged. From Bates
viu to Cotter, a distanra of about ninety,
flv mllea, th steel ts slso M-pouad. This
will all be relaid with kV pound rails aa
soon ss conditions warrant
It !s between Cotter and Cian that th
Ideal has been reached. Her cn come oa
physical conditions that an superb.
Elghty-flv-pound rails, rock ballast tidy
appearance, wonderful engineering tn-
j nmpn, m tunnels and bridgea. ar tha
continuous prospect of th traveler by this
line. The hesvy steel covers 107 miles, end
ing at Aurora. From ther north to Car
thai, forty mllea. It falla back to a fifty-six-pound
basts snd ths track deteriorates
correspondingly.
Undoubtedly this division drew too heav
ily on th Gould purs. There 1 a ems 11
scandal hinted st In th ex avagsnt cost
, pf th wh,ch , f6unJ,4
j th- tfrt ersbl. dlstanc, rn
j lv. cmlntry might hav been saved
T crossing lb Whit river st Buffalo City
, ln-tt. of CotUr CtnAM t0WI,,lu,
wer favored In the present lin that did
not Justify th additional cost of length Of
Una.
Trom Crane a thlrty-four-mll brsncli
but! 10 Springfield. Thts Is t b
extended I'M) miles north to Bagnell snd s
on up over present track to a tap of th
Missouri Pacifle-Bt Loul's-Kanaas City Una
at Jefferson City.
From the facts enumerated tf will be,
Seen how active tb Gould hav been tn
extending th area of usefulness of their
lion Mountain system. For tt laat tn
years the policy has been to build and
rebuild, to discover new routes of low
grsde and shorter mileage and to tap dis
trict a that hav lain in their virgin at at
ar.d carry th Immigrant to them. It al
most seen-a as thougn too hssty plana hid