TIE OMAHA DAILY HEEi FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1908.
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LOCAL TROUBLES TO FORE
State Board Findi This Caniei Difli
' culty in Assessment
ORA3TD ISLAND ROAD'S HtOTEST
OhJeVt' to Retarna of ' C'oantr
assessors I nder Terminal Tarn
t.aw Effect of Inspection
of Oakeries.
(rmm a Btaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. An. . (Special.) Another
ounch of assessors' appeared before the
. 8tat Board of Kqtiallzatlnn today to pro
teat against an Incrrns" In the value of
teal estate. Tha reprfsentatlve from Cherry
county made a vigorous protret against a
v per cent booet. I.ond In this county la
assessed at 69 centa an acre and the board
contemplate an Increase to 95 cents. A
member of the board did a little figuring
and reported that the 40 per cent Increase
'would mean the1 payment of II .W In taxes
on a section of land more than last year,
or 27 tent a Increai on a quarter aectlon.
The board en pert to conclude He work
by tha hurt of the week. At thla time,
however, It la Impossible to tell what will
be done with the contemplated Increase In
land In aeveral of the counties. While
there have been protest; against any In
crease . over the return of the assessors,
some f the protest! have been rather
feeble ' One protestant admitted that aa a
Seneral proposition the Increase was de
served, but the trouble had been with the
county board In not properly equalizing
between the varloua townships.
' The schedules this year used by the as
sessors have proven superior to the blanks
of last year and previous years, especially
In the forma used for the assessment of
live stock, horsed . and mules. This year
inert la apace reserved lor listing the a Re
or the animals. Heretofore the live stock
waa returned by number and value, and
.the board had no way of knowing the age
. . . .
Miv inniBii, i run mane equalization
between counties practically a guess, aa
some assessors Included right young an-
f lmals while others did not. Thus In adjoin
ing counties where live stock should be of
r about the aame value there would be quite
a difference In .the' average. Thla has been
voided this year by separating this clasa
of property according, to ego.
Grand Island Files Protest.
The St. Joseph & Or.vnd Island railroad
has filed a protest against the returns of
the county assessors, under the provisions
of the terminal tag law. In; several towns
Davenport. Edgar. Fairfield, Olenville and
Hastings. The railroad objects to the
valuation of Its land In only three towns
Bdgar, Fairfield and Glenvllle. In Its pro
teat the road Bets out that It made Its re
turns of real estate bused on he assess
- ment of 1906, which It admits may have
been fair. The following table ahows the
railroad figures on land and the assessors'
v figures:
Val. per
reported
by rail-'
raod.
Edgar IiJo.is ,
Fairfield 130 35
Olenville ..... 97.ee
f The atate board will take up the ralua
tlon of railroad property . In cities and
towns as -soon as It has concluded the
work of tquaJUlng the returns of the county
. assessors on the general property.
Bond for Debts Are Bad.
. Attorney General Thompson today wrote
fm opinion to State Auditor Searle to the
effect that school districts In thla atate
, cannot Issue bonds to pay general Indebted
ness. Borne time ago the school district
of Beneon,' Douglas "rourity, Issued 18,000
bonds, the proceeds from which to be used
In finishing paving for the building of
' school houae and for paying general In-
debtadneas of the district. The auditor's
office refused to register the bonds when
presented, holding that school districts could
not issue bonds for purposes other than
for purchasing sites, erecting buildings and
furnishing the same. An Omaha attorney
is looking after the matter and Intimates
that he will carry It to the supreme court.
Tko Bakery. It vest laratlon.
Val. per Val. p-r
as filed ..on bails
by county, of ad.
Co. boar J. prop ty.
Kil.25 ;i76.3?
Sfl.l . lf.9.81
2.6.41 lit.fi
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The Investigation by a representative of
the pure food department, Mrs. MeMurtry,
of the bakeries at Lincoln and Omaha Is
provtnsf of great bmflt at least to the
people here; Of the thirteen bakeries In
vestigated, four were found to be clean In
this city ' and the remainder filthy and
dirty. Aa soon aa the report waa made
public the'four owners of the clean bakeries
called at:tha office of Food Commissioner
Johnson to see if thy were on the unclean
list. The owners of the unclean bakeries
have not appeared to see whether the re
port touches thent.
I The clean bakeries are now untnr the
endorsement given by the food commis
sioner for advertising- purposes, and, while
no .newspaper tiere has published the names
Of tha unclean places, the names of the
Clean ( bakeries have been printed,
i Fvblle Men ob Flat for.
"Somei day some political party will de-
i ohsreiswralaat members of congress deliver.
I Intf lectures for pay before chautauquas
a-ndicther organisations of Ilka character,"
kealda Well known Unooln man thla morn
jlne.'wto' asked thai his aame be wlthhheld
because-of 'his personal friendship for some
members? ( con areas :whe are getting rich
jrm tbe lecture -ptform.
t Tusrs. should be a few ajralnst senators
.And congressmen hiring out as public leo
j uTera.- tie continued. "The lecture plat-
iform has) such aa attraction for the aver
age senator and congressman, that Instead
of giving careful and serious thought to
matters ef state, his r-ilnd turns to the sen
i satlonal or that which will give him the
(most fraiadvert1irur and thus maks him
valuable attraction to the manager of a
ooautauo.ua. Tha more sensational he Is,
the more salary he can draw on the lecture
platform. Take awav from the m.mH..
ioongreaa the thought of the money he Is
( to make as a, lecturer, and his whole at-
..... iti io airairs or state.
Our eorgress will develop statesmen, as
weonc tiad. rather thaa sensational grand
stand lecturers. .'
-Another reason why these members of
eongvssa l tbould not h nmi, .
k Mrsr pay lecture Is this: The government
I at Washington pays these men by the year
'for their entire services. If they sre to
(lecture -at all., they should do so free of
IchargsV receiving only their actual e.
Ilstnaasv They ewe It to the people to speak
whenever "they are called Upon, and It is
convenient for them to do so. without fur
ther pay.
"The lecture business of senators and
congressmen, however, has grown to such
proportions that now the senate and the
house Is merely a stepping stone to the
lecture plstform.. Practically none of .'the
lecturers now going over the country
would ever get a call were It not for the
fact they happen to be members of con
gress,." Anti-Tart Clafc for Taft.
The Uncoln colored men are ashamed of
It. Th'lr Antl-Taft club, organised Borne
time am. Is not a Bryan club, aa the name
Imr-lies. An officer of the club today said
the club was organised for the purpose of
listening to political discussions.
"It la not a Bryan club by any means."
he said. "We are all for Taft and expect
to vote for him. We are not for Bryan,
even If some members did go out to Fair
view and visit with Mr. Bryan.-'
' List of Candidates Ready.
Secretary of State Junkin has sent the
names of the candidates for office who
filed In his office to the printer and to
morrow he will certify the same out to the
county clerks. This must bo done under
the law twenty-five days before the pri
mary election. Tomorrow la the lost day
when the namea can be legally certified
out. Parties who desire to withdraw have
until fifteen days before the primary to
make their Intention known to the secre
tary. Landscape Gardening;.
"Near Nelson, In Nuckolls county. Is a
practical example of what can be done In
the line' of landscape gardening on rough
land and unsightly side hills." said Labor
Commissioner Ryder. "The land Is owned
by Colcnel Lyon of the governor's staff
nnd the work has been done under his Im
mediate supervision. When he purchased
.this place it was sbsolutely unremunerative
and an eyesore, being right at the edge of
town. Colonel Lyon started In to see what
could be done with it and the result as it
stands today ought to be worth a good deal
to any man who has similar land that Is
not working. Every drsw and every foot
of side hill Is covered with a. magnificent
stand of alfalfa. In fact the whole 160 acres
almost is under that crop. It is a sight to
do a man's heart good.
"Colonel Lyon pastures his horses and
hogs freely all over the farm, and there
la ao much ground under the rich plant
that he does not find the free running of
the stock injures his alfalfa as to its hay
making capacity. The place is now paying
him a substantial sum of money every year
Instead of being a source of outgo. His
example has led other men to sow, the
draws and hillsides with alfalfa, and more
prosperity for the owners Is the result.
Colonel Lyon Is Just starting a herd of
Shorthorns on this place which he Intends
to develop, If his plans do not fall. Into
one of the finest herds In the state. The
eolenel's new home Is undoubtedly among
the very finest country homes in the west.
"In Custer and other counties with
good deal of rough land the planting of
the draws and hillsides to alfalfa has been
growing more genera the last few years.
When the feasibility of this plan Is more
seriously Impressed on owners, and the
great profit to be had is realised, we will
see a very great decrease In the unsightly
vistas of apparently waste land that gives
travelers an entirely unwarranted opinion
of the sterility of much of Nebraska's
soil."
Mr. Dezter's Experience.
H. M. Dexter, a crop correspondent of
the state bureau of statistics, called at the
bureau before starting on a trip to Cal
ifornia and other far western states with
his wife. Mr. Dexter's home Is near
Clarks, in Merrick county, where he has
been successfully farming for a long spell.
"Last year," said Mr. Dexter, "I sold al
most 2,000 busbela of wheat for. . SI cents
bushel, because It was good grain and
watched the market closely. This year
will have 1,000 bushels or better, and ex
pect to realise a paying price for It. Never
In a long experience have I aeen corn look
ing more promising generally. In our
county, and observation from the train
Indicates that Nebraska will have some
grand fields of that cereal this year and
very few poor fields, as compared to the
whole area under crop. The wheat and oats
are all right, too, for an experienced eye,
taking note of the number of stacks on the
fields, can tell pretty accurately huw they
win turn out."
Mr. Dexter waa asked how he could af
ford to take a pleasure trip Just at this
time, and his reply was Interesting: "I
have three boys," he said, "the oldest 23.
When they arrived at the age to take an
active part In farm management, I made
them partners and gave them an interest
In the product That farm la as much
theirs as It is mine, and the crop being
made my wife and I can go where we
please, resting eaay in the assurance that
everythtlng will be as well taken cars of
as If we were right there." '
Eepublican Chairman Meeti Workers
at Grand Island.
BANE AND FILE ARE FOE TAFT
All Signs Point to Big Majority at
the November Election Xnt
Conference Held at
Alliance.
HAYWARD CONTINUES TRIP
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Aug. .-(Spe
cial.) Chairman William Hayward of the
republican atate committee today conferred
with county chairmen of counties of thla
part of Nebraska at Grand Island. The
visiting chairmen arrh-ed In the city on
morning trains snd at noon lunched at
the Koehler hotel, following which the con
ference was held. Earh county leader
voiced the political condition In his par
ticular county. The chairmen are, because
of their position in the county organisa
tions, well Informed of the conditions ex
isting In their localities and came to Grand
Island to confer with and report to the
state chairman.
Each one at the- conference addressed
the meeting and the state chairman ex
plained In detail the organisation and Its
operation. Favorable reports, from a re
publican viewpoint, were made. It was
said that the rank and file of the party la
holding fast to republican principles, and
that all signs point to republican majori
ties of more than usual proportions In their
counties this fall for Taft and the Ne
braska state ticket.
As was the case In Chairman Hayward's
three previous conferences, the county
chairmen bring reports thst there Is no
cause upon which to found the belief that
republicanism will not receive the hearty
endorsement of the people In the coming
election. Chairman Hayward left tonight
for Alliance, where a confereniw with
county chairmen will be held tomorrow.
The following were In attendance: W.
T. Spelts, Wood River; W. I. Farley.
Aurora; M. N. Troupe, Kearney; J. W.
Welpton; Ogalalla; Aaron Wall, Loup City;
H. B. Van Decar, St. Paul; John Porter-
field, Fullerton; G. W. Bcott Greeley; W.
Z. Todd, Burwell; David Weesner, Dun
ning; John Maresh, Ord; Congressman
Moses P. Klnkald of O'Neill and H. O.
Cooley, St. Paul.
WILLIAM
HOPPER
IS
DEAD
Prominent Resident of Douglas
Connty for Thirty Years.
ELKHORN. Neb., Aug (.-(Special Tele
gram.) William Hopper, one of Douglas
county's early settlers and a well known
and prominent resident of . the county for
over thirty years, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. D. D. Mclean Wednesday
evening. He wss taken ill with Brlght's
disease, while spending the winter In
Ontario, Canada and only small hopes of
his recovery were held out from the first,
He returned to Nebraska in April and has
been seriously ill since.
He was born .In Tyrone county, Ireland,
May 21 1834. He came to Amurtca with
his parents In 1837 and settled In Quebec.
Fifteen years later they moved to Themes
vllle, Ont.. where he lived until 1876 when
he came to Nebraska. He wa married
In 1856 to Miss Dorothy Farrel. who died
four years ago. He leaves nine children,
Mrs. Hannah Crook of Spokane, Wash.;
Mrs. Sarah Splcer of Indianapolis, Mrs,
Charles Wltte, Mrs. D. D. McLean, D. G.
Hopper and W. C. Hopper of Elkhorn, Mrs.
James Walsh of Benson, D. B. Hopper
and Mrs. Frank Deerson of Omaha.
iThe funeral will be held at the home ef
Mrs. McLean Saturday at 1 p. m. In
terment will be at Prospect Hill cemetery,
Elkhorn.
while a continual stream of teams and
vehicles of all description-, from every di
rection, poured Into town during the fore
noon. The exercises commenced at 1:S!V
Among the prominent speakers were Con
gressman Pollard, ex-uovemor EM I as Hol-
comb. H. B. O'Neill. Congressman Kln-
caid. Judge Norrls and President James
8t oak ham. Short talka were also made
by well known Custer county pioneers.
WATER AOAI" IN LAKE KEARXEY
Canal Boagfct T Kearney Elertrle I
Power Plant.
KEARNEY, Neb.. Aug. .-( Special Telj-
grarr) Announcement was made today of
the purchase of the Kearney canal and the
Kearney electric power plant by the Kear
ney Water and Electric Power company, a
new corporation organiied for the purposs
of taking over these properties. J. Crocker,
an Illinois banker. Is president snd William
J. Scoutt of this city la secretary and
treasurer, with N. P. McDonald, A. A.
Scoutt and C. W. Sooutt additional direc
tors. The two properties will hercsfter be
operated under one msnagement, without
chrnge In the working foice. The capital
ization is 1310.000.
Restoration work on the Kearney canal,
In progress for several months. Is prac
tically completed. Extensive repairs and
Improvements sre being made at the power J
house and water will flow Into Lake Kear
ney as soon ss the work at the power
plant Is completed. The trarsactlon puts
the canal enterprise on a legitimate basis
and the promoters Intend to develop manu
facturing Induatriea and extend the electri
cal possibilities to the limit.
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Nebraska Newa Notes.
CriOFTON A special election was held
here Tuesday to vote on the water work
bond proposition. The bonds carried by a
vote of 7 to 7.
BEATRICE The base ball team of the
Lutheran Sunday school last evening de
feated the United Krethren nine in a close
and exciting contest by a score of 7 to 8.
SEWARD The Chautauqua opened here
yesterday. Ralph Bingham spoke here last n ypo rrrrp-p WfrT TW TlAWfint
night. Judge Estelle of Omaha. Governor tXlUrS W L K Ti JNU1 W JJAJMUl,Ji
Hoch of
GOOD RAIN OVER THE STATE
Precipitation if Sufficient to Hake
Farmers Feel Fine.
Kansas and Lieutenant Richmond
P. Hobson are on the program.
M'COOK Oran Dean, aged 18 years, of
Geneva. N. Y.. died In thla city this morn
ing, after a short illness here. The bndy
was taken to Ashland, Neb., where he waa
born and spent most of his life, for burial.
BEATRICE C. B. Dempster, president
of the Dempster Mill Manufacturing com
pany, went to Mobile, Ala., yesterday to
look after the branch house of the com
pany there. He will be absent about ten
days.
BEATRICE A double wedd'ng In which
two couplea from Dewitt, Neb., figured
occurred here today. The brides and bride
grooms were George Plucknelt and Miss
Clara Baker ant Jesse Nichols and Miss
Luclle Skradla.
BEATRICE teo Gesnell, a 15-year-old
boy, was severely bruised yesterday In at
tempting to stop a runaway team In West
Beatrice. He grabbed the lines and was
K tilled under the wagon, which passed over
Is legs. His Injuries are not fatal.
M'COOK Andrew R. Hammell, an early
settler of this part of Red Willow county
died at his farm a few miles southeast
of McCook. this morning. Interment was
made In this cltv this afternoon. He died
following an operation for the relief of a
serious kidney trouDie,
DICKENS This part of Lincoln county
la besrtnninr to need rain, although crops
are not suffering badly. Corn Is looking
fine and indications are that there will be
a large yield If the rain doesn't hold off
Omaha Gets a Relief at Laat from the
Inltrr Season of the Laat Week
or So nnd la Correspond
Ingly Happy.
Rains In many rarts of the state have
put the farmers In p. happy frame of mind.
although the reports show that rains were
not absolutely needed except In the south
western part of Nebraska and northern
Kansas. Showers were reported at Bcnkle
man and Strang, with rains at Curtis, Star
ling, Sidney and Bridgeport. Light showers
were repotted at Lincoln and some rains
between Lincoln and the Platte river.
There were showers at Oakdale and Scrlb
ner. A heavy rain was reported at Man-
vllle and a light rain from Long Fine to
Chadron snd from Chadron north.
The government reports for Thursday
morning showed general showers over al
most the entire state of Nebraska and
heavy rains In eastern Iowa.
Union Pacific reports show that the
weather for the last week has been very
favorable for growing crops. It having
been dry and hut, Just what was needed
too lona- Grass on the range In the sand for the corn and ripening grain In Wyom
hills is fine and cattle are Jolng well ng. For Nebraska the weather has been
SEWARD Mrs. James Miller died last ir and warm for. a week, with slisrht
S'BUr"fhTh- nMetSodistd- ESeop"."' Precipitation. Superintendent Ware still re
church of this place. Her funeral will be ports the outlook for a good crop of corn
held from her late Home at p. m. i nurs- a better than It has been lor several years.
have time now for
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dav. conducted bv Rev. Phillip Bmlin.
Z ". JU... w . t,, ' , 4Km farm work, so
brick plant . th of this city. hAi sold part more trading. They are reported as being
of his interest to Dr. H. M. Hepperlen and jubilant over conditions.
W. H. Farlow. Mr. Klcsa still retains the Omaha has almost decided to forgive
controlling Interest. The plant Is one of w-.thDk(.P welsh After fcaklna- the
i,. u..i in .outhern Nebraska and has eathermaker weisn. Alter waning me
been doing a good Business iot xno iasi neipiess ciiiaeua iut bbvcku u.io, no
few years. . - ... v ... . . - I on 'the air fans Just a little Thursday arjd
BEATRICE Af valuable Shetland pony, ... va them some relief. They needed it,
nwnea uy .1. a. jvnuri v- . , .cv. -,
NEW DATES FOR MR. BRYAN
r
Candidate Adds Des Moines and To
peliA to His List.
FAIRVIEW, LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. I.
That William J. Bryan proposes to a con
siderable extent to conduct his own cam
paign for the presidency waa disclosed here
todsy when he announced that he
would spend three days in Chicago begin
ning August 23. The democratic headquar
ters will be In full swing by that time and
It is Mr. Bryan's Intention to meet and
confer with Chairman Mack and other
leaders of his party, and give them the
benefit of his council.
Another speaking date has been arranged
by Mr. Bryan. He will leave here on the
morning of August 21 for Des Moines where
he will discuss the tariff Question. That
night he will proceed to Chicago. After
his three day's stay In the latter city he
will go on to Indianapolis to attend the
notification ceremonies of John W. Kern,
which occur on the 36th. On the return
trip he will speak on the 27th at Topeka,
arriving In Lincoln the next day.
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Coal In Caster Connty.
BROKEN BOW, Neb., Aug. .-(8pectal.)
Street Brothers of this place have again
found coal, thla time five mllea southeast
of Ansley, on Miller's farm, at a depth
of 180 feet They were sinking a well for
Mr. Miller, struck rock st 100 feet, went
through thirteen layers ranging In thick
ness from four Inches ta four feet. The
coal vein Is about six Inches In thickness,
underlaid with sand, gravel and rock.
Tne other vein struck was a three-Inch
one and located on the Ransley farm, about
fourteen miles southwest of Broken Bow.
This one was fifty feet from the surface
of the ground.
Dakota Connty Pioneers.
DAKOTA CITY. Neb.. Aug. l-Speclal.)
Dakota county pioneers will hold a pic
nlc August 27 at Clifton park in this ctty,
the entire day being devoted to addresses.
horse races and other entertainment. The
addresses will be delivered In the morn.
ing, beginning with the speech by Presi
dent Bsrney Cribble. In the afternoon
short talks will be made by pioneers, fol
lowed by racea on the tracks adjoining tha
grounds. In the evening t, dance will be
held at the court house.
Chapninna in Carnrt Again.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. Aug. .-(8pe-clal.)
Mrs. Harriett Chapman baa again
gone Into court and brought ault against
her husband, Calvin Chapman, from whom
ahe secured a divorce and a large slice of
alimony. She now sues for 1301 because she
was not given immediate possession of one
of the farms, which she secured In the
settlement. Both of these pec pi e hsvs
ngured quite prominently Ir the courta
during the laat year or mora.
Ire Eahanated at Nebraska City.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Aug. I (Spe
clal.) The ice men have exhausted the
supply of Ice they housed last winter and
are shipping In a supply dally to meet the
demands of their consumers. They have
advanced the prices 10 cents per 100 to all
They were only able last winter to house
but a small crop of lea and have been spar
ing or what they had on hand. This is
the first time that Ice has been shipped to
this city for many years.
Avery PoatotBe Dlaeentlaned.
KEARNEY, Neb.. Aug. (.-(Special Tele
gram.) Senator N orris Brown today re
ceived notice that tha postofflce at Avery,
Sarpy county, will ba discontinued on Att
gust U and the patrons thereafter will be
supplied hr tvnXjfjtif tTag
Candldntea In Seward Connty.
SEWARD, Neb., Aug. . (Special.) The
last week has been an active one for can
dldatea who have filed for the several of
flees to be filled this fall. Saturday was
the last day of grace and quite a number
filed on Friday and Saturday. Following
la the list of candidates whose namea will
appear on the primary ballot to be voted
upon September I:
Senator H. A. Graff (rep.), Seward; A.
O. Colman (rep.), Vtlca; M. W. Lo rimer
(dem.). Utlca; R. R. Schick (dem.), Sew
ard: George W. Fuller (fue.), Seward.
.Representatives P. A. Marsh (rep.), Sew
ard; J. P. Stols (rep.). J township; D,
Dankers (rep.), I township; W. Q. Dick
Inson (rep.), Seward; Henry Scheele (fus.).
Utlca; J. II. Perklnson (dem.), Mllford
C. A. Ritchie (fus.), D township; John Mo
Laln (rep.), E township.
Clerk of District Court Harry Latpply
(rep.), Mllford; O. Amsler (rep.), Seward
J. F. Gereke (fus.). Seward; I. E. Bowker
(dem.). Pleasant Dale.
County Attorney R. P. Anderson (rep.),
Seward; M. D. Carey (rep.), SewardT A.
Leavens (fus.), Seward.
Supervisor District No. 1 William Zwlck
(dem.). D townahlp; Amos Colman (rep.),
B township.
Supervisor District No. I George Soss
(rep), Seward; E. W. Nye (fua.). Seward
Supervisor District No. 6 H. C. William
son (rep.), P township; L. R. At wood
(rep.). J township; F. W. Petsch (fus ),
township.
Supervisor District No. T W. D. Badgley
(rep.), O townahlp; A. E. Smith (rep.), N
township; D. E. Btuzman (dem.), O town
ship.
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waa shot In the head by soma boys who
were playing about Mr. Dohner's home.
The ball entered the left side of the head
Anri came out throuan tne rooi oi ine
mouth. The veterinarian In attendance be
lieves the animal will recover.
RKNNINGTON The business men of
Bennington have arranged to observe the
first annual harvest festival, August 15.
Cash premiums will be awarded on all
kinds of farm produce and fine horses
nnrii on1 athlet c events. An auio race.
ball games, tug-of-war and shooting blue
rocks will De on me program.
HFtTBIPB-H. Overleese of this city.
mnlovert on the Union Pacific as a brake-
man. Was Caugni UWlweeu urifiiu :,,
anri roal chute at Valparaiso while switch-
ins and badly injured. His left shoulder
was broken, several rioa were inauim
and he was severely bruised. He was
taken to a hospital at Omaha for treat
ment.
nprrrk CITY The local chautjiu.
mm nnena Saturday and lasts until Au-
imr ift. Kivervinina is in irmnrHi i.
the event. Monday will be the first big
rtv when ChamD Clark delivers an ad
dress In the afterrcon. All stores will be
closed and business suspended so as to
enable all to attend and the same thing
will be done when Governor Hanly comes
on Friday.
BEATRICE The matter of assessing the
Beatrice Gas and Power company's prop
erty consumed the entire dav before the
rtnarH nf Kn u a 1 laat ion. The Beatrice Elec
tric company la the complainant. It asserts
that the gas company's property was given
In at a value of 115.960 and that the as
aeasor had raised it to 136,960. The electric
pnmniinv irther sets forth that Its prop
erty Is assessed at 150,000 and contends that
either the gas company's assessment should
&n?ErTff7 FROM DAY TO DAY
probably consume anotner wee,
GUIDE ROCK Last evening at the borne fcnalnt and Carious Features of Life
Old Settlers at Firth.
FIRTH. Neb., Aug. ".(Special.) There
will be the annual two-day plcnlo hers this
week, to begin on Friday, which la Old
Settlers' day. Rev. Byron Beall Is to bavs
chargs of the program on this uay and
William B. Price, candidate for stats adl
tor, and John H. Mockett, candiats for tha
stats senate, are to be the orators of the
day. These exercises will be held at the
stand at 11 a. m. A big crowd Is ex
pected from Hickman, Adams, Cortland and
all surrounding villages.
Crowds at Old Settlers' Fleala.
BROKEN BOW, Neb., Aug. . (Special)
Perfect weather and aa excellent pro
grain added greatly In making- tha Old
Bottlers' plcnlo one of tha most cucceaa
ul ever, held la Cuatarouoty. Tba monv
,j V.?lt!'i?',,lVto crffs-4g p visitors, Jjit -small ' exBen.
Orchard & Wilhelm
CARPET eo.
SHTURDftY SPEemLS
59c
Willow Clothes Basket, large size, made from extra selected
German willow, a basket that usually sells for 90e;
special Saturday, each .,.
Bric-A-Brac 200 pieces of high class vases, cairdlesticks,
candle shades, jardinieres, satsuma, an assortment in which
every piece is worth $1.50; your choice, special v "TQ
Saturday, each I.aX C
Hammocks and Hammock Pillows All our '$5.00 'r y r
and $5.75 hammocks; on sale at .;! O
Pillows for the porch, lawn or hammock, worth qt
$1.50; special Saturday, each. , t sjC
Hassocks Our entire line of new
hassocks, made from Wilton Body
Brussels and Axminster carpets;
in a variety. of shapes; 'regular
price 65c and 75c each; Saturday
special, each, N
fc
only.
for Wednesday night, up to about Li or
o'clock, was the most oppressive night,
yet. At midnight the mercury was stand-
Ing at 87, and not a breath of air was stirr
ing. ' Toward morning the atmosphere
cooled off and in the forenoon a timid rain
fell, and that induced a breeze. The
prophet hung up the signal for more air
and rain.
Soaking- Rain at Alliance.
ALLIANCE. Neb., Aug. 6. (Special Tele
gram.) A soaking rain visited this section
last night and this morning and Is still
falling, putting the ground In splendid con
dition for preparation for the sowing of
fall wheat. Crops of all kinds are In fine
condition, and a bumper crop of small
grain will be ready for the market as soon
as threshing begins. The rainfall this year
has surpassed all previous years and has
been In such abundance and so well distri
buted In the past seven years that it has
practically converted this section of the
state from a strictly "cow" country to a
prosperous, agricultural section.
VALENTINE, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.)
Yesterday about 4 o'clock a heavy rain and
windstorm swept over the city, driving the
rain in sheets through the streets and the
wind doing considerable damage by break
ing off some small trees and also breaking
the limbs off of many more. The rain was
welcome relief. It rained for about an
hour and an Inch of ralrn fell.
BOOT
for MEM
of the bride the wedding of Mrs. Jennie EL
f-nmnhell and Mr. Fred watt iook pi ace.
Revt O. W. Pool of the Methodist Episco
pal church performed the ceremony
GUIDE! ROCK The Women's Christian
Temperance union will give home talent
play tne latter pan oi una muiim
Q11DF1 ROCK CHIsens ars watching
ith Interest the development of a gas or
oil well which is being put down on will-
lam Pettit b farm near here.
WYMORIO The Adams Express company
has ceased delivering goods In the resi
dence Dortlon of this city. Packages will
be delivered only in the business district
WVMOREV-Rev. T. H. Werley of the
Methudist church has been taken to an
Omsha hospital to have an operation per
formed
WYMOREI EJd Line, an engine Inspector
at the Burlington round nouse, accidentiy
atenned Into a Dlt full of boiling water
Tuenlav and severely burned his leg from
the knee down. At present he is resting
easy, but will be confined for Beveral
weeks.
WYMORE Williams A Foy of Fremont
purchased a carload of apples In this
lclnlty and shipped them to their home
in.n Thev tmid XI cents a bushel. Farm
ers are feeding apples and peeches to their
hogs for lack of a market
WYMORIO A young man by the name of
Pot rode a blcvcle from hla home, two
mllea north of Odell (about ten mllea weat
of here. to this city Tuesday and waa ao
heated up that he fainted In a barber shop
after having some work done. In falling
h atriK-k against an Iron en a shining
chair and fractured a rib and Injured his
lung so that he had a hemorrhage, lie was
kept here over night and sent to Odell by
tialn yesterday
WYMORIO Special evangelical aervloes
are belna- "tield at the L'nlted Brethren
church In thla olily. Rev. J. R. Mouer of
Beatrice ia in charge.
WYMORE A llvervman named Nelaon
from blue Rapids, Kan., lost a valuable
horse here yesterday. He drove here from
Oketo, Kan., yeaterday and after the horse
had been put In the barn It became sick,
but seemingly recovered. It was harnessed
up and Nelson started to drive back to
Blue Raplda when the horae dropped dead
WYMORR A Rarneston reetdent In the
city yeaterday said that hia town waa badly
torn up over the saloon fight and that he
wouldu't be surprised If trouble would take
place, leateraay a deputy sheriff went
down there and hunted up Mr. Bpencer,
the villas clerk, and served notice on him
to sign the report of tha proceedings of the
board in tne remonstrance case. Tins
Bpencer did and It ia expected that the
court will band down a decision at once.
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We will make a thorough, searching and scientific
examination of your ailments free of charge, an louunl
natlon that will dlaclose yuur true physical condition,
without a knowledge of which you are groping In the.
dark, and without a thorough understanding of whiih
no physician or special iHt should treat you. We want
all men to feel that they can come to thin Institution
freely for an examination and explanation of their con
dition, without being bound by any obligation whatever
to take treatment unless they ao desire.
By using tha various departments of Tha
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la a Rapidly Growing;
Stat.
Happy Surprise E. R. Dunwoody went
to the depot one day last week enter
taining hopes that his wife had con
cluded to return, and to -his great ae
llght found that his hopes were well
founded, and as he turned toward noma
he felt a heavjr hand laid on his shoulder.
and, looking, discovered that he was not
In the grasp of Uncle Sam. was not In
the fangs of the law, but the hand that
was laid on his ahoulder was the hand
of his son. whom he had not seen for
many years. Auburn uranger.
Why Is This If we were to announce
that you could get this paper thirty days
for the price of three beers, every de
scendant Adam would know that meant 10
centa; but If we were to say It would be
sent three months for the price of a hymn
book, half of thero wouldn't know whether
we had raised the subscription rate or
were giving the, paper away. Edgar Poet
How It Happened At the dinner hour
Monday, as William Koehler and family
had . went out under the trees to enjoy
the shade for an hour before going to the
harvest field and as Is his custom to
lay down and take a nap. His son, Al
bert, came and laid down by him and
woke him up. William told the boy to
get a chair and he would cut his hair.
He hard a strange noise In the houve
at the time and looked in the door, but
did not see anything wrong, so did not
go in. A little later he hard the same
noise, and on closer Investigation dis
covered the house on fire. Calling to tUe
children to come, they hastened to re
move the household goods, while oile of
them telephoned their neighbor, John
Bengston, and they In turn telephoned
other neighbors, who came as quickly as
possible, putting out the fire, but not
until it had done considerable damage
In three rooms the kitchen, dining room
and one bedroom upstairs. Considerable
damage was dons to the furniture by
water and smoke, yet Mr. Koehler Is very
thankful he saved what he did, aa there
ars always a great many heirlooms in a
horns that cannot ba replaced by any
amount of money that ens haur to lose.
e Ushllng Press.
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Consult us and be examined free. You
may be sent away happy, without treat
ment, but with advice that will save you
time .and money. If you require treat
ment you will be treated honestly and
skillfully and restored to health within
the shortest time possible and at the low
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our announcements. ' We make no mis
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