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TTTK OMAHA DAILY P.ITC. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12. IMS. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Columbui Concern Submiti Proposal for Electric Light and Power. riANT TO SELL TO THE CITY Offers to Bnlld and Eqalp Water Power Plan't Developing; Flfteea Thousand Horsepower Plant for a,B0O,OO0 The conspicuous matter before the city council Monday night, wss the proposition of the Nebraaka Power company of Colum bua. offering to furnish the city with 15.000 horsepower electric current for municipal use. The estimated cost of the plant. If purchased, would be $2,5(10,000. The power la to be generated at Columbua from water of the Loup river, one of the most reliable streams for water flow in the west. The following la the proposition: The Nebraska Power company which owns a perpetual right to the water of the Loup river for the purpose of developing rower, proposes to construct a canal from he Loup river, tapping the river at a point near Genoa, Neb., and bring the water, to Its reacrvolr which la located about thrtie miles north of Columbua, Neb., and there construct for the city of South Omaha, Neb., a hydro-elect rlo power plant of 15,000 horsepower capacity. The esld power company will construct aid power plant at or near Columbus, Neb., and equip It with the most modern machinery and alao construct all transmis sion lines from the power plant to the city of Smith Omaha and erect a transformer station and the switch board In the city of South Omaha for the distribution of the power; but all equipment for distributing beyond the switchboard will have to be fur nished by the city. ... When the construction of this plant Is fully completed, the said power company proposes to convey the plant, together with the perpetual right to the water from the Loup river sufficient to operate said filant ten hours each day In the year, that a 150.00 horsepower a day to be distributed throughout the day and night In such man ner as will be found most convenient for the needs of the city and Its customers; the quantity of power used as above set forth In no case to exceed 15.000 horse power at any one time. And said power company proposes to construct said plant and convey It. together with a perpetual right to the use of said water upon such ressonable terms as may be agreed be tween said power company and said city of South Omaha. The said power company suggests to pro rose: First, that the city of South Omaha vote bonds In the sum of 12,000,000 and de liver said bonds to said power company In such manner as may be agreed upon in payment for said power plant; or If this can not be arranged aald power comr'ny la willing to enter Into a definite and bind ing contract with the city of South Omaha to conatruct said plant and put It in oper ation ready to deliver power with the un deratandlng that the city will Pf1"8 said plant and pay for it In yearly Install ments of not less than $200,000 each year for a period of ten years; all unpaid tnst ail ments to bear Interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and all Interest due on all Installmenta to be paid annually. The offleera of the power oompjiiy are not sure at the present time that the city can make a contract to buy he plant ac cording to the second proposition, but this Is rather a matter of detail, and If the city wants the plant, the power company la willing to come to any reasonable apee ment that la Is within the power of the ClT5hetcdst o' equipment necessary for dis tributing the power after It is brought to the city of South Omaha wll be about ttWOOO, adding aa working capital IloO.OCO, TC,(i00 will be ample provision for these "rhe reports of the most competent engi neers indicate that this power can be de livered at the switchboard In the city or South Omaha at a cost not exceeding a quarter of a cent per k. w. hour. In other wolds, Including Interest on the Invest ment and all fixed charges, the cost price per hoiae-power will be less, than $10 per The total ' Investment of the city, after paying $2,000,000 for the power plant, trans mission lines, transformer station and switchboard, perpetual water right su $50e,000 for the'equlpment necessary for dis tributing the power to Its patrons In it If city of South Omaha, an working capita would be $2,125,000, and Intereat on tin amount at 6 per cent per year would b. $125,000. The operating expenses -ougni. iiu. to exceed tflO.000 per year, ao that the total expenses would be about $185,000 per year. The city ought to be able to sell this power at an average price of not less than $-5 per horse-power, which would bring an in come of HftS.OOO per year. This price . Is less than 1 rent per k. w. hour, and while the packing houses would undoubtedly demand the power at something leaa than It la now coating them, the average price ought to be , euch that the city would nave a very large net Income from the plant. Aa to the power of the city of South Omaha to Issue bonds enough to purchase such a plant the council and the mayor have not been advised. The charter llmlta the Issue tot bonds to 10 per cent of the as aeased ..valuation of city property, for mu nicipal 'improvements. Thla limit haa al ready been nprroarhed within $700,000. It la possible tlpt i' city may. under the stat utes. Is?" ' '' 'ids for the purchase of a . from . which there la pressed considerable Indignation atlne con tinued delay a. The council adjotirred to meet m one week. t)in t'lafe Seeks New (Jrennds. The South Omaha Gun club Is looking for new grounda for the se.'tlng of Ita traps for clay pigeon shooting. They have been located west of Jetter'a brew. try. It la proposed to locate aomewnere near the South Omaha Country club. The site there la excellent for afternoon shoot ing. The spent 'Shot would fall ,ln the river and be perfectly safe. The proposed location la Just north of the club.' It la believed that many of the clue members would enjoy a little gun practice If the location ot the range was convenient enough to the club grounds. ' Antl-Bplttlsg Craaade. The chief of police announced that he had been Inatructed by the Board of Fire and Police commlaalonera to enforce the city ordinance againat spitting on tha aldewalke. Thla on some corners la es pecially offensive lately. The chief said he would arrest all parties ont detection hereafter. He would not onlyTarrest those spitting on the walks,, but those found spitting onto araways or on stairs lead ing to private apartments or offices. Lyric Theater Until Thursday. A great new picture, "The Eleventh Hour," liquid fire and five other ptcturea. Contlnuoua performance. Prof. McMillan, pianist, draws big crowds. Magic City Goaalp. Mrs. James Callanan and children have gone to St. Louis on a visit. Jetter'a Gold Top Beer delivered to any part of the city. Telephone No. 8. Mrs. II. Lake of Chicago la the guest of Mrs. V. Lake at Twenty-eighth and ii streets. Heyman eY Berry sellers Of "quality" meats, 24th and K, telephone 390; 24th and A, telephone 117. Join Prof. Franck's systematic elocution and voice culture clafcs tonight at 8 p. m., Dr. McCrann'a office. Dr. and Mra. C. A. Stewart, Misa Erma Price and Horace Greer have gone to Iowa for two weeks' camping. Light runa of stock characterised yesterday's market. There were plenty of sheep, but few hogs or cattle. Mrs. E. T. Re Id and son left Sunday for Butte, Mont., to attend the funeral of Mra. Keld'a father, Patrick Moran. Lew Nichols waa sentenced to the county Jail for ninety days yesterday morning for drunkenness and disorder. The Ladles' Aid society of the Flrat Reformed church will give an lee cream social at Highland Park Thursday uveu lng, August 13.. The Pioneer quartet will furnish music at the Presbyterian social this evening at the homes of Mra. D. L. Holmes and Mrs. A. H. Murdock. Miss Geraldlne Flanagan of Sioux City, who has been the guest of Miss Vernie Hauptman for several, days, will return to Sioux City today. The social planned by the Presbyterlnn church women at the homea of Mesdamea Murdock and Holmea for thla evening has been postponed one week, owing to rain. William Babb, aged 81. a resident of South Omaha for one year at 665 South Nineteenth street, died Monday morning at the home of his son, Henry Babb. The funeral wjll be at 10 a. m. Tuesday. To promote the candidacy" of Wesley p. Adkins for the petition of state senator from Douglas county the Adkins (colored) club of South Omaha haa been formed. Tho headquarters of the club are on Twenty-fifth atreet. between M and O streets, and the meetings will be held Mon day night. The officers -of the club are Henry Watts, president; W. H. Bates, secretary, and A. D. Davis, treasurer. The club waa organised at 1230 V atroet Monday n'.ght. raunlciv source ' .The er csuncll, Ki :ter was referred to the aa a committee of the whole. T'o action otherwise was taken laat night. The franchlae of the Omaha Electric Light and Power company will ahortly ex pire and It will then be possible for the cjty to conalder another proposition. The city engineer discussed the feasibility of tho proposition, aaylng that m similar proposi tion had been made to the city of Omaha two Veara ago, but had In that city met with many obstacles. He aald: "It coata the city at present $67 per horae-power an nually, and If thla company guarantees a coat not to exceed $10 per year an enorm oua saving would be effected. The packers would dnubtleaa uae thla kind of power In preference to any other for those great ln duatiiea. I understand that the company haa sixty miles of the canal already con structed. I am convinced, that the propo. altlon la feasible from an engineering point of view." Kountae Brothers advlaed the city that (n any moneys remaining with them for the r demotion of aewer bonda they would pay 1 per cent Intereat. A plot of the Hillcreat addition handled by W. Fsrnani Smith of Omaha waa ap proved. It Ilea at Forty-second and I streets. A petition waa received for the grading of Sixteenth atreet, from J to H. Bids will bo advertised by the city clerk for the grading of A street, from Twenty third to Twenty-fdurth. The recommendation that 1.000 feet of hose be purchased for the fire depart mtnt waa approvod. An ordinance waa Intioduced covering all the city license Industries. Such flrma aa fruit venders, puah carta and klndrtd Venders were all subjected to the rule. The ordinance was copied after the Omaha ordinance and superseded all other acta. An ordinance was Introduced providing for he grading of A street, from Twenty third to Twenty-fourth. ' The mayor presented a communication from the Vnlon Pacific on the deferred eoneultatton over the IT atreet viaduct, in dicating that Auguat 17 would be nn open date. The property owners of the south side were present In some force and ex- PRINTERS ON PLEASURE" JAUNT After Business Session Delegates Take Trip to Nantneket and Bat Ihora Dinner. BOSTON, Maaa.. Aug. 11. The business session of the International Typographical nrjion and the International,, Stereotypers and Electrotypers union conventlopa were begun earlier than usual thla motiving to lllow the delegates to devote more of the day to pleasure. After adjournment, the delegates were the guests' of the ex delegates association and a trip to Nan tucket with a shore dinner was planned. State and city united yesterday in a welcome to the delegates at tending the fifty-fourth annual convention of the International Typographical union, the seventh annual convention of the In ternational Storcotypers and Electrotypers' union, the Mailers Trade District union, a subordinate organization,, and the Women's auxiliary of the International Typograph ical union. Addresses of welcome were made by Sec retary of State William Olln and Speaker John N. Colo of the Massachusetts house of representatives for the state, and Mayor George A. Hlbbard for the city, and John H. Fahey for the Boston Newspaper Pub lishers' association. 'James M. Lynch of Syracuse, N. Y.p presldmt of the Interna tional Typographical union, responded on behalf of the International bodies. President Lynch was presented with a gold loving cup hj- the members of his or ganization. The work of the eight-hour committee was commended and the reports on that subject were the principal matters ot business conducted today. The business sessions adjourned early to give the dele gates opportunity to take part In several excursions by trolley and water. JAIL IN CITY HALL PROBABLE Conncllmen Propose to Allow County to Store Prisoners In Basement for a Year. The basement of the city hall may be made over Into a temporary Jail for uae while the new court houae la he lnr hultt I which will take about three years. County Commissioners Brunlng. Kennard and Ure appeared before the council oommlttee of the whole yesterday afternoon to ask that the city take care of Its own prisoners dur ing the construction period, and the coun cil's bulldinir and Dronertv nnmmit.A i alstlng of Bridges, McGovern and Davis, I waa appointed to confer with tha enmmt.. Sloners on the feasibility of using the city hail basement or any other place that might prove to be more suitable. No use haa ever been made of the base ment In the city building other than the atorlng of old Junk and a few voting ma chines. The voting machines rnuis i.. stored elsewhere and the Junk could be de stroyed, leaving plenty of room for t.u The cells In the ri resent rnimtv .n l moved Into the basement, -mi--, the city Duuuing. ine county commissioners claim that U per cent of the county' 'prisoners rightfully belong to the city.. i ' The council recommended for passage a resolution to appropriate $150 out of the unapportloned fund for the lavinz of th. dust on West Dodge atreet and alao recom mended for paasage an ordinance requiring me pavmg oi ruwier avenue from Thlr tieth to Thirty-eighth atreet. Slashed with a Kaaor wounded with a gun, or pierced by a maty u. oucaiena Arnka Salve . heals the wound. Guaranteed. 36c. Beaton Drug -o. A. A. CLARK a CO. LOAU-MOIIEY Oil ZSS&a&gSgnSS. AXD AST CHATTEL. EJCCUIUTY AT ONE-HALF TUB VSU4X. BATES. Twenty Team of tkaaceanful laarnesa. COKXER MAHf AMD BAOADWAT, OVKR AMERICA Emrsi No connection with the flrat. sauna th.iaesra, The Clark m.TTJ. rT nam mass n. 9 TsgT?. SCS. Sut. JfjHLili swuannajiu 1 T5be Latest and Best "Prohibition" Beverage m Meet A Nourishing and Refreshing Non-Intoxicant Brewed by the SWEDISH PROCESS T is Real Beer, representing ALL the good qualities of the best imported or domestic lagered beer but contains Less than One-Half of One Per Cent of Alcohol bv volume. IT As it can be sold without a government tax or license, it is to be had from all of the leading drug stores, soda fountains, cafes, buffets, or wherever the best is sold. Fifteen Cents per Bottle (reputed pint) 1 ' Prices quoted to dealers on application. Kacm!U!IMJsainUW DISTRIBUTED BY OMAHA BOTTLING CO., - - Omaha Neb. BERNSTEJNNEITFELD CO., Grand Island, Neb. SAMSON'S NAVY GROWS APACE Enlistments at the' Den Ahead pf Last Year'i Record, v t . OMAHA NIGHT GETS OUT CROWD lost Changes In the Order Work Without Hitch and Mht Proves a Very Pleasant Occasion. A smile that won't wash off suffuse the countenances of the working crew and Ak-Sar-Ben governors as a result of the lage attendance at the Den Monday night It was Omaha night and everybody who could get away waa there, and a big class of novitiates took the veil and Joined the marines. There was a little shifting of the working force. Just to keep the mariners in trim for emergencies and things went off with a vim that kept the Omahans in the best of humor. It was home coming night, so to speak, and to say it was great would be putting It too mildly. Carl Herring acted as grand mufti and Admiral Paffer.rath found a weighty good substitute in Commodore Ed Thompson. Among the confidential secrets that were divulged was these: The Board of Governors has decided to turn down the 600-mile walking proposition and devote the money that would have gone to that enterprise In advertising the Carnival and Ak-Sar-Ben festival In tho county papers of the state during the month of Septem ber. The matter was referred to the print ing committee with power to act. It was further announced that the initiation would close September 15, and that the limit of paid membership was fixed at 1.488. Up to last night the paid member ship was 1.148, as against 1,002 a year ago. Wights for Other Towns. Next Monday night will be Blair, Te kamah and Lyons night. The following Monday will be Fremont, Valley, Klkhorn and Waterloo night, and on the Slst will be West Point and intermediate towns' night. In this connection Omaha mer chants are asked to write their patrons In these several towns to get ready and be on hand. Special programs appropriate to each of the cities will be given on the respective nights. David Cole made the kindly proffer to the Boara of Governors that he would con tribute a barrel Df fresh buttermilk each Monday evening hereafter during the Initia tion' season as a thirst assuager. The proposition was accepted with thanks. The first speaker of last evening was it C. Klnsler of Omaha, who gave a brief re view of the work of Ak-Sur-Ben during the last fourteen years and what It has wrought for Omaha. He dwelt upon the fact that Ak-Sar-Ben had done more to create a friendly feeling between tha cltlt-s of Nebraska and to abolish the unreason able prejudice against Omaha than all other causes combined, and that it had stimulated a sentiment of state pride that was not only enduring, but growing in every qusrter of the state. Rev. G. L. Comp of Dtncannon, Pa., spoke briefly upon his observations of the marvel ous development ot Omaha and Nebraska sine, his last visit here, thirty years ago. II. was glad to become a member of Ak-Bar-Ben and would sing its praises bsck in the Keystone state. He gave a humorous sketch of some of the attractions of Penn sylvania, and particularly of Its tl3.OUO.000 state capltol, of which sum It took $4,000,000 to build it and 19.0CO.0uO to furnish It. He paid a flattering tribute to the enterprise of ths west, snd In closing remarked: "Oh, that I were but a boy again, that I might come to this magnificent west and grow up with It. With the development of the west in the last half of a century, no man earn prophesy what Its accomplishment will b at the close of this century." Henderson cour.ty,- Sixty per cent of the tobacco Is believed to have been destroyed. Corn was flattehed, streets and roads blocked an? the . telephone service crippled. CRIBS ARE ;IQ REMAIN CLOSED Fire and Police ' IVotlce' a Bolldlnss Commissioners Serve Hall Damages Tobareo, HENDERSON. Ky.. Aug. ll.-Rerort of a terrific lull and thunderstorm '! mgnt rsvMl llamas of mure than DijOAitj in Owners of certain property in the pro scribed district of. the Third ward were given warning Monday evening at the regular, meeting o the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, which does not in tend to retreat from the stand it has taken against the social evil. A resolution In troduced by Commissioner Page, reciting the fact that some of the cribs and ar cades have been reopened and that the police department will strictly enforce the prohibiting order, was unanimously adopted, 'Acting Mayor Johnson and Com missioners Kennedy and Page being pres ent. It is understood that property owners in the "burnt" district are contemplating certain changes la their property in an attempt to conform to the letter of the law, but the board Intends to have the order enforced to Jts fullest extent. Monday evening" the case of Fireman William P Marrow, who recently had charges filed against him for being late to roll call, was laid Over till the next meet ing of the board. Charges against Fireman F. S. McClure for being absent from roll call were dismissed. A tW fine was Im posed upon Fireman Harry Gavin for being absent from duty without leave, the board wishing to put a stop to carelessness of this kind. Fireman Joseph Flynn waa con firmed as a regular member of the force, as he had completed sixty days of duty on trial. Five hundred and ten feet of condemned fire hose lias been sold to the city street cleaning department for use In the flushing of the downtown streets snd $153 will be transferred from the street cleaning funds to the fire fund as compensation for the hose. For conduct unbecoming an officer while off duty, Patrolman H. W. Sawyer was fined $5 and will suffer the loss of his pay for the time he has been suFpended, pending the action of the board on his i-use. Charges against Patrolman L. A. Smith, which were referred several weeks ago, were withdrawn by Charles Mitchell, who filed them. Next Monday evening the board will have an open hearing of the cases of Emergency Officers Morgan and Relgleman, who have made many arrests of automoblllsts for speeding. In a letter to the eomm ssloners, J. B. ltedfiold, who was arrested several weeks ago for interfering with the officers, avers that they exceeded their authority, but the officers sssert they only made the arrest In the performance of their duty. The following leaves of absence were granted: Engineer R. I- Smith of Flrd company No. 1, thirty days without pay; Fireman William P. Marrow, fourteen days without pay; Patrolman Samuel Morris, ten days annual leave and five days without pay; Police Sergeant Thomas Hayes, thirty days without psy on account of his wife's sii'kness. The bonds of the fifteen newly appointed policemen were approved by the board, and the usual bills and requisitions were al lowed. Several bills from the water company, which threatens to turn oft the wster sup ply of the two departments if the bills sre not paid, were referred to the flnsnce com mittee ot the board, as the city's water bills are not being paid pending the litiga tion over the matter. The following warrants sgslnst ths Fire men's Relief association were allowed: W. H. Clark. $10; E. U Anderson. $1J; J. R. Van Wagaener, $41; Beady Cawger. lUi W. P Marrow, $24; A. R. Harvey. SUM. As a license board no business was trans acted further than' the spprovsl of ths minutes and the postponement of tha cas of Theodore Johnson for rehearing, ths ab sence of Mayor Dahlman and Commission ers Cow 11 and Glllar making U. post ponement advisable. SPECIAL SESSION LIKELY Governor Likely to Take that Method .! of Settling Senatorship. FRIENDS CONTROL THAT BODY Idea Is Looked Upon with Some Faror Even by His Opponents as Being; Good Politics Pending; the Campaign. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Aug. 11. (Speclal.) Bellef is prevalent among politicians that Governor Cummins will ultimately decide to call the legislature together In extra session to fill the vacancy In the United States senate from Iowa. If he should do this he will undoubtedly set the time for the convening of the legislature for some time in September, probably early In ths month. There would be no particular .advantage to the governor for him to appoint some other person to fill out the unexpired term of Allison and It Is well understood that the governor will seek the position and that whatever action he takes will be looking to further his own candidacy. There, furthermore, would be little or no advantage In allowing the vacancy to re main open till the 'legislature meets in January, 1808, regularly. If any advantage Is to be had It will bo had in holding the office. The governor could resign and take the appointment at the hands of Lieutenant Governor Warren Garst, who would then become governor, but It Is believed that more advantage would be had from having the election at the hands of the legislature than by ap pointment at the hands of a friend, and Cummins has always said that If a vacancy should occur during his term ss governor he would call the legislature to gether. The last legislature was con trolled by the friends of Governor Cum mins and there Is little doubt It would elect him senator If called together now. It Is believed that the legislature could meet and 'have the election made within a few days and the question would then be settled for the time and would be off the minds of the people . when election day comes in November and this it is argued by the friends of the gov ernor would help the chances of the state ticket. Friends of the governor are talk ing special session of th. legislature and not an Inconsiderable number of those who have not been his friends are talking tne same thing.' For these reasons chances today seem strongly in favor of a special session. It Is understood a conference of leaders of the party will be held some time this week to discuss the matter and decide on the best course. Program for State Fair. The State fair management today an nounced the full program of the days for the fair. Thursday and Friday, August 20 and Zl, will be preparation days; Satur day, Children's day; Sunday, Music day, with Llberatl's band; Monday, Des Moluos day; Tuesday, Soldiers' day; Wednesday, Agricultural day; Thursday, Everybody's day; Friday, Old Settlers' day. The bugler at Fort Des Moines has been secured to blow the bugal calls on Soldiers' dsy Greene Had Authority. Orvllle Greene evidently appeared before the Iowa Railroad commission on tha ex tra train service for southwest Iowa with th. authority of the Clarlnda people. One newspaper, reporting tha hearing, said that Mr. Greene had no authority from the Clarlnda people to appear and that he rep. resented only himself. Clarlnda business men today deluged the railroad commission with letters stating that Green, appeared there with their authority ss secretary of their Commercial club. Deathbed Wedding. F. C. Hooyer ot Memphis, Mo., and Miss Msyme Huleo ot Lancaster, Mo., were married today at th. Methodist hospital In I this city, where the girl Is supposed to be dying. She hss been at the hospital for some weeks and lately grew worse. Hooyer was sent for and when he learned shs was not likely to live he at once made arrange ments to merry heK' Dr. V: G. Menden hall, who is attending tne young woman, went to the court house today and secured the license and they were married this aft ernoon. It is understood that they had in tended to be married at about this time, and both refus' 1 to allow her sickness snd Improbable recovery to stand In the way. Millionaire After Danghter. Fred M. C. Choste of New York, a mem ber ot the famous Choate family, is in Des Moines seeking to secure possession ot his little daughter. Th. wit. left him and brought the little daughter, a tot of S years, to this city, where she Is staying at the home of Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Lambert at 8334 Kingman boulevard. Mr. Choate fol lowed and, falling to Induce his wife to re turn to hlrq, swore out a writ of habeas corpus yesterday to secure th. child. To day, In Judg. W. H. McHenry's office, they started to fight out the case after Judge McHenry had made an effort to reconcile them without success. Kern Visits Des Moines. In accordance with his own request, no effort was made to entertain Hon. John W. Kern, the democratic nominee for vice president, when he reached thla city last night, nor again when he came through her. tonight. He passed through laat night to Indlanola to visit the scenes of his boy hood, and returning tonight took the Rock Island for Lincoln, Neb. He waa met both times at the depot by enthusiastic demo crats. Democratic Conferenee. A conference of democratic leaders with the state and congressional candidates and the members of the stste committee will be held Thursday of this week in this city at the committee headquarters. Dronth Insurance Proposed. "I'd like to start a drouth insurance com pany. It would be simpler snd safer than hall Insurance or tornado Insurance or the accident business." So said Ora Williams. "I'vo been Interested a dosen years or more In a line of work that means exactly that thing.' This yesr, has demon strated, as never before, what a great field there Is for this work. You recall how the news came from the west early In the sea son about the long rainy spells, and how everybody said they wouldn't have any drouth thla yesr. That Is where everybody Is wrong. The other day the papers con tained dispatches from Chicago' and New York telling how wheat prices went soaring on the markets, because of reports of dam age to grain from the excessively dry and hot weather In the northwest. New York dispatches said wheat went up one Jump, I cents, and tha market "was highly ex cited over stories that the northwest crop was as badly damaged as In 1804.' That Is no wet season story. "It Is true thst all over the west, In every state and territory, and In Canada, wheat has suffered terribly from the drouth this yesr, and It followed a sesson thst wss re. garded as very wet In the earlier weeks. Now all this dsmsge from drouth ought to hsv. been svolded, snd It could hsvs been if there had been such knowledge among the grain farmers of ths west as Is possessed by st I fast a few advanced think ers snd workers. Out on the North Platte experiment farm of the Nebraska ststlon they got a crop of about sixty bushels ot wheat to the acre, while all around the wheat crop was very poor. Prof. Burnett, the director, recently went on record as saying that for three years they hsvs got sn average of forty bushels to the acre, and that did not include the big crop of this year. They did it by farming right. "Now what Is ths secret? At North Plstt. they have been following, Juat as nesr as they rsn, ths teachings of Prof. H. W. Campbell of Nebrsska. I have been as sociated with Campbell for fifteen years snd know what he has been accomplishing. He hss shown how, by Intelligent cultiva tion of tha soli and preparation for farm Derations, th. wster which usually is per mitted to go to wast, may be saved and ored In th. lower soil layers to be used s an emergency supply for the growing plants In time of drouth. They sr. doing it at North Platte. - They are doing 'it on hundreds of western farms.-. When tha Campbell Ideas are known and followed ths nation will regard Campbell as much more of a benefactor than Burbank. " . "Crop Insurance from drouth Is a dem onstrated fact. Th. market stories but show how Americans ar. neglecting their opportunities." Be. Want Ads Are Business Boosters, NEBRASKA FR0M DAY TO - DAY Qaalat and Cnrloua Fea tares of Life la sv Rapidly Growing; -State. Master George's ' Complaint Master George Stout at. something Ilk. a bushel of green apples last Monday afternoon and that evening complained of being sick. He has fully recovered at this writing. Fair field Independent. Lady Disturbs Sunday Peace Our Sab bath quietude waa rudely broken last Sun day evening by a respected lady from ths country coming in and breaking up a poker gam. In tho back rooms ot Gunderman's barber shop. It Is rumored there are- sev eral other such places in town that should be treated likewise. St. Edward Bun. Why Tom's Head la Swelling It Is seldom thst Tom Bhlelds permits anything to un duly Increase the girth of bis head, but even his closest friends admitted that he had a strong tendency In that direction when he cam. downtown Monday morning. In fact, Tom made no effort to disguise the fact that he felt a little conceited, as a fine girl arrived ct his home Sunday, and Tom ssys sh. rules the roost. Central City Reporter. We're All Been There Postmaster Shum ard and family experienced quite an ex citement last Friday, at their home one half mile south of town. The stovepipe had come loose In the upper part of the house, filling the building with smoke, snd It was supposed the bulldlne was on fire until the difficulty was discovered. Th. alarm was given and a large number of people were soon on the scene, but luckily It turned out to be nothing, serious. Ragan Journal. Lithia Ginger 6 Water QJ Ale h 5 Oat P'1"""' 85c 1 in Omaha Anywhere Branch Office, Karry X. Culver, Mgr. 304 Vaxtoa BUu T.l. Sons;, 3868. ' FOOD FOR W1e,,,'n,, rvou. mas who find their i.ower to NERVES na thfui "go? work or mlnt.l ' eTer'tU 'Itf W GRAY'S NEK VE FOOD PILLS 1 hiy nm . l noses sa w y ..u. :? C. Itih aa arh.ytTs, .t. A
