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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1909)
TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BKE: NOVEMBER 23, 190D. Fur Trade Attracts White Men First to Franklin County's Fertile Soil v ; V, -0 i- 5 z rt-f v - ,-v. ' . v.;; VI, SiUl lii'; : II I lllll'tl.! ' ' . f 9-rm mm 111 1 r ' - .. - Car"'' RESIDENCE OF J. B. M .T WAS the fur Industry that opened th way to Frankin county. The hunter Is a de stroyer anil the trapper Is heart lew and rrurl. History ha kept cant record of tha hunter and trapper, and tha true story of his life has never been written and never can be writ ten. Above the acout or freighter he stands stroni? and lonely an a grizzly. You meet him mi every trail, every highway and by v ay, and where there la no way. In a new country. It in self-evident that the gam bling and not the commercial Instinct pre dominates In trapping In the west. The fascination la In the hazard. The ape" so binding usually Is not of avarice, hut lies In that de Iclous. feverish. Intoxicating charm of chance. The pvery-day trades, the tame beaten path, arc not In the trapper's line of march. He Is for the short cut to fortune, lie la easy-going and (rool-tempei el. yet as ready to fltiht rh an old bear, and you never can tell when he Is polna; to heln. He Is n man whose experiences are only wide, not deep. All his life he has lacked the refining Influence of women. Mountain nnd wood and strenm and other men have been his companions. Yet the trapper has been the pathfinder of more than half of the boundless west. It was he who blazed the way to I'ianklln county. Franklin county Is In the southern tier of the counties of the state and 175 ml.es west of the Missouri river. It Is one of the most fertile counties In the Republican valley. Previous to the year 1870 there had been no settlement In the Republican val ley, but about this time reports from hunt ers and occasional travelers, describing Its extraordinary fertility, partita were organ ized to examine and report on the truth of these statements. Ah a result the settle ment of Franklin county was commenced. The Republican valley had been the best hunting ground of the Indians, and their hostility and occupancy of the ground had rendered Its settlement Impracticable. For many years a number of hunters and trappers had spent the hunting season here, and as early as the winter of lS6-67 a settlement was made In the western part of the county, but had to ba abandoned on account of the hostility of the Indians. At this time there were no white settlers within 100 miles eastward, and on the north no settlements nearer than the FlAtto river. In 1870 several companies were.' or ganised In Omaha, for the purpose of mak ing settlement somewhere In the western part of the state. One of the parties pro posed a location In the Republican valley. Therefore on the Uth day of September, 1&70, William C. Thompson nnd five others, started out on a tour of investigation, but on account of the unfriendly attitude of tha Indians, they advanced with great caution. They found wild game of all kinds com mon to the western prairie, in abundano". In October the party returned to Omaha with glowing accounts of the country and many people entered homestead claims without seeing the land. Tha first homestead claim In Franklin SI - ;''.. Experiment and Result in the Automatic Phone Kxehansse. ICE Consul William Washington Brunswick of Chemnlts thus describes the working of an au tomatic telephone system that has been Introduced by the gov ernment: v "The first automatic telephone exchange system In Germany has lust been Installed in lllldeshelm by the imperial German postofflce, requiring no central to make the desired connection, each subscriber be ing his own exchange. The apparatus Is like a clock, with Indicating numbers. The lllldeshelm subscriber's set, connected to the automatic exchange. Is composed of a disk on which are to be found ten holes numbered from the bottom up, 0 to 9. vTiiuse halves are just large enough to per mit the insertion of thu average person's foieflnger, the holes being on a movable dlk. if, for Instance, a person desires to be connected with No. Vol, the subscriber first removes the receiver from the hook, then places his forefinger In the slot num bered 9 and rotates the disk as far as It will go that Is, until his finger strikes an obstruction, lie then removes his finger from the blot and permits the disk to re turn to its normal position under the ac tion of a spring, whereupon the forefinger Is Inserted in the hole marked 5 and the disk Is again rotated until the finger meets the obstruction, the disk being again per mitted to return to Its normal poslttou; the subscriber tin n again places hlB forefinger In the hole marked 1, again rotates the disk and lets it return to zero. "The manner in which the connection Is made U aa follows: When a subscriber rotates the disk by placing his finger In the hole 9 and rotates the disk he sends the requisite Impulse over the line to the rrniral office to move, in the oase f No. 9x1, tho 100 suitch nine steps, or, In other words, the switch picks out the ninth hun dred. Similarly, when his finger is placed In the hole 5 and the disk is rotated. It Is again rotated through a predetermined angle acd henrts back to the central office ftv.g impulses, which In turn move a final at lector, Vthlch lied in the meantime be come cunnected to thu 1A) suitch utRjv referred 'to. five spaces, which will corre spond to the ro In this particular nnd so af;aln Willi the 1, until flnully the ap paratus In tho central office ha ben con nected through to Hue No. Ifel from the calling siibsci ibei 'a Hue. It La not iiecas sary for the subscriber to ring, Inasmuch as th a Is also done automatically. "The subscriber, having finished, termi nate the connection by hunglc.g the re ceiver on the took. 1 mmedlaiely another pe son ran be called up. Should the auu iciiber wish to tail while a number 1 In Uo ), can get no connection until th i:s r has ceased conversation, aid this, cf couise, does away with the annoying fea ture in telephones of being Interrupted in th midst of a conversation by aome un bi-Uig la, By Uii ytein th subscriber GREGOFt, B LOOM I N GTOX. county, was made by Barneft Ashburne, one of the party who selected the location. The settlement was known us the Thomp son colony. A serious question to settle was. how to defend themselves from the hostile Indians. They finally applied to Colonel David Butler for arms and ammu nition, hut the governor Informed thorn that before he could comply with their request, they would be obliged to organise a militia company. The entire colony was formed Into a militia company and were enlisted In the Second Nebraska cavalry, and the governor Issued commissions to Its officers and ordered that they should he armed and placed on a war footing immediately. Other colonies settled In dif ferent parts of the county during 1S71-72. Measures were taken to 'organize the county and Governor David Butler Issued a proclamation February 14, 1X71, calling an election of county officers to be held the 3d day of the following March. The first death in the county was that of Samuel W. Ashby, June 2, 1S72, aed tW years. The first postofflce In the oounty was established at Franklin. May, 1871. A colony from Omaha, composed en tiiely of colored people, look a location on a creek which they called Lovely creek, but their money was soon gone and they alandoned their claims before the summer was over. The first sermon was preached In tha county by Rev. John W. Whiting, a one armed ex-soldier. The services were held lit der a large Cottonwood tree and were listened to by thirty or forty people. During the summer of 1S71 a company of soldiers was stationed about two miles above the mouth of Turkey creek, to guard against depredations of the Indians. At the first election of county officers, held October 10, 1871, thirty votes were polled. The first store was established at Franklin about September 1, 1S71, by O'Han non. The first child born in the county was GENERAL STORE can readily be connected at any time, whether day or night, and It Is evident that It will ultimately do away entirely with the exchange girl, as It reduces tha cost of maintenance. The government 1 energetically pursuing experiments for the improving of the present telephone system, and the automatic device seems to have solved the problem." The Klrctrleal Dressmaker. In those good old days still within the memory of most of us, every community supported one or more dressmakers who traveled from house to house and mad the gowns for our mothers and sisters. These dressmakers cut the cloth accord ing to a tissue paper pattern and sewed It mostly by hand, although the old sew ing machine was called In now and then to do Its share of the rougher work. The dresses were basted ard fitted and then sewed and finished by hand, the whole process taking days and days. Down In the big city of New York they make dresses by electricity. They make a dozen dresses while the old-fashioned dressmaker would be taking off her hat and coat. In this New York factory the dresses are made by th thousand. Tho various colored goods as received from tha mill are spread out on long tables and In a flash the electric knives hove cut out the many complicated sections of the gar ment according to the patterns. Then the goods are passed along to other operatives. One machine, driven by a tiny electric motor and managed by a young woman, sews tliu sleeves together in a trice while all about her are other motor-driven ma chlnps stitching toKether the other parts of the dress. These machines sew at the rate of over a thousand stitches a minute, which will give' you some Idea of how fast they run. Even the buttons are sewed on by electricity and another elctrlc machine fashions and complete the buttonhole. When the dresses are finished they are pressed with an electric lion, parked In boxes and delivered to the railroad station in an electric truck. The fact that electricity drives the various ma chines makes It possible to complete thou sands of these drsses a day, thereby rav ing marly all the former cost of making each dress by hard. (able of llir World. The various governments of the world Sown together m0 cables, having a total length of 14.4M) miles and containing 21,&i0 miles of conductors. Ths French govern ment, which takes the lead as to length of cables, has 3.40U miles in fifty-four tables. As to number, the Norwegian gov ernment comes first, with cables, hav ing a total length of 248 4iules. Finally, as tn the length of conductoi a, the Eng lish government culms first, with 5.48 miles of eolid Ktors, divided among 115 cables, having a total leriKth of l..',vS miles. Private companies to the iiunibjr of twenty-eight own UN tables, having a length of UU844 miles and containing 127.632 miles of conductora. Th French com panies, only two In numbers the Compagni Franca! da Telegraph d Paris a Nw ... . : : : ' O s Tk. . .jfcj-. .... BLOOM1NOTON rRESBYTERIAN Franklin Durar.d, born October 1. 1871. The first houses were built of sod or logs. In the fall of 1871 many of the settlers left the country to spend the winter farther east, where they could secure employment. The only crops raised that year were sod corn, potatoes, and a fo' other vegetables. The winter of 1X71--71 was a sever one, and, though other provisions were scarce, game was abundant. Buffalo, antelope, wild turkeys and other game was plentiful and as there was an abundance of timber along the streams, there was little danger of starvation or freezing. One thousand five hundred Texaa cattle were driven In to winter, but the weather was so cold and the snow so deep, that by spring only 600 of the cattle were left. Early In the spring of 1872 the settlers who left the county the previous fall, after their breaking was done and houses built, returned and put In their crops. During thk spring many fresh emigrants came, and the county was fast growing In popu lation. Up to the spring of 1873 Franklin county had acquired but little Importance. In April the county seat, which had not been established at any given place, . waa lo cated here, and the upper story of a building belonging to E. A. Klrkpatrick was leased for a court house and the county records removed here, but In 1874 Bloomlnfrton beeame the county seat. The first marriage license Issued In the , f. AT BLOOMINOTON. York and th Soclete Francalse des Tele graphies Sous-Marlns have eighteen cables, wltrp a total Tength of 7,249 nautical miles. The most Important of the private com panies Is the Eastern Telegraph company, which operates seventy-five cables, with a total length of 25,347 miles. Th total number of cables In the world Is LPS, with a total length of 140,1144 miles and 140,193 miles of conductors. This Is not sufficient to reach to the moon, but would extend more than half way there. Electricity" in Toyland. While Santa Claus still adheres to the good old-fashioned ways, driving the same old reindeer and aleigh, carrying the same Gossip and Sluipllclty of Pope 1Mb. URING the month preceding D and the month following fcaster I I had the privilege of four uu I . . U l.t, T,,n EMll Y uirnvc w mi 1 v - -1 writes Kellogg Durland In The Delllneator for December. Each Un.o i looked upon this quaintly sweet benign figure, the most eminent In the Christian world, my appreciation, admira tion and reverence for him deepened. Pius X surely Is a unique phenomenon, a veritable fire of righteousness whom the exigencies of life have brought forth out of a Beethlng caldron of diplomatic in trigue, a little world of Inordinate ambi tion, plot and counter plot. The first time I tood near to him I said half aloud, "Surely here Is a good maii!" In a world of human frallity this Is much to say, even when one Is standing at the very heart of Christendom. Six months of close contact with the eminent and the lowly who make up tho Vatican household have taught me not to be turpi Iscil at the c4iai ucter of the men whom I had come to know, and I- had learned through wide experience that the threat I'liristlan church 1m an Institution, an organization controlled and maiiagtd woiidiously well by aome of the greatest administrators on earth, men who are of ntcetsiiy before all el.-e diplomats In the bigg st ami in the fullest sense of that broad word. Pius X Is no diplomat. H is a slinplu man. Ho Is a parish priest who, through the sheer force of good works, has succeeded from parish to par ish, eac.i successively l.irger, till now his pa.l-:h is woiid-wtde. He is the shepherd of the Innumerable flock. Poverty has never been to Pope Plus X a virtue, but riches, at least for him, a sin, and this sin at least he has ever been free from. All through his life aa a parish priest, as bishop of Mantua and as Patriarch of Venice, he has shared very thing he has had with th mor needy about him. When b waa first mad bishop, on of z I "i IM . . CHURCH. county waa March 1, 172. to a couple from Harlan county. The first Fourth of Julj celebration waa held In the same year In a cottonwood grove, near the Republican river, on the farm of J. F. Puglsey. About 100 people were present J. F. Zedlker read the Declaration of Independence and his wife, Mrs. Julia Zediker, read an essay on "Nebraska, Ten Years Hence." Her proph ecies of the churches, villages, railroads and other Improvements were mote than fulfilled. The first sohool district was organized In tha summer of 1872, and the first school was taught by Miss Maria Peery, In a dugout. In this same year a town company was organized In Brownvllle, Neb,, for the pur pose of locating a town In some desiiable part of Franklin county. The ske of tha present town of Bloomlngton waj se lected. The first newspaper In the county was published at Bloomlngton In August, 1872, by J. D. Calhoun, and waa called the Bloomlngton Guard. In June, 1873, the Franklin County Agricultural society waa organized and the first agricultural fair In tha county, aa well as the first In tha Republican River valley, was held at Bloomlngton, October 1 of the same year. Governor R. B. Furnaa delivered the ad dress and complimented the farmers and citizens on tha remarkable progress they hud made and the large and magnificent display of products. In 1874 a large acreage of crops of all kinds was planted with the prospect of an abundant harvest, but In July the grass hoppers appeared In multitudes and In a few day's time everything was stripped of Its foliage. In the fall of 1874, the first herd of Short horn cattle, numbering about 100, were brought In by A. R. Gage, who settled on Crow Creek. In 187B-'"6 Franklin county, at the state fair, was awarded first premium and va rious medals for the largest and best dis play of agricultural products. In 1879 bonds were voted to the Burlington & Missouri Rler railroad to Induce them to extend their road through the county, and the road was completed and trains be gan running as far as Bloomlngton that same year. Previous to this time grain and produce was hauled to Lowell and Kearney to market. The latter place, nearly fifty miles from Bloomlngton, was the principal market. Riveiton Is one of the thrifty towns of Franklin county. It is located In the Re publican valley. Thompsons creek flows through the town and has several excellent Widening- Field of old pack ladened with good things to eat toys and things boya and girls like best, he Is not at all adverse to applying mod ern methods whenever he can. 8o it Is that the best Christmas tree this year will be lighted with tiny electric light of many colors, completely eliminating the fire risk of the old-fashioned candles, which had spoiled many and many a promising holi day. Germany leads the world as a maker of toys, exporting more than SiO.OOO.OCO worth last year. France, which ranks second, shipped only half as much. This country Is the largest purchaser of toys in the world, as last year we imported nearly Stories About Noted People his sisters wrote anxiously to him: "Ueppo (hla pet name) how shall I cook for you now that you have become bishop?" To which the good Saito replied, "The same as you always have. Just aa much and no more. A patriarch ot Venice nis salary amounted to 23,000 lire annually, which is approximately 4.600. With this he always supported ten poor students in the semi nary, allowing each $100 a year, contri buted to the support of his mother and sis ters, and lived most economically him self. All his life he has carried a nickel watch, which cost about 10 francs, or 12. This he always wore In his vest pocket, secured by an ordinary black cord. After he had been made cardinal he was presented by a wealthy gentleman with a gold watch. The cardinal wore the kold watch for a few days, but It literally burned a bole in his pocket, and when he came presently some one who needed th. worth of upon the watcti more than he needed the watch he sold it. Prince Fredric of Schoenburg- Waldenburg sent as a New Year's gift a nanasome goiu waieu, viuuueu wun um- liants. The pope accepted the gift, but In thanking the prince told him frankly that he hould continue to carry his old nickel timepiece. Once at a conference Parto waa asked the time, out his olil watch, he said and, pulling "I can tell you the time. Nickel watches keep very good time." Amiable Aked' Answer. Ii v. Dr. Aked during a run. In with n rgnostlc the other day scored a neat fall for the orthodox, relate the New York Telegraph. It happened on a railway train. The doctor's dialectic adversary was a drummer, who had purchased a paper backed edition of sumo lecturea delivered by the late Color.! Ii gtrsoil. It was all an overwhelming novelty for the drummer With bis natural gift of loquacity a very 'it' eV ." :M y v.li j I r BLOOMINGTON CATHOLIC CHURCH. water powers. The town has a population of 600 and Is one of the oldest settled por tions of the county. The first settlers arrived here March 20. 1871. The first postofflce was established Boon after and was called Rlverton. The first store was established here by John Silvers In 187? and the first school waa taught by C. B. Chllds. Up to 1872 the town ln.rroved but slowly. In 1X74 a flouring mill was erected by Shepanlson & Volllntlne. Frcm this time the town began to Pmprove, ut.tll in 1&79 It bad the trade from a very larga extent of country. In educational matters Rlverton Is pro gressiva and up with the times. Franklin la located close to the center of Franklin county, close to the Republican river and Center creek. The Burlington railroad passes alone on the leva! bottom 1 -r SCHOOL HOUSE AT vf!!i fiirm, 12.000,000 toys and dolls, and it is estimated It is only recently that electricity began ous arrangement may be fixed to anv ordl that we spent not less than $10,0110,000 for to take a conspicuous part In the Christ- nuly n0ur savlrg nppliai.ca from a little foreign and home-made playthings. While mas holiday. Of all the electric toys tho mlnrina- machine to a vacuum cleaner Th. w cannot hope to compete with the for- clgn countries In the manufacture of cheap toys It Is nevertheless gratifying to note that our Yankee Ingenuity and th expanding demands of American boss' has greatly Increased our home production of electric toys and model devices which ai exceedingly instructive as well as enter- tainlng. The American girl, for the most pan, is not so exacting, oemg content wn the old-fashioned doll, but the modern doll house Is most complete, even to being elec- trlcally lighted. brief intake o( Ideas sufficod, and he began to spurt like a geyser. Kverybody within the sound of his voice waB adugid, including the unfortunate Dr. Aaedi who wished to escape but couldn't, aa the drummer preferred a clergyman. "Health ought to be catching, you know,' shouted the drummer. "It Is," nodded the minister meekly. "Then ther was Moses," pursued the drummer, "who paid no attention to eoun terstroke. He made, mistakes only." "Bo do we all," suggested the clergyman, "and Moses told us ours first." "And creation Isn't such a much, any- how." went on the drummer like a sprlnir- time flood. "Nothing In the universe la made well." "For Instance." "Er ourselves. We have eyelids p pr- tect tho eye, but our ears have no Ibis. Now, If It had been a good Job we could rest our sense of hearing by closing a lid over It once in a while, couldn't we?" It was the doctor's turn to enthuse. orrai, ne rxcminieu. i ou nave ac- tually uttered a new Idea at Wast, one that I have never heard Of before. I will con- cede you a point against the human ear. I would give thanks to the Maker If lis had made mine with lids. Believe me, sir, p. It wel, so i should close them now." . - -, . . , .... Ma He an Klk. Aldrlrh M He an Klk. Charles Dyer Norton, assistant sec.re- tarv of the treasury, wl.n aecomnnteH Senator Aldrkh In his campaign of mona- ion- ii,i, ,..,,. i,. i, .., i.,.t, ... education in the west. , - . v Washington esteiday, report the Waah- l" ",Ble they had a Mory that Mr. Aldrtch was a bad man with horns. Dot of people came to aee Mr. Aldrli h to find out If the story was true. At Milwaukee, where Mr. Aliliich addressed ....i.ii.. . .w. . i .. - ,. iumii- mcciiiie, in! uumi,uc forward to shake hands with the Rhode I.lnnrt senator. "Vim must be un Kik .-n- . atoi. sua trie man, accoraing to mr. or- ton, "(or I notic you'v shed your bonis." TYTICAL BLOOM lands just below the town. A pleasant view Is here obtained of the level uplands for mlles to the north, east and west, to the south a view Is had of the broad river val- ley and high hills. The county seat was located her until 1.874. when It was removed to Bloomlngton. In a few months the entire town of Frank- lln was removed to Bloomlngton. In 1879, for the third time, a town was started where Franklin now stands. The first stose was opened In October by Peter FfT.nack. The first marriage waa that of George Rice and Maggie Powell. November 1, 18x0. Rev. J. M. Strong officiating. The first death was that of Miss Mollle Mills, No- vember 12, 1880. The first sermon was preached by Rev. J. M. 8trong. a Congre gational minister, in 1880. The Franklin flouring mills were erected in 1RS0 by Rice & Potter on the Republican river. Franklin has a population of 1,200. Bloomlngton, the county seat, Is a thriv ing town of about M0 to 1,000 inhabitants, situated on the Republican river, whose valley Is one of the garden spots of the western plains. Kverv line of business is represented. 4 hnra tuilno' lu'ii ati-niiv hnuLs f.Mii- iri.twunt "v"' ;5 BLOOMINGTON. Electric Application "ttlo trolley car is the best. It takes Its Power from the lighting circuit and will run on 118 circular track quite as well as " laiger cousin in tne city streets. Toy "'"tors and generators, to run toy mach- ...... j, u.u " . , sicvu iiuvaillBfl lur boys. The electric device.", compact and neat, being of the greatest benefit and worth to the recipient also became very popular last year aa suitable holiday gift, Tho heatnir dvlc nii o nttndl,onlB nlukfl 01. i,urnlllhe(j copler aml are reallv orname,ltBl as well as useful. Tho elec- trie flatlron was Just about the rifht size and cost Just enough to make It an Ideal Christmas preaent. The chafing dish and coffee percolator were also seized upon for Pieneiits ana ouier Healing devices lor the kitchen and dining room, auch a the elec- trio toaster, water heater, broilers, frying pans, shaving mugs and ovens are nuin bered among the electrical things which Santa Claus carries lh his pack. BIsT F.leetrin Locomotive. Electric locomotives are now shuttling train back and forth through the two- mil tunnel of th Great Northern railroad which pierces the Cascade mountains about miles east or peaitie. jne locomotives were built by the General Electric company at Schenectady, N. Y. weigh 230.000 pounds each, develop more than 2,000 continuous horse power and are capable of delivering a traction effort of 80,000 pounds. The uae of electric locomotive eliminates tne nloke ""d gases which frequently overpowered engineer and trainmen, Inv P1"1"0 the lives of paenger and delayed trarric. J ne nig electrics ar capable of hauling the heaviest trains, ateam locomo- tlves and all. up the steep grades, which v. as impoBsiuin inr pieam locomotives ex- t,,ose of the lare,t Klnd' The electrical equipment represents th best practice and tha latest development of electrical engineering. Th Wuatche " uujui iiiiiij un.o. oulh of the tunnel, where 12,000 electrical hors power 1 generated by the falling water. The largest pipe lln In th north- 'ffct carrie th water from th dam to 'h power house two miles below and 210 ' nearer sea level, where the turbine chang the energy Into electricity, which Is ". ' " tre.isinltted at 33.000 volts to the tunnul. )n the descending grade th motors will .. ,-.... frirrgy to th, Ilne , other traln, .. . .. . . rim bins' the Mil on tne otner ltd a or tha tur.r.el. Thlj Is the first time this feature has ver been successfully applied to rail- foa(, worfc , Ara.rlca. 'Electric Mary Ana." . lh "Electric Mary Ann," th Invention of R. Itorlace Matthews. Tirittsh elertrleul engineer, Is a rival to our human Mary Ann who now Inhabit our kitchens. Tha - leicynons. i nis Man "" iu ' f tn in luroi or bandy, portabl motor, which by ao lngenl- INQTON HOME. "tores, on of tha largest T4 tin b'Mp. harness shop, bakartM, restavir- ants, hotels, drug storaa, yrnilrr More, prlntltis offices, meat Boaffctt furniture stor clothing stora, antaffloobUs delivery and many other iflstutlo Waldtj pnrri "oua professional man. TtMT are other linen of business whloo art yt urirerra- sented here, which will fee COxl la a jhort time from all present Indteattcms. Educationally, Bloomlngton is oqulpped much better than any town In the state of her size, having maintained for many years a full twelve grade school, fully accredited at our state university, to whloh Institution a ttllf(1 number of our students have gone romnlete their adunatlnn. tn rhurpl.es several denominations are here represented thtre being six church buildings in t:i4 town. , The town Is situated on the main line otf the Burlington between tU. Loula and Den ver, which is the shortest route of that line between Chicago and Denver. The town is also on the new lino surveyed In the sum mer of 1107 by the Salina & Northwestern, v Nearly every resident of the town Is the " owt:er of his property, very little specula tion having been entered Into with b'llldtng ftt.ti lnflii aftsnrlfir tnn an1 n u n rcmili the business of the town Is utable The, farming Interests in the county hav been bettered va;ly In (he last few y.ars and thtre Is no fear of a retrograde move ment In the values of property, ilth r city or farm. In fact, the values are on a steady i'Ifo. It is a good place tn make a home. It Is a good a plac to cniLa k In business and an ncqualniancj with tne town will convince any who are toeklinj a change. The people are respectable, law abiding citizens, generous and hwpltable. Franklin county has seven railroad sta tions and fifty miles rf railroad. It has S7B miles of public highway and a popula tion of 12,000. The property valuation of Franklin county is about 17,00J.0c0. Tha farms of Krunklln county contain Kfvt.lOO acres. Ii.i.0u0 of which are under culilvaiion. On these farms were produced last si ason, 76,000 acres of corn, 42,000 acres of wh at and 12,000 acres oats. These farmers toid and shipped out last Ktunon, 000 buslnls of corn and 37,OU0 bushels of w heal. A very large proportion of the corn Is con sumed on the farm. The wealth of tills county consists largely of fat stock. Lust season tha farmers sold and s:iipprd out 22.O00 head of beef cattle and 7J.OU0 head of fat hogs. .Also 4,fi00 mutton sheep. The future of Franklin county will de pend largely upon the dairy Industry. Al ready the fanners have 6. COO cows on their farms, and each year they are rslnr; more hand separators and adopting niniler.i methods in this Industry. T.bM season they sold and shipped out of the county S;2,CO0 pounds of butter and i&OUO gallons of cream. The poultry Industry is fas: coin ing to the front as a Money-maker for the farmer's wife. Last season there were 885,000 dozens of eggs and 200.000 pound of dressed poultry' sold. une of electric motors In housework Is not rew, but until tho coming of the "F.!;cirio Mary Ann" each labor saving apfMjrncs has required the services of a fixed motor tho cost has been prohibitive for ordi nary householders. The great point about the "Electric Mary Ann" Is her extra ordinary adaptability. Wt ltrhlns only seventeen pounds, she can b carried to an part of the house where electric current Is V laid on. A lamp is removed, Mary Ann Is attached, the brushes or machines are Bd- Justed, the switch Is turned on and th new servnnt begins her work. Mr. Mac thews give hla Interesting protege a good character. JShe is said to be hard working clean and reliable, film Tvrr ... . C orieTi ,iever grumbles or grows tired and has no wasteful habits. She Is a oulclf worker. Sh wants no holidays or evenlnns off and has no "followers." Nor Is sh extravagant. For normal requirements sh consumes the equivalent of a slxteen-candle power carbon incandescent lamp. Th "Electrlo Mary Ann" may be fixed to any table and take up considerably less room than a typewriter, supplies the power for rr.lr.clng meat, grinding coffee, cleaning Knives, sweeping floors, polishing silver cleaning boots and helping black the jfrat nut the "Eleetrle Mary Ann" Is a versa- tll lady, and sh 1 also declared by h.r inventor to be competent to drive a wash- in or wrlnirlna- machine, ironing ... chine, dish washers, suet choppers, rlectrlo fan, potato peolws, churn, bean sllcera, ra!ln atoners. dough and cake mlxeu, egg whisks, dumb waiters, cream separat'ira or sow ing machines. , Not even the most careless servant, say Hie Inventor, could come to any ha'm by using the apparatus. KUetrle Spark. Ir j A pocket wireless Ulegraph has bei4 vtt,,lM Wireless stations are to ha stt.ii i a aiollg trie 4frican oiiiit. Cuba will aoon b covered with a net of telephone line. Electrio motors sr. . , a.,.. . uovttTU n blacksmith shops vvirelesa em. ,!,.,., i. .'.,- v. , ., . riea across z.lOO miles of space between ,. , , Between ,urm. ... ,r, ... ' ' rmany a fcl.l8 ulephon tatlons. ""'T rol,,,,r reat lirltain come next with trtK..i ant come next with and Franc next with less than 200,000, A two-candle power Incandescent lamp burning all night on th front porch and another on th back porcb costs but 50 cents a month and Is th best burglar pr. ventatlv In tha world. a. company pa pa organised In New -v.t..b- ri.P ... v, .... 4ui me puoiication ot news over a telephon. Subscriber will ret th. f th. ak. . works very successfully In Paris LutWto Vienna and Budapest.