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HP H F3 RV Mkr" - ,7- Li ii r HICKENS and hot weather cause more family rows than any other caunes temperance advo cate to the contrary, notwith standing," laid a lawyer who liaa SDent n srrunA no i r . i. 1 i ; la the whirl and dash of Justdce court lltl , ration. "The colder and stormier the ( weather the lesa are the fights. When Its i question or not whether the family will , free, or starve to death the trouble . microbe la out of a Job, But with the coming , of spring onions, radishes and other green , things are planted In the gardens. Also are J the chickens turned out to scratch by the j neighbor who cares little for his garden, j but dotes on his henhouse. Chicken flies , over fence. Wife of man who gardens spies (chicken digging up the seeds warranted to 1 rw or new ones given In exchange. Wife rushes at chicken and with aid of skirt j captures the. brute. With a muscular twist of the wrist the pirate's life Is ended and i the. oarcass thrown back over the fence. What follows can be Imagined. The next day It usually pours In the Justice court. "This Is the way the thing Is generally carried out: The wife of the man who owns ',the dead chicken comes to the police court i first, because It Is understood that action In the police) court costs nothing no charges ; or fees. The lady desires to make a com plaint, but diligent Inquiry discovers the fact that all she can or cares to complain about Is that the other lady made threats to kill, burn or destroy. She does not care to sue to recover the value of the fowl and the case Is not strong enough to .warrant taking before the magistrate. Hence lady la directed to Justice court where peace warrants are Issued and much trouble cauted for boistrous persons who bark bet ter than they smite. Lady la Informed In Justice court that the process will cost her 5 about balf for the court and the re mainder for the constable h serves the summons. As she usually has come straight away from the scene of hot words IS is How Ames Prepares Its Trophy-Winning: Teams in Stock Judging- HEN a stock Judging team from Ames won the Spoor trophy at the International Live Stock show at Chicago In 1901, some people were unkind enough to w couaan t be done again. During the two succeeding years Ames won the Spoor trophy for the second and third time, and annexed It permanently. The next year two trophies were offered, one for the best work Judging horses, and the other for cattle, sheep and swine. Ames promptly annexed the horse trophy. The following year it made a flying trip to Ohio and then r uie Ames men bucKled down to buslnana and It came to Ames In 1908 and 1907. thus making It the permanent property of the Iowa State college. In 1908 another trophy, shown in the accompanying cut, was put up to become the permanent property of the school win ning It three time. The Ames team brought It to Iowa. Last year thev r. peated the performance. Already the atchful animal husbandry professors are 0 Missouri Valley Debaters HE Missouri Valley High school sTT 1 took the championship banner I I of the Sputhmestern Iowa Do- oaiing league, i ne team, com- posed of Stough McGavren, Qus H el man and Tom Tormey. hav- lug won on both sides of the questtn, "Re- solved. That American cities shoiAd adopt a commission form of government." The boys will meet Fort Dodse. the winners oi me northwestern district, within a few m"a "ope to reverse the decision wiai Missouri "V a'le got there two years ago in the sonU-flnala, " M uuv IA.1 TUtJMEl. tlTS 1IKIMAN. MISSOl'Rt VAULM-i HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS. It , i l 'My J K . V I d-1 ? Poor Mm's Court. nothing to her, com pa roil with Vic mcia slty for satisfying her sens.) of outraged Justice. She lays down the for any Justice of the peace knows that If the com plainant gets a night's sleep on the matter outraged Justice won't be worth 5 cents, and he makes It a point to have the money posted tn advance. "These preliminaries attended to the constable is despatched with the summons. Lady, who did the toreador business with chicken Is haled into court. Sometimes she, weeps; often she Is accompanied- by seven-eighths or nine-tenths of the nelg borhood, and If she isn't the latter is sure to arrive later In various degrees of des habille and sympathy. Lady who was haled in as a rule makes It a point to plead the defenceless woman at the mercy of the mob and begs for her husband. That modern annlhilator of time and la bor, the telephone, is .used to call hubby Off his Job. He comes with dirty hands and In his perspiration . and overalls. When he discovers what's wrong he has to press his utmost fortitude Into use to prevent his giving his wife a sound spank ing tight therev Later both sides get to telling their story. Domestic; and neigh borly patriotism comes to the front like the prima donna in comic opera. The court rooms seethe. Lawyers are neces sarilyImperatively necessary. Lawyers are obtained. Each charges from $5 to 115 and more If the clients have the coin. It's then up to the Justice. He makes a few passes and tlther binds one party to the district court to give peace bonds or says not guilty. Either way It comes out each side stands ,to pay from $25 to ;0. Nothing Is gained. It's back to the hen house and garden spot again and in a day spotting material for next year's team. If 1 goes well, by the time the 1910 Interua- t,onal Mm r60 troInjf wU, tQ Bwe tt( eol. lectlon , tro n nom ot n6W Soon after the results of the 1909 contest were announced, a prominent live stock breeder said to a man who had been on the Ames team a year previous. "Now Just be tween you and me, how do you fellows do It?" It took a half hour's talk to convince him that there wasn't some secret In the process of making stock judges at Ames. The only secret In the process Is hard work nd oon8tnt training. "To make the team" Is the goal of tha student's ambi tion from the time he pays tits first janitor fee until the proud day when he sees his name among the upper five, or sadly tucks his sheepskin under his arm and trudsas away without having attained the coveiea nonor. ino "prep" in the animal hu8bnlry course is set to work Judging siock me iirst aay oi tne term. Twice a week, for two hours each time, he practices In the stock judging pavilion. At first he Is given a score card and told to mark the points In which the animal he is working on foils to come up to his Ideal. This is to teach him the points ot an animal, and he''- relative Importance. He learns to tell a spavin from a aldebone. He Is taught to tell the age of a horse by looking at Its v-". u tj,""a " mwiui oi iwrw house steak In a steer by feeling of his back. After awhile two animals are brought Into ths ring at once, and then three or four. The student, who U becoming more nrnfli-t.nt hv thla ilm ni h.m i order of merit He is required to get up before the class and explain his placlngs. comparing the good and bad points of each animal, giving to each one Its due. Often his Ideas conflict with those of the In- structor. and he Is shown the error of hi wayaBy continued practice his Judgment lmproves, and he dally becomes more pro- ficlent. When he comes back at the beginning . .. ... .... of his sophomore year, with a reef In the bottom of his trousers and a microscopic ,.n . Mrn.r nf hi. head. h. 1. aJn cap on one corner of his bead, he Is again set to work Judging stock Thls year's work deals more with breeding stock and v d time h ha. rnn.nl,t hi. aor.homor. vear he lias learned the fine points of ail the breeds and classes of stock. During the fall of bis junior year the student makes his first try for the team. Score cards have long since been dispensed with, and now .van th. .hMt ct r,.n- on which he wrote his reasons during his sophomore year I. discarded. He I. '.Wen a card on which to record th. number of the animal, a. h. places th.m and th. rest he must store In hi. memory. He may b. ealM on to give hi. r-a-on. for hi. ploclnB. soon after Ui. class 1. placed, or ""ca' or l.t.r, with a dox.n , That I. part of th. ax a him a a.iv.f.i i siiay ve a weea other classes between training that la tn mak lock Judg "Get a picture of th. animal HLRL JUSTICE 'EQUITY Are: Administered Justices "aaaaaaaaaaa-- -a- Office of William" Altstjvlt, "Lithe Bisitarck.'J Omaha's' Fatcovs Justice or the Peace.. or two Mrs. Spinach colls Mrs. Leghorn a bad name and tho row is on again. No body ever sues under a peace bond. This time the litigants have learned it costa money to go to law. Therefore they fight It out In peace and comfort and with fi nancial economy. "Cases like this take up about half the time In, Justice shops. Most of the other cases concern suits for debt, replevin and attachment proceedings, usually based on the same grounds and ejectments. Mar riages don't amount to much In Omaha anymore. The system In the count judge's office Is too fine. If a magistrate U to marry the yearning couple, --It might as well be the one who issues the license, from the standpoint of the county Judge's office, and few who don't care who mar ries them so it's done quick escape to the mere Justices. Somehow in the old days the Justices used.to tdo better at it, but there are ministers nowadays who keep the sharp lookout. "The law allows the Justice to charge $3 for his servlcts In adjusting the holy bonds. But If he is waked up in the middle of the night, as often happens, or jerked away from his Sunday dinner, he looks mighty sour If he don't get a five. Once there was a benevolent old Justice of the peace in Omaha who was called up at 1 o'clock of an exceedingly frosty morning, by a well dressed young man and an equally well dressed young woman who had a de r5 ML: : t 1 TROPHY WON BT AMES COLLEGE STOCK JUDGING TEAM. Gossip and 'Bob" aad "Charlie." N THE YEAR 1S77. relates Cur rent Literature, two young men stood up with the rest ot the'.r class ut Bowdoln university to receive diplomas. One was called Bob, the other was called Cftarlie. They were Maine boys, both of them, and of about the same age. Within the last few weeks those two boys, now grown Into grUxled men In the early 60s. hav beaui cohsdIcuuui in th nsau.ii it th. .v . .h . .... w,v,aa, ifu, nci in iUr mine, uuu iiuuugii express. o nt w u ea to head after devoting the best years of his life quarters: tO Wrestling With Arofln utArml rtir.iivlni, 'Will ..n V, tk.n u ,h 7aath mA,n .7 7, T o'oe with death, enduring the very limits ... , . ,or, A . ,J . , ". . ,W Unn'd Uath" r b,t9 't0 or privation ana hardship, more than once ' "n u umcr uy W'L" aiurjr w uicovcry mi innuea tne wnoie worm ana win send his name. Kobert R W "" the ages . w vii vim v& uilio. The other boy. Charlie, went In fr fortune. He had already developed th knack of the money-maker, and he did not tle up hl" Ulenl ,n "D"'". lie sold He sold Ice. He sold lumbsr. He clulr banks and trust companies and J' -as.-d ont JTV ' Pp'n. Jhy N,W, Y"r " !. V. hl on.y gone. hi. repu- W I. U liberty lo, he took the 10:4J train on th. Southern Limited. : 7 ." I .- ",, " ported by a Lnlted States marshal and two d.putle. on th. way to th. federal prison at Atlanta. Qa.. to which ha hail tn sentenced for t.rm of flftn yeara A . . " TIIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 6, 1910. ' H sire to be wedded In haste. They had Just quitted a dance and wanted to splice that night so as to overcomo parental opposi tion. The Justice shlveringly got into some clothes, called his wife and daughter for witnesses, and, with chattering ueth, pro nounced them man and wife. ''How much do I owe you?" demanded tho young man. "Oh," replied tho Justice In deepest satire and with as much of a drawl ss the tem perature would permit. "The law allows me 3." It was a fatal mistake. "If that's the case,' replied the groom, 'take this cigar on me to remember me by,' and the couple departed before the Justice got his breath. . "A couple appeared In another Justice, court a ya or so ago and were married. There- was quite a party of guests. After tho ceremony the groom invited the party, to a cafe for a lunch and bottle of beer. The - Judge ' went along, tco. The parly was a merry one and none happier than the groom. At the restaurant the bride excused berself, left the room and never came back. The wedding guests dispersed In horror and a few hours later the groom In a state of frensy, rushed back In the Justice court looking under tables, chairs and la closets for his wife. It was learned1 later that the lady had about $300 of his money. The groom recovered. "Did you ever know that Justices of the peace In Nebraska are expressly designated the officers to prevent dueling. It la even 0 Stories About Noted People Every legal device to save him had been tried and had failed, and Charles Wyman Morse has now become convict No. 2814- that la all. Practice! No Deception. "I wish to deny," said a Cincinnati editor, "that Mr. Taft, when he was law rtporter on my paper, once practiced de- ceptlon on a train crew. "Th, itory goea that Mr. Taft had teen studying a case in Somervllle and found u . .. . A. " culJ'u" 1 " D"-K l ln ,nat "'" managed to stop the e , . , ' "i". i Somervllle to take on a linn nartv?1 The answer came back, 'Yes. .44. ' , " "' "" Tn A tPP t Somer- un yuung law reporter got atoara un nis copy, ana tne conductor said: " 'Where's that larae party I was to take onr 1 II n 1 III was the grinning answer. "And that's the story," the editor con cluded, "which I desire to deny in toto." .4 Bill ISM Story. jne roiiowing anecdote appeared In the first number of the Bookman and has Just rrL . . . . NT-n, K V. who w short .peech at an uthof. dinner tn London thaVwa. mucn rrined b th. bookmen DrMant ,ht. publl.n.rfc at wnom ,t WM lnd,rVc 1? lnMH ..,.. . v. K ... .lmd. "Just a year ago." h. ..Id. "I was walkJng 0n the principal .treet. of India.,, apoll., when I met a ma. who., appear- v. .... v. . .... " w" rMUW " ery depths of povarty. His cloth.. m bo as recourse to the annotated statutes will show. If any duel is pulled off In a jus tlcu's jurisdiction I suppose he Is to blame for It. This Is not so bad, though as It would be In other states. Besides being responsible for dueling the Justice of the peace has a lot of other unueual duties to perform. For Instance In the country dis tricts he Is a 'fence-viewer that is to see that fences demanded by law are properly built as per prescription; again, in places he la an overseer of the poor, and in other sections It Is his duty to Impound dis eased cattle, know If sheep have any thing wrong with them and the like. Tou can't tell me that a Justice docs not have to be a versatile and accomplished per son. . "There is no diplomat like a Justice court constable. He ' Is Indeed a veritable Chesterfield. The other day a woman of foreign birth came .into a court and an nounced that she had been presented with an 'invitation' by a gentleman to come to the place on a certain hour on a certain day. It was not discovered what ailed t he good dame until she produced her In vitation,' which was found to be a sum mons arresting her on a serious charge. As she had a husky looking husband and several other athletic-looking relatives around the house when the constable called It will be agreed that he handled the case most discreetly. "Foreigners are more prone to get Into thoroughly engraved on your mind and you will never forget It," Prof. Dlnsmore tells the class over and over again. Before they have been at work a month they have their minds so full of these mental pictures that It looks like an art gallery. Only a man who hao his mind card Indexed .can produce the required picture when It is called for. It is men of that kind who make good stock Judges. The climax comes shortly before the American Royal at Kansas City, when a trip Is taken to some good live stock show, such as St. Joseph or Kansas City, when a the entire class Is set to work Judging the prize animals. From morning till night they work, class after class appearing be fore thorn in kaleidoscopic regularity. By the tlnm the two-day workout Is over the student crawls Into bed feeling that be could not tell a Hereford cow from a Buff Cochin pullet. Ho doesn't care whether he makes the team or'ls run over by Armour's six-horse wagon. Just so he can shut his eyes to that endless procession of broad-backed cattle and hogs with a ragged, bis face unshaven, his hair long and matted and his feet unshod. As I passed him a look of recognition came Into us eye. " 'Nye, old fellow, don't you know me? Don't you know Abel P. Jones, who was your classmate at college?' " 'What, Jones! Is It really you? Well, well, what can I "do for you?' For heaven's sake, help me. I am starv- ing. Lend me half a dollar.' "I felt in my pockets. They were empty. I had no money myself. But a bright thought flashed through my mind " 'Abel. I oan't lend you the half dollar; I haven't got It But look here. I'll tell you what l will do; 1 11 let you publish my next ,. , . Oentlemen. that was Just a year ago; and this month Abel P. Jones sent me an Invitation to go to Europe with him In hi. steam yacht." O.e o. George W. Durlng a Friday afternoon lecture on hl.tory in a Baltimore educational Instl- tutlon the Instructor had nm mnithv ., " ' uirijuimiiuii vii in cnaracior ot cieorge Tl' . -1. I .. ... I ..il.. muiuwiuu, loucnui upon hl" Y,ork " tha organiser of tha revolu- ow." asked th. Instructor, "if Grg. Washington were alive today, what pr.o- "cal part do you think he would play In pra,nt-day politics, iudaln. from th. PatT" A rni,..A -u .... .v. A prolonged .Hence on th. part of the pupil, followed thla Finally, however, on. Ud saw a way out. ... t ,r- lusnsa, -wouian t be b. too oidr'-Livplncotf. Magazine t m Hit t , -.. .',. . ii , rm trouble than American-bom people, "out they are better In paying their debts. The people that como to this country from other nations as a rule are the most honest people in the community. I should say that the great proportion of them are as nearly perfectly honest as human beings attain. "Real criminal cases are comparatively rarities In the Justice courts, coming oc casionally from ounide the city. Install- , ment houses do not have difference with thriftless creditors as much as might bo supposed. Single women and widows are seldom sued. As justice courts have nothing to do regarding real estate possession and titles-of women, children and widows may get. the worst of it some times, but this Is not evident In the justice courts. Single women who are self-supporting live within their means in this city. They seem to know their own ability to make money better than the men, married and unmar ried, and are not so prone to assume liabili ties they can't swing. "A Justice of the peace has great op portunities to become the arbitrator of difficulties Involving both bad feeling and property considerations. If both sides are convinced that he Is disposed to throw aside his official guise and simply decide their case on Its matter of faot merits, with kindly advice to each, they often get together right away and patch up their differences. It means dollars and cents to the Justices, however, not to do this. They are paid from the fees and every day a case hangs on and the more complicated It grows their emoluments In crease. But If litigants can get a. dif ference settled without subjecting It to the rigid application of law they are us double curl in their tail. But it Is all over, na th8 net day five men are wearing mlles thBt c-n b seen half a mile away, wn,la tn8 others try to grin, and register a vw 10 maKe tr,e team net ycar- xne American itoyai is something or an unknown quantity to Ames. Three years o uiuugui mo uuyiiy iiume Willi Ulw blHeBt COTa t0 tnelr ""edit that had ever been, made In a student Judging contest. In 1908 the Kansas team slipped one over on their competitors and carried away the trophy, and last year Missouri headed the list. The Ames team went homo grim and determined, and set such a pace at the International that. Missouri fell down to sixth plaoe, and was lucky to get that. The students' Judging conteut at the) 1909 International will long be remembered as one of the fiercest fought battles of the kind ever held. The record of 4,910 points out of a possible 6,000 made by Ames sits a record far In advance of anything ever before mode at the International, and one which probably will not be equalled again for years. This victory has once more made good the claim of the Iowa Agricul tural college to having the best animal husbandry course In the country. The men who composed this year's team were M. G. Thornburg of Linden. la.: J. I. Thompson of Jamaica, la.; O. D. Baker of Edmund. Wis.; R. W. Cassady of Whiting, la., and HAward Vaughn of Marlon. Ia The team was coached by Prof. Dlnsmore with the assistance of the other member of the animal husbandry department. M. G. Thornburg Is a practical live stock man. He was raised on a stock farm and fed cattle from the time ho wns old enough to bandle'a scoon shnvoi ,min h . Ames to reinforce his practical knnwi,,, with a little scientific agriculture and in- older.tally enter the race for the stock judging team. In the final ata.ua . Chicago he was high man on the Iowa team -and third hlrh mn in test. Thompson In another man'who has been raised with a- love for fine stock He stayed out of school for two years and followed up the show circuit In 1908 with H. J. Hess' herd of Angus. He has been with got- stock all his life and has had er ,ende. experience with ponies and sheen' "Tom, y" ranked next to Thornburg in the contest. C'as.ady ha. a farm of his own at Whlt- '"if. Ia.. known as the Walnut Rklge Stock faim. He already has one of th best herd, nf IIrr..-H- i- , ... - juw na is a sue cessrui Dreider or norsea and hiL-u k.. . . " juung man in Iowa ranks Uglier in the estimation of the breeders than Cassady. ncV ZL7 LT Undent of the sheep department .r ih Iowa state fair for the U. thrt. v and is n'JJ'. 'V hrM ?,e,tr' Interstate fafr " Blow Clt, ilJL ' ... ux L1,y' ha" back to the farm to raJa. . kind of .tuff thTt will ,1 "! , th. top 1 the .how r J. M ? .OWar'1 ' "' l" snow rings. He I. In th. Dusmess to stay and will h h, , later. ually better satisfied! to 1st It go that way, provided there Is no trickery r knaver behind one side. , "The moat pitiful cases that come to the Justice courts are the defendants in ejeotment proceedings. Landlords and agents seek to put a tenant out for the non-payment of rent or other reason. It lis surprising how many poor people Uilnlt that a tenant cannot be evicted in the winter time. This hallucination seems to have taken a firm hold. Many a time "l have had to dispel it and the looks of hopelessness and misery I saw on their faces mode mo never want to do it again. Others think the time in which they may, retain possession Is greatly over what tha law specifies. "Recently hired girls have had a lot of litigation in the Justice courts. It la a murk of ever Increasing "Independence of hired girls. They sue for wages, not be causo they will not be paid but because they were dismissed in a hurry and, told to wait till the regular pay da for the cash. The mistress and the domes Uo has trouble. Mistress gets in a huff and or ders the girl to leave. Girl demands her pay. Mlstreba, who knows she has the worst of tho bargain at the best la those' days of limited domestics, says she will pay at the right time. Qlrl comes to jus tice court and sues. Mistress is haled in and caused great annoyance and' trouble. Girl feels as though she has evened things up. Her payday Is then due or past due and she finally gets her monoy Thl act was put on the other day in one ef the local justice courts and the girl hasn't called for her money yet. There are usually costs for the mistress to pay. "But day in and day out a Justice court is the dullest, most prosaic of places and It Is rarely that a gleam of humor, human interest or savagery Is seen. Vindlctive ness and misfortune are the principal char acteristics revealed. , Vaughn was given a Shorthorn calf to feed when he was 6 years old, and ho has been feeding them ever since, except when, he has been in school. Three years aro Vaughn won the scholarship given for the best corn and stock Judging at the state fttir. e cam6 to Ames and played the: stock Judging game so well that he made the team Jn his Junior year. Baker is a Wisconsin man who was renred on a farm. He received his early ! education at a normal school In Wlscon- ; sin, but left off Judging schoolma'ms toy come to Ames and take the animal hus bandry course. His work has been char acterized by unusual ability to remember animals and clearness in reasoning. Lectures on Civics LINTON ROGERS WOODRTTFK' of Philadelphia, secretary of National Clvlo Improvement league, will make two addresses mi in Omaha this week on the gen eral toplo of the "city beautl- ful." He will urge upon the people of Omaha the newssty of a clvio pride which W,n d" wond,'r" towards making Omaha a , " ;i'"l", ior Deauty of Us """ a,ld Ir"s and thorougfares. Mr' Woo,lllff "H1 speak on Tuesday evening to the Women's nun at the First '""K"""""'" cnurcn and Wednesday Dtii'rno"n ho w111 address a Joint meeting ommerclal club and the Real Es- ta, "change. Mr. Woodruff Is a sneaker of a nstlon-wlde reputation, who has been aevot,nK many years of his Ufa to the ",udy of municipal affairs and he will pre sent some practicable Ideas on how to mak mttna mor8 beautiful, CLINTON RfKKRS WOODRUFF Secretary National Municipal Leagusv w V J