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THE OMAlTA SUNDAY BEE: REPTEMHER 11, 1010. TWO KEPUKTS UN BALL1EEU Democratic Members of Committee Giro Oat Opinion. DEMAND HE BE ASKED TO QUIT Join In l.rncthr DUranloa of El dnf at the Iteceat HearlsT Representative Mtilo riles Uplaloa of tlU Owa. turn thriu (o Senator Fletcher, who will have them printed and filed. The members then adjourned to meet at Washington, December, $. MADHO.VS MIMHIITV RETORT r MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. M.-'-That Richard A. Balllner has not been true to the tnmt reposed In him aa aecretary of the Interior, that he la not deaervlnic of public confidence and that he ahould be imkpd by the proper authorities to resign hla office." The foreeolnn lutni up the findings of the four democratic members of the Balllnger J'lnchot congi esalonal InveatlKatlng com mittee, which were made public late yes tcirlay. The republican members leaued no report. An Independent report was given out by Mr. Madlaon, the Insurgent republican from Kansas, which declares aleo that Mr. Bel linger I'should not be retained, that he waa an unfaithful trustee of the people's In terests, an cnomy of conservation," and that the charges of Ulfford Plnchot should be euatalned. Tlieae findings will be printed and filed with congress. Tho decision of the four democratic mem bers and Mr. Madison to make the reports publlo followed a aession which waa un usual, three republican members. Senator Sutherland of Utah and Representatives McCull of Massachusetts .and Denby of Michigan, refusing to attend the meeting, vinaiiv irtn chairman of the committee. himself. Senator Nelson of Minnesota, left the committee room and failed to return. Vniinn iv notice that a meet- in. n,iirl ha hold In Chicago on next Tues- day. The democrntlo members adjourned to meet again in Washington on December a. Representative OUle M. Jamea .of Ken r inrLv. one of the democratic members, an- 1 ...mm-ed that all the democrats would re- fuse to attend the meeting of which Senator f Nelson has given notice, lha repuniicans . will then be In the same position that the ' democratic members and Mr. Nelson found themselves today. Itetnocratle Ktndlnae. Summarised, the democratic finding de clare that the evidence ahowe: "That there waa no conspiracy against Mr. Balllnger, That Clifford Plnchot and L. R. Glarls were faithful trustee of the peoples In terests. I "That Mr. BalHngw's conduct on certain 7 occasions was intended to and did have the effect of deceiving the president. "That Mr. Balllnger'a action In having; clear listed' the so-called Cunningham Alaskan coal lands and ordering them pat nted showed bad faith. "That he advocated a bill to validate Alaskan coal claims alleged to be fraudu lent. "That hla action In acting as attorney in cases pending in the land offloe while he was commissioner was reprehensible. "That he helped to force the Cunningham coal olalma to a hearing before the gov ernment waa ready to proceed. "That he encouraged insubordination in the reclamation service and condoned lm nroner official oonduot in that connec tion." Numerous official acta of Mr. Balllnger are attacked. High praise is given Glf- ford Plnchot, former chief forester, and I ' R.' Claris, former chief of field division - of the general land office. Madison's Coaclaaloaa. Mr. Madlson'a conclusions are: "That the charges of Messrs. Claris and Plnchot should bo sustained "That he has been unfaithful to the pub- 3 11c Interests." "That in the matter of the Cunningham coal lands he waa not a faithful trustee of the people's interests. "That with regard (o the reclamation jfci service he has taken action tending to- M -Wards Its disintegration. A resolution adopted by the democrats and Mr. Madison provided for publication of the findings. When Senator Nelson left J the committee room Senator Fletcher was A made chairman pro tern and members pro- f ceeded with their work. The findlnga of the democrats and Mr. Madison also were filed with the secretary of the oommlttee. Mr. Madlson'a report also was filed with Mr. Sleman. Reasons for Not Attending;. Senator Sutherland and Representatives McCall and Denby, when summoned to ap pear at the committee room, made the fol lowing replly: In view of the refusal of the minority of the committee on Wednesday to postpone action until the memDera or the committee V known to be coming could arrive at Minna- I epulis, and their evident purpose to attempt 1 to make ine acimra 01 ins imi.umy me or ftclal action of the committee without con ulceration and their refusal to discuss thi evidence at the former meeting; and In view of the fact that at the former meeting they promulgated to the publlo their decision of the case which had no validity whatever as official action and yet amounted to a conclusive pre-judgment of the case aa far aa said minority were concerned, we insist upon an opportunity fox the full member Hhlo of the committee to decide the case which waa committed to them by law and we . must therefore decline the Invitation of th . gentlemen assembled to meet with them today. Itenaoa for Immediate Report Secretary Sleman of Washington, D. C remained In the committee room. Senator k Fletcher of Florida was made chairman v pro tern. The resolution offered by Senator 1'uicell of North Dakota waa then adopted bv the five members. It follows: Wliorcttrf, This committee, pursuant to ad journment, 'net at 10 u'tlook this day with (.hairman Nelbjn In the chair and six mem bers present. iiuludtiiK the chairman, and ; Whe.-eus. There are three other membera of the committee, to wit: Senator Suther land and Representatives Mi Call and Denby in the city and In the building In which the committee Is met-lina, and V herons, All possible etfoit has been made without effect to Induce said mem beis to attend the FesMons of the commit tee, und Wheieiis. The chairman withdrew from the committee room and failed and neg locted to return after more than four horns' absence, and has abandoned any connection with ;he committee at this meeting and has arbitrarily, and without liny authority under the resolution creut ihK the committee, or a vote ot the com mittee Kiven notice of a meeting of the cnmitutteM in the distant city of Chlcako, on Tuesday, September 1U, and is attempt ing to force an adjournment to said city; row, therefore be it. Resolved. That under such, circumstances It is the duty of those present to make re ports to conuress of their finding In the matters sunniitled to the committee, that Ola via' Charges Attains! Balllager ftbonld Re stained. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. lO.-Mr. Madison's conclusion ara: "That the charges made by I R. Glavls against Secretary Balllnger should be sus tained; that In the matter of the disposition of the Cunningham coal lands Mr. Balllnger was not a faithful trustee of the Interests of the people and did not perform his duty I such manner aa to properly protect such Interests. That the charges made by Mr. Plnchot should be sustained; that Mr. Balllnger'a course In the administration of the Depart ment of the Interior has been characterized by a lack of fidelity to the public interests; that this has been shown in his treatment of the Cunningham coal cases, the restora tion of the waterpower sites to entry with out Intention to rewithdraw and in his ad ministration of the reclamation service, the alter resulting In unnecessary humiliation lo the director and tending towards the disintegration of the service. He has not hown himself to be of that character of a friend to the policy of conservation to our natural resources that the man should be who occupies the important post of secre tary of the Interior In our government and ho should not bu retained In that office." A summary of Mr. Madison's findings follows: "The Investigation resolved itself Into two blanches, the Ulavls and Plnchot. Glavls charged that Mr. Balllnger had been an unfaithful trustee of the people's interests; that this was more particularly demonstrated by his conduct toward the Cunningham coal claims. Plnchot Charged Dad Faith. "Plnchot charged that Mr. Balllnger'a course as secretary of the interior had been chnractcrlxtid by a lack of fidelity to the publlo Interests; that he was an enemy of the policy of conservation of natural re sources; that this was more particularly evidenced by his restoration to entry of the waterpower sites withdrawn by Secretary Garfield and his conduct toward the reclamation service and the Alaska coal fields." Mr. Madison then described Alaska as the last great natural storehouse of natural resources that to a large degree belongs to all the people of the United States; that the secretary of the Interior should guard them against both fraud and monopoly." , The Cunningham coal land claims were then described, Cunningham being referred to aa "the promoter of a plan whereby he and his associates were to prove up the land and then operate.lt as one mine by means of an association or corporation. He waa to have one-eighth of each subscriber's stock for hla services tn prospecting land and managing the deal." The findings declare "that strong evi dence was produced that this plan was adopted and acted upon by the subscribers; that the Cunningham entries can be can celed for fraud if vigorously prosecuted by the government; that the claims contain from M.OOO.OOO to 90.000.000 tone of coal." The composition of the Morgan-Guggen heim Alaska syndicate Is given and de clared to be "an association organised to exploit Alaska." Entered Iato Option Asrreemeat. The findings of Mr. Madison declare that this syndicate entered into an option agree ment with the Cunningham claimants In 1907 whereby said claimants organised a corporation capitalised at $6,000,000- and con veyed -one-half the atock to it for 1250,000. The coal lands of. the Cunningham group. were to be deeded to said corporation. The report declares: The evidence fairly shows that the syndi cate aimed at the monopolisation of the oennng nver coal neias. In December. 1UV7. Mr. Balllna-er. aa com mlssioner of the general land office, at the request or ex-Uovernor Miles C. Moore of Walla Walla. Wash., a Cunningham claim ant, ordered the Cunningham claims to patent. Previous to this order the UuKKen- nelm option agreement had been made. The olalma had gone to entry, but patents were being delayed. All Alaska coal claims were undur suspicion of being fraudulent. The order under such circumstances waa wrong ful. Qlavls, who had a few days before been Instructed to investigate all Alaska coai claims and who was given a formal notice of the order, protested against it and me oraer 1 was revoaea. After resigning as commissioner Mr. Bal linger acted as advisor and counsel for the Cunningham claimants In their attemot to omain paienis. tin preparea a lengthy arn aavu tor uiarenee (Cunningham and ore sented It to the secretary of the Interior and commissioner or the general land of fice In an attempt to explain away the for mer affidavit of Cunningham's and the en tries In the Cunningham Journal, both of which had been secured by Ulavls and were most damaging pieces of evidence against the claimants in possession of the govern nient. Mr. nauinger vioiateo no statute In so doing,- but he did violate the moral obli gation which was upon him not to at tempt to embarrass the government In an effort to conceal the entries begun while he was commissioner and which it waa his duty to aid In good faith while in office. The ac of May ai, 1908,. permitted a con solidation of coal clalma to the extent of 2,560 acres, where the locations had been made In good - faith. The construction placed upon, the act by Messrs. Pierce, Dennett, Kinney and Clements, and seem ingly by Mr. Balllnger, would have con doned all agreements to combine in viola tion of the act of April 28, 1!M. The Pierce decision had that effect. Through the ef forts of Glavls .and Henry M. Hoyt this decision was reviewed by the attorney gen eral and reversed. In the summer of 1909 H. H. Scliwarts, chief of the field of the general land office, endeavored to force Glavls to report on the Cunningham coal claims and go to trial or hearing In the proceeding to cancel the entries, without an examination of the clalmr to ascertain If the Improvements were being made In a manner to Indicate that the clalma were being operated In common. This was an important circum stance in the government's case. After Ulavls waa removed from charge of the cases James M. Sherman, who waa sent to succeed him. reported that he waa right and the field examination was made prior to hearing. Dlaeaaaea Plnchot Charges. Mr. Madison discusses the Plnchot charges and the question of water power sites and their withdrawal by the govern ment In order to prevent monoply. He were th"se which arne out nf the Cunning ham clalma and the restoration of the water power Mtes These had to do with the conservation of the natural resources of the nation. Mr. Ttalllnaer, on one aide, nnd Mr. Pinchnt and Mr. Garfield on the other, orrupv entirely opposite positions to ward that policy. Mr. Balllnger was willing that the Cun ningham claimants should obtain their patenta without InvesJgatlon, although the slgna were prominent and he must have been aware of them, that they were travel ing toward the Morgan-Guggenheim syndi cate and monopoly. He waa willing tn throw the power ltwa along the streams nf the west Into danger of acquisition by those who would monopolise them. He could see no danger In returning them to entry and only submitted to their rewlth drawal because other men, alive to the real danger, protested and denounces his attitude. Mr. Madison discusses conservation and the necessity thereof, also declaring It a crime to permit the natural resources and waterpower sites "to fall Into the hands of thos who will monopolise them and use them to the enrichment of the few and the Impoverishment nf he many." Th report continues: "Mr. Plnchot be lieved that the pollcv nf conservation was being attacked in the very place where a friend of conservation was most needed and hla acts have been Inspired by the de sire to protect the policies to which he Is devoted. "I regret that I am compelled to arrive at a conclusion different from the one which was arrived at by the president, for whom I feel the highest personal regard and re spect. We have had before us many wit nesses and have a vast amount of docu mentary evidence and have had the oppor tunity of testing the credibility of witnesses In the most searching manner, and after hearing them all, I have arrived at these conclusions." The full renort of Mr. Madison makes about 26,000 words. fair. Not an art that he committed Is 1 1 aught with the sltKluest suspl- lon. We believe that his whole service In his official capacity was actuated by a sincere ove lor the public good. He was a faithful public official, he was a Juxt officer, he was viallant nnd courageous defender or the public property; he was an enemy and Im placable foe to the land grabber and grafter; he was the obstructor of the schemes and machinations of conspirators attempting to selr.e the public domain. He dared to lie insunoriiinate. It sucn he was. In the interest of his country. It was that character of Insubordination which Inspired the men of other days who laid the founda tions In this country for an enduring people. it would De uifiicuit to give too mucn credit to Mr. Gifford Plnchot for the work lie has done In the building tip of our na tional forest system. His part In this work would have been Impossible had he not been moved by an enthusiasm which over came all obstacles. Mr. Balllnger. soon after taking office as secretary, declared such withdrawals were without authority or law, although there was much authority to uphold Mr. Gar field's action and restored the lands to en try and exposed them to the danger of ultimately, without any restriction as to their use. falltr.g into the possession of those who would monopolize the power. At the time of the restoration he did not Intend to re-withdraw the lands, hut on account of protests from those whom he said had an exaggerated idea of danger, he re-wnnarew me lanos in surriclent quan tity to protest the sites. He made to Senator I.a Follette In a letter, as a reason for restorlrg a larse II members of the committee be author- j portion of the land, the statement that the 1 Ised at any time before the convening of the next session of congress to prepare and flUi such reports and findings as they de sire. Mr. Graham then moved that the mem bers of the committee be authorised that the findings be given out. Mr. Graham presented the report of the democrats and It was adopted by a vive voce vote. Mr. Madison then moved that both re ports be filed with Secretary Sleman with instructions to have the same printed und copies tiled with the secretary of the sen ate and the, clerk of the house of repre sentatives. Puiyuant thereto copies of the demo cratic npoit and the report of Mr. Madi son wen- filed wltli Mr. Sleman. M . i'uicell ni'ived that if treui clary tile aiaa did not file the reports he should re- reclamation service haa recommended the restoration of the laud to the public do main. Thia statement also was made In a letter to the president. Th evidence be fore the committee allows that the officers of the reclamation service protested against the restorations. Mr. Balllnger's course toward the di rector of the reclamation service since he has been aecretary has been such as to destroy discipline and harmony In the bureau. It appears that Glavls has been effective In the acompllshment of results. He pro tested against and prevented the patenting of the Cunningham claims when ordered to patent by Commissioner Balllnger. Ho secured a reversal of the Pierce decision construing the act of May. 2H. l'.W, and lie prevented the commencement of hearing to cancel the 'unnliigliam entries until a field examination had been had. Glavls. Heiirv H Hoyt. Horace Tillard Jones und Andrew Kennedy are deserving of commen dation by the people of the countrv. The queatlona which ahould determine the fltntas of Mr. Balllnger as a public servant DEMOCRATIC SIIXORITY REPORT Charges Agalnat Balllnger Were Well Konnded Plnchot is Landed. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Sept. lO.-The democratic report Is signed by Senators Duncan tT. Fletcher of Florida and William H. Purcell of North Dakota, and Represent atlves nille M. James of Kentucky and James M. Graham of Illinois. It says: After a careful, thorough and, we be lieve an ImiMirtlaJ examination of the whole record we feel constrained to make the following findings based on tne evidence: That the evidence does not snow mat mr. Balllnger drew up an escrow agreement In tho Watson Allen matter and we exonoraie him from that accusation this relates to an agreement providing for the future con veyance of lands not yet patented or proved up. That the evidence does not show any con splracy against Mr. Balllnger and that the alleged conspiracy had no existence in lact; that what has been reterrea to as a con spiracy was merely the efforts of certain persons to thwart and prevent the secre tary of the interior and the officers of the general land companies from accomplishing what those persons nenevea to oe uie fraudulent transfer of valuable public prop erty ftom the government to certain pri vate Interests and to- prevent the making of radical and injurious changes in the management of tho reclamation service then in a high state of efficiency. Plnchot and tilavla Kfftclent. That Gifford Plnchot and L. R. Glavls were faithful and efficient agents of the government and the people, devoted to their work and conscientious in tne aiscnarges of their onerous duties and In the renuitlon of their valuable services : that their pro tests and actions restrained the ortlcera of the Interior department and prevented the consummation of a gicat publlo wrong and that their conduct throughout waa wholly In the Interests of the people. That in his statement ot sepiemoer u, 1909. to the president, and in other corre spondence and communications to the pres ident Mr. Balllnger has been frequently uncandld,- that he has, on a number of oc casions, been guilty of duplicity, and that his conduct In the premises was Intended to and did have the effect ot deceiving the nresldent. That Mr. Balllnger, whlie commissioner ot the general land office, "clear listed" the so-called Cunningham- claims on Insuf ficient evidence and under circumstances which convinces us he was aware of the existence of other material evidence which he did not call for or consider and which. If considered, should surely have prevented the clear listing of the claims, and we find that In so clear listing said clatms Mr. Balllnger showed either a lamentable want of capacity and competence or such a. dia regard for the rights of the public as amounted to bad faith. Favored Fraudulent Claims. That as commissioner of the general land office Mr. BaJlinger prepared the Cale bill, that he appeared before a committee of the house of representatives in advocacy of said bill, and that h then knew una in tended that said bill, if it became a law would have the effect of validating the said Cunningham coal claims and other coal claims in Alaska, which claims were, 1 In fact, fraudulent because of non-compliance with the law; that after resigning as commissioner of the general iand of fice Mr. Balllnger resumed the practice of the law In Seattle, Wash.; that he became Interested as an attorney In cases which were pending In the general land office while he was commissioner and that In at least one case he received compensation for his services and that such conduct was highly reprehensible. While Secretary Balllnger claims that be cause of his professional connection with some of the claimants he turned the con sideration and control of all Alaska coal claim matters over to Mr. Frank Pierce. his assistant, we find from the evidence that he did not in fact do so, but on the contrary. Improperly continued his connec tion therewith and from time to time was consulted by his subordinates nnd gave di rections with regard to said claims; that he aided the movement to force the Cun ninghom claims to a hearing before the government was ready to proceed, and properly produce Its evidence and placed the management of canes In the hands of an Inexperienced young attorney, with full knowledge of the Importance of the cases, both with regard to the great value of the property and the fact that they were the first cases of their kind, and there being hundreds of other Alaska claim cases, they were, in a measure, test cases. Esroaraged Insubordination. That he encouraged Insubordination In the reclamation service by trying to dis credit the director or head of that service in a general way. and by Issuing orders direct to subordinates in said service with out consulting or cummunicating with the proper person or , persons In charge of said service. That he condoned highly Improper of ficial conduct on the part of Mr. Perkins, head of the Chicago offices of the reclama tion service and instead of reprimanding him, or of asking for his -resignation, as recommended by the director and chief engineer, he retained him in the same of fice with Increased power, directing him to report to Director Newell. whose authority he had already overriden. Under these circumstances and In view of the findings which are forced upon us by n consideration of the evidence, we are under the stern necessity of making a further finding: That Mr. Balllnger has not been true to the trust reposed In him as secretary of the Interior; that he is not deserving of public confidence and that he should be requested by the proper authority to re sign his office as secretary of the Interior. Mr. Dawler, assistant attorney of the In terior department, the report says, "tes tified only concerning the so-called Dawler i memorandum, prepared by him at the presi dent's request, under the direction that he should write it 'as if he were the presi dent.' " It adds: Mr. Iwier's partisanship, his violent, offensive and Irascible demeanor, his evi dent lack of frankness and his confessed animosity towards Mr. Glavls, detract greatly from the value of his testimony. Nebraska Mens Notes. HUMRODDT Rev. John It. Asllng. for two years pastor of the German Mctnodist church, has boen tnansferred by the con ference to the charge at Macon, Neb. HUMBOLDT The city library Is now in charge of Mrs. James K. Liggett, who takes the place of Mrs. Tina .Crawford, re sinned, after a continuous service of eigh teen years. NEBRASKA CITY-Muyor Jackson haa appointed Dr. Frank S. Mai noil, Frank Mc Cartney and Dr. Claude Watson as mem bers of the public library board for a term of three yeurs each. NEBRASKA CITY Word has been re ceived of the death of A. J. Pennington at Clayton, N. M. He was a resident of this county for over forty years and went south because of his health. NEBRASKA CITY The bodv of Misa Margaret Welch of Julian, who died in a hospital at Council Bluffs, where she had gone for treatment, was brought to Julian Friday evening for Interment. BEATRICE Miss Louise Braun. a former Beatrice resident, and B. H. Don ton of this city were married at the bride s home at Syracuse. Neb.. Weinesdav last. The young couple will make their home at Powell, Wyo. BEATRICE A farewell reception was SCHUVLER Lou A. Mlchaelson. who used to be in business In Schuyler, but who moved to Odessa, Wash., about ten months go, lias returned and bought out the res taurant and Confectionery store of Russel Siglcr, taking immediate possession. tendered last evening to Rev. J. R. Houer of the United Brethren church, who leaves in a few days for Lincoln, where ho will assume his duties as conference superin tendent of the east Nebraska district. BEATRICE Announcement was received here yesterday of the marriage of Miss Laura Julia Grable, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Grable. former Beatrice resi dents, to C. S. Hammet, which accurred September 7. at the bride's home in Greeley, Col. . ' ' NEBRASKA CITY The Inatittita for the blind will open on Seotemhei- 14. There Piomises to be an enrollmunt of seventy or more students. Superintendent M. C. Abbott has had the buildings all over hauled during vacation and mndo many Im provements and changes in them. NEBRASKA CITY The.- Inter-Ocean Shirt comuany will close their shirt fac tory hero and the M. E. Smith Co. nf Omaha, who have an overall factory here have decided to put an addition to their fac tory and add a shirt-maklna dennrlrnent and take over all -of the hands employed by me aeparung company. REPUBLICAN CITY-Harlan countv la gaining quite a reputation as a melon grow ing nisirici. joi oniy is uie local market supplied, but tons of fine, large ones are marketed In other towns In the valley. Parties near Republican City have grown melons for the market for several years and find them a very profitable crop. TECUMSEII The Tecumseh Chautaqua association will Incorporate with an- auth orised capital stock of tao.Onn. The name will be changed from the Tecumseh Chau tauqua association to the Johnson County Chautauqua Association of Nebraska. Offi cers, unaer the incorporation, will be elec ted at a meeting to be held In the near future. NEBRASKA CITY Elder G. I. Wright of the Methodist church, who was a candi- oate ior governor on tne prohibition ticket, has filed his primary expense account with the county clerk, showing that he expended 10 cents for a ride to and from the capital building where he filed his nomination blank. The filing fee was paid by the state prohibition committee. - " : BEATRICE The Knights and Ladles of Security met last evening and elected these officers: N. M. Harsh, president; T. D Davis, first vice president; Mrs. Mary Harsh, second 'vice president; Auguata Soli wars, corresponding secretary; Harriet Davis, financier; Hoso Busey, prelate; rancis McCllntock, conductor;. Alfred White, guard; Harry Collier, sentinel, Emma Kahnen, musician. BROKEN. BOW County Attorney Gadd Is after the reckless automobile. driver and calls attention to section 6249, which re fers to passing a restive home or other t'raught or domestic animals. The penalty under this section is not to exceed K5 for the first offense nor more than $60 or im prisonment in the county jail not exceed ing thirty days for the second offense. TECUMSEH-Word comes 'from Miss Mabel Ward, daughter of former County Treasurer John Ward, who Is now at Coiiv Wyo., that she Is recovering from the effects of a runaway accident she was In ten days ago. Miss Ward was thrown out of a buggy and her skull was cracked from ear to ear. Her hip was bad-ly broken. The bones had to be put together with wire. REPUBLICAN CITY-Thomas Williams, son of D. K. Williams, a retired merchant of this city, and Miss Ada Boon, were united In marriage by Rev. Haskins, pas tor of the Methodist church in tills city Wednesday evening. The bride and groom left on train No. 15 for lowu, where they will stay for a short time, after which they will go to Denver to make their fu ture nome. , NEBRASKA CITY The large launch swastika, which, was brought iere from Peoria, 111., several years ago by Sterling Morton and used as a pleasure craft for one season and then sold 'to a number of citizens, nas been sold to F. M. Wisdom or tti-ownviiie, wuo took the boit to that place, and after overhauling It will uS'fc the same as a ferry, freight and pleasure boat. It la one of the largest luunciits on the Missouri river. CENTRAL CITY-John Copeland. the man who created some excitement early In July by mysteriously disappearing fidm his home on the Brannan tarm In Mead township while hts wife was away on a visit, has returned, and la at present with his wife visiting friends in Schuyler, with the mystery of his departure as much un solved as ever, the only Information he gives out being that he has been west looking over the country. CENTRAL CITY Harry Holmes, a young n an who has been working here as a painter, being employed on the Union Pa cfie depot, and afterwards on the new Farmers' State Bank building, met with quite a serious accident Friday. He at tempted to board a Union Pacific train, but missed the et.-ps and fell under the train. A lower step on the coach struck him In the head and shoved him from under the wheels, which, however, passed over part of his left foot, severing the great toe. He was n!so bruised about the head where tne car ste;..-i struck him. Plachot la Landed. 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Rog( ers-Peet Suits and Hirsh -Wick wire Suits We control these lines in Omaha because they are the very best hand tail ored clothes for men that are made in America. The new fall designs are ex tremely attractive Refined patterns for the business man as well as snappy styles for college chaps, at $21 to $35 Men who Want good business suit at a medium price will be full satisfied with Renwick-System Clothes Here are clothes that are good This Illustrates the sort of business suits through and through, classy in style and we are featuring th., ..a,on at r Brandeis Stores $15, $18 and $20 IM rail suns 10 uraer The days are coming soon when the above will be a "moving pic ture" of the man In a summer suit. Yes our new 1910 Autumn Suitings are arriving. Want to have first pick of them? Every garment guaranteed per fect in fit and style. MacCarthy-lVilson Tailoring Co. SO-Oa Stoatb KUtssBtsi i Ksar Karoass. TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Obi Dollar Per Year. I ' ' - m'ijr 9 I .'j'.' 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