The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-03-04
Nebraska Sends Food and sympathy.

western road from Omana. IaJe
December Governor Thayer issued his
proclamation calling for aid. He Sc
lected Rev. L. P. Ludden, the deputy
labor commissioner, to take charge OF
the work, The latter did so and has
labored early and late, writing over
1900 letters IL communicating vita
county offlcersa agricultural societies.
AMI boards OF trade. That he has per-
formed his duties satisfactorily is at
Tested J.. everyone conversant with the
facts,
The hsins were literally decorated
and covered with banners and notices.
One banner was six feet by twenty
feet long, showing an outline map OF
the United States, with Nebraska in
center, showing the train starting from
Omaha, and these words:
Western progress, eastern polish,
Corn, 1891, 165, 900, 900 bushels"
Others read: Nebraska can feed
the world-1891 menu, 165, 900, 600
bushels corn" Nebraska to Russia
Live and help live;" donation OF
Washington county to the sufferers OF
Russia;' king Corn Of Nebraska"
liking Corn OF Nebraska-His creden-
tials TO the car OF the Russians,
THE LINCOLN TRAIN.
The banners on the Burlington train
we're also attractive, On each car
door, as on the Northwestern, this ban
ner: This car Is loaded with foe
products donated bp the generous peT.
pie OF Nebraska for the famine suffer-
ers Of RussiG L, p Ludden ia
charge"
Others read like thiss 'Fr0m Ne
braska's abundance to the sufferers OF
Russia, ~ Just q little OF our surplu.s
for Russia's sufferers" sympathy foa
real sufferers" Zone touch OF nature
makes the whole world akin" "For
the sufferers beyond the sea-" "Ne-
braska joins with the rest Of fair CO.
lumbia TO lend succor to our faithful
ally, Russia, This Is Nebraska's an
swer to The cry from beyond the sea, I"
Nebraska requites the friendship Of
Russia, +" patriotic Nebraska remem-
bers with gratitude Russia's sympathy
for the union In the dark days OF the
war;" Prosperous Nebraska extends
greeting and sympathy to the famine
stricken Russian" Nebraska is in it;
seeP" Nebraska leads--she hopes
others will follow" plague take the
man who takes supplies il not in need"
"In adversely Nebraska recognizes nc
international lines, :" God bless Rus
sian sufferers; Nebraska is glad to aid
YOU" Nebraska always has ready
response for real sufferers"
In addition to the above some OF tho
counties have put on banners to shov
where the corn has come from.
COUNTY DONATIONS.
Donations were received from
following counties: Red Willow one
car, Hitchcock two cars, southern part
OF Nuckolls and the northern part Of
adjoining county in Kansas one Car,
Gosper one car, Hamilton ono car,
Kearney two cars, Adams one car,
Dundy one car, Custer one car, Clay
two, Seward two, johnson ono car,
Lincoln two, Garfield and Loup each
one-half Cur, Lancaster three cars,
Gage county, Beatrice and vicinity
one, Gage county (vicinity of Pickerell)
one car, Polk county one car, south
west corner Butler county one car,
northeast corner Of Harlan one car,
Duel county one car, Washington
county two cars, southwest corner
York county two cars, j. P. Larson &
Co. OF Fremont, one car, Hon. William
Louden Of Omaha, one car.
The Burlington train is composed Of
new cars, each carrying 1880 bushels,
the cars from the various counties hav-
ing been consolidated at the yards in
Lincoln. wherever the word car is
used in reference to the donation 1t
means q car Of the ordinary 500 bush
els capacity, but cars in the train mean
cars Of l ,080 bushels.)
These two trains will carry little
short Off 1000, 900 pounds of corn. The
corn is shipped direct to Akron, o.,
where 1t will, through the exceedingly
generous offer Of Mr.. Ferdinand Schu-
macher, be kiln-dried, put into meal,
sacked, and each sack properly brand
ed, Contribution of the State of Ne
braska for the Russian Famine Cargo"
Also in each sack will be few cirou-
lars printed in the Russian language
telling how to best use corn meal as
food.
The following is from the Northwest
ern Miller:
Therefore, il our ship reaches Rus
STA during March, it will arrive as
soon as it possibly could, even II we
had started it thirty days sooner, for
the channel is frequently blocked with
ice. Facetious newspaper men have
casually remarked that, unless our
cargo reached Russia earlier than this,
1t would be OF slight use to the hungry.
That is easy to say, but when one stops
to remember that March is the hungri-
est month OF the year in Russia, and
that the later in the season the more
marked is the scarcity Of food, it will
be seen that tho arrival OF the mlllers'
relief ship in March will be timely and
welcomed by the hungry quite as en-