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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

A bill has been introduced in
Congress by Hon. Walter P.
Brownlow from Tennessee, APP
propriating $24,0O0,OOO as a
nationol aid for building roads.
This we believe is move in the
right direction. Last year the
government appropriated over
S32, 100000 for river and harbor
improvements. Year after year
appropriations are made by the
general government to help out
commerce on the water ways and
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
counties OF north western Ne.


counties OF north western Ne.
braska. This bill conforms with
the REPUBLICANS theory of dis
posing of the sand hills. We be-
lieve it is the best method possi-
Bile to SO dispose of that land. 1t
will not only make it possible for
men of small means to engage in
stock raising and thus utilize all
that country but it will assure a
settler for every section and some
day all the sand hill country will
be decided and become a source of
revenue for the state in the way
of taxes. The population ofthis
barren country will not only in
crease the cattle and horses of
the state but it will create a
greater demand for the products
of the farm in the farming COM
munities. We hope it may
speedily become law.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

The REPUBLICAN acknowledges
the receipt of a copy of Congress-
man Kinkaids bill which seeks to
amend the Homestead law so as
to permit of fling on $40 acres
rs a homestead in the sand hill
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

Governor Mickey expresses
himself as being strongly in favor
of Congressman Kinkaid's bill to
allow homesteaders to file upon
$40 acres of land, instead of 100
acres, provided the land filed up
on is wholly unfit for cultivation.
Governor Mickey is strongly of
the opinion that the amount now
allowed to a homesteader is en-
tirely inadequate for grazing pur-
poses and that most Of the frauds
which have been practiced, and a
great many of the quarrels be-
tween ranchers and government
inspectors over the range fences,
have been the outgrowth of the
system of allowing an insufficient
amount of land to a rancher. He
could not fence his little quarter
section and make a comfortable
living off it,so if he fences at all,
he is almost sure to enclose hun
dreds of acres of public domain,
without legal warrant for so do
ing and with no excuse excepting
that the fence harms neither the
government nor any individual.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
Thursday, February II, 1904.

Senator Hanna is reported
quite sick with typhoid fever, but
his condition is not yet serious.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-13
MoFFETT SELLS OUT.
Disposes Of Red Lodge Lines to Mu-
tuaI Company.

last week the Moffett telephone
sytem at Red Louge, including the -
cal exchange and the Montana e Wy
oming company's long distance lines,
was taken over by the Mutual Tele-
phone company of this city, of which
+. B. Moss is president
The transfer was accomplished by
the Mutual company acquiring the
stock of the Moffett concern, and here
after the first named will conduct the
business. l. N. Ferry has been ap-
pointed superintendent 1t is said the
sytem is to be greatly improved and
extended A new switchboard is to
be installed early next spring in the
Red Lodge local and the outside
service will be carried to Columbus,
by way of Absarokee, and thence to
Laurel, where connection will be es-
tablished with the long distance line
running into Billings.
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DEATH DEALS
HEAVY BLOW
DOUBLE BEREAVEMENT COMES
TO soRRowlNe PARENTS.
TWO LITTLE GIRLS DROWN
Daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Warren Perish In Icy Waters
Of Yellowstone.

Seldom are fond parents called
upon to endure the agony and sorrow
that are bowling down Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Warren, whom death robbed
of their only children, two winsome
little stirls, last Saturday evening.
The manner in which he invaded the
happy household was particularly sad
and deplorable and makes his visit
all the harder to bear. Without warn
ing he came and in an instant two
young lives were ended
Until this morning the Warrens
made their home on ranch on the
south side of the river, about eight
miles below the city, near the Sulli-
van school house. A dance was to be
given Saturday night on this side OF
the stream, nearly opposite to their
home. They had intended to attend
and about o'clock Mrs. Warren be-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-13
All the Needed Acreage to Supply Beets
Has Been Secured.
GOES EAST TO CLOSE DETAILS
Promoter of Enterprise Leaves for Purpose of Completing
Arrangements and Buying Machinery-
More Contracts Being Signed.

has been soliciting contracts left for
that part of the valley lying east OF
the city. Many of the settlers in tha-
direction have become inter-
ested in the subject and 1t
it believed that a consider
able acreage will be secured
there. 1t is the intention to secure
contracts covering no less than 1000
acres of land in order that there may
be no doubt as to the full amount re-
quired to keep the factory in opera
ton and supply all the beets needed
for seasons run.
Not Dependent on Bridger.
! The visit paid to Bridger last week
by Mr. Shaw and others and the
meeting held there seems to have
been resultant of wrong impression
| in the mind Of the editor of the Brid-
ger Tribune. That gentleman in the
last issue OF his newspaper says that
erection of the factory is dependent
upon the supply of beets that the
Clark's Fork valley will furnish. This
is an error. The gentlemen who Wis
! tied Bridger say that while it would
| be desirable to secure contracts there
nothing was said to warrant the
/ statement OF the Tribune. Conserva.
lively estimated, the total of the land
on which beets may be grown in that
locality does not exceed 1900 acres
not enough to supply a factory of the
smallest size found profitable to op.
crate.
Bridger has promise of factory
next year, but those who profess to
know are inclined to take with consid
cradle allowance the promises tina,
have been made in that direction
Should it really occur that factory
will be erected there, the men who
sign contracts to supply the Billings
plant with beets will be released am
permitted to turn over their product
to the home institution This is one
of the conditions of the contracts en-
tered into.
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tered into.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-13

I 1t may now be said that the pro-
posed beet sugar factory for Billings
is an assured fact and that before
the close OF the approaching year
adjacent territory will be one of the
regular contributions to the world OF
sweets. Last Saturdays meeting
cl4nched matters as far as securing
the necessary acreage was concerned.
F. M. Shaw, promoter of the enter
prise, is now en- route east to organize
the company and to make purchase
of the needed machinery.
Many More Sign Contracts.
The meeting held Saturday after
noon was largely attended and the en-
thusiasm manifested at it's forerunner
OF the week before was even greater.
Many of those who had already signed
contracts were present and
brought with them many others. MIR.
Shaw and members of the investigat-
ing committee made addresses and
those not already familiar with the
various details as relating to the
growing of beets were enlightened.
Close to 1000 acres were signed,
rounding out the 5000 which it was
desired to secure preliminary to the
organization of Mr.. Shaw's company.
Following the example set by Colo
RADIO, number of business men and
others of the city have formed an as
sociation for the purpose of renting
land and growing beets. 1t was intend
ed originally to lease a thousand
acres, but because of the generous
manner in which the farmers have
been signing it is probable that the
association will content itself with the
cultivation of smaller area, particu-
larly as many ranchers who nave not
yet entered into contracts have ex'
pressed a desire to do so. Several
of these signed today and others sent
word that they would do so within a
day or two.
| This morning the committee which
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-13

the frenzied parents and their assist
ants worked in the vain hope to re-
store the lives tnat had flown. Resort
was had to everything possible thar
could be done, but it was too latex
death had done his work.
The shock to the mother on behold
ing her children dead and the long
immersion in the cold water, together
with her failure to change c.o.4lng
SO worked on her ner,es tna. AOr q
time it was feared that she, too,
would succumb. W. H. Webb, who re-
.s.aes on this side of the river and
VINO was to have given the dance,
crossed in skiff an hour or two after
the bodies had peen rescued. AS soon
as he learned OF me drowning ana
saw the condition of Mrs. Warren, he
hastily hitched up team and came
to town for Coroner Rinehart. The
doctor paid his first attention to Mra
Warren and did what he could for
her. He then made inquiries into the
accident and concluued that an in
quest was unnecessary.
Leave Scene Of Their Sorrow.
The funeral of the little victims
took place yesterday afternoon. Over.
come with their sorrow and not hav-
ing the heart to remain where they
would constantly see the treacherous
spot, that robbed them of their loved
ones, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren have con-
cluded to leave the state. This morn
ing they sold everything they pos
sessed to Mr.. Webb and will remove
to Matoon, Ills, whence they came
six or seven years ago.
The water in whech the children
drowned is formed by an arm OF
slough of the river and is from six tC
Is feet deep and about 20 feet wide
It is supposed that the rain of Satur
day softened the ice so that it coulc
not bear the weight of the little ones
AS they had frequently played upor
! it, no thought of danger occurred tt
the mother.
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gan to make preparations for the
event. She had lovsened her hair
and the two children in childish glee
clapped their hands and asked her to
go to the dance with her hair down,
saying she looked $50 NICE" With
this they both kissed her and said they
would go skating for few minutes.
while she completed dressing.
Both Are Drowned.
Leaving the house, the girls, Ruby
and Bernice, aged seven and a halt
and nine and half years, respectively,
went to a slough a short distance
away which was frozen over. They
had small chair and as was their
custom since ice thick enough to bear
them had formed, one seated herself
in the chair, while the other pushed
it. Mrs. Warren meanwhile dressed
herself and began filling lamp. Sud-
denly she remembered the absence OF
the children and went to the door and
called them. Receiving no response,
she hastened to the slough.
When she arrived there she failed
to see the girls, but noticed hole in
the ice few feet from the short.
Filled with misgivings, she walked out
to the hole and saw the bodies OF her
darlings floating in the water, both
clinging to the chair. Uttering a few
piercing shrieks, she plunged into the
icy water, almost instantly followed
by her husband, who had been at
tracted by her cries. A couple OF
men walking along the railroad track
had also heard Mrs. Warren and they
ran to wSere the father and mother
were struggling and assisted them in
reaching the short and getting. the
bodies onto the land.
Efforts Were unavailing.
Hurriedly the two little forms were
carried into the house and for hours
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-13
POOL ROOMS ARE LOSERS
SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS
PAID ON WRONG HORSE.
Favorite and Loser Flashed and Con-
firmed as Winner and
Bets Paid.

Butte, Dec. 11.-Iapping the wire in
rooms $4,000 In the last race at Oak
land, the poolroom in Salt Lake City
much more and the poolroom in Ana-
conda $50. Northwest was the winner
OF the race The jobbers in San Fran
cisco sent flash that Colonel Van
was the winner. In all these affairs
no bets are pail until the confirmation
comes from the track. Colonel Van
was the favorite IN the betting at
to 2. He was carrying top weight
1O5 pounds. Northwest was carrying
only SO, and was quoted in the books
at to L. There were a good many
who thought he was a good thing q,
that price. There were a good many
more who thought there was nothing
to it but Colonel Van, and backed
their faith with their money. But
there were quite a lot who were in on
the job-how many will never be
known.
First of all the poolroom operator
calls the race at different parts OF
the course.
The horses went the full mile and
20 yards, and the caller cried Colonel
Van as the winner. The next thing
the poolroom people do is to get a
confirmation of the way the horses
came in. The connrmation came all
right. It was Colonel Van. After the
confirmation tickets are paid. There
was a rush at the poolrooms to get
the money. About $4,000 was paid
out altogether at the Butte and M. and
M.
It was long time after this that
word came that Northwest, and not
Colenel Van, had been the winner.
Then there were dolngs. Men who
had seen S. jingling in their pockets
for each one they wagered were on
top-some of them. Some, as is the
custom with men who patronize the
poolrooms, had destroyed their tickets
when Colonel Van was confirmed as
the winner. They simply destroyed
so much money. Others, however,
had held their tickets. These tickets
will have to be cashed. That is where
the poolrooms got the double cross,
paying on loser flashed as winner,
and then on a winner flashed as a
loser.
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DUBOIS FEARS MoRMoNs
PREDICTS CHURCH WILL SOON
CONTROL SENATE.
State In Which Their Influence Is
Now Felt in Conventions and
Elections.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Senator Fred
amazing statement that in the course
OF ten or a dozen years the Mormon
church will hold the balance of power
in the United States senate He says
that Mormons are multiplying so rap
idly in mountain and Pacific states
that it is only question of time when
they will dominate at elections.
Their power in Utah, which is the
home of the church, is absolute and
unquestioned There are enough OF
them in Idaho to dictate who shall not
be nominated for public office, for they
have demonstrated repeatedly that
when a candidate falls under their
ban he is foredoomed to defeat.
They are numerically strong enough
in Wyoming to exact terms from both
parties, and neither democratic nor re-
publican would care to offend them by
nominating for Office men whom the
Mormon voters would not support.
Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Monta-
ma and Colorado are acquiring un-
known numbers of Mormon immi-
grants from year to year, and Senator
Dubois says that their influence upon
the politics of those states is unmis.
taxable.
II have no doubt" says Senator Du-
bois, "that when irrigation is extend
ed to Nevada on large scale the
head of the church will send enough
of the faithful there to dominate its
government absolutely, as it domi-
mates the state of Utah. The presen.
population of Nevada is small and
much of it is Mormon.
Is a Power in Four States.
"The church is even now strong
enough in at least four states to ex-
act conditions from the senators
which represent them, or, in any
event, to take reprisals upon those
senators if they refuse to yield to the
church. l mean the senators from
Wyoming, Washington, Nevada and
Oregon.
II know what / am talking about.
have seen the power of the church
demonstrated in my own state OF Ida
no. can even say that I am one OF
it's victims, because I insisted on the
floor of the senate that the investiga-
ton of Senator Shoots right to hold
seat should proceed to finish. 1t
would be bad taste tor any man to
discuss this grave question from a
partisan standpoint. am a democrat
and have seen my party driven ou:
of power in Idaho because it included
the following paragraph in it's party
platform:
"'We demand the determination OF
polygamy and unlawful cohabitation
within the state of Idaho, and COM
plete separation OF church and state
affairs
"Acting upon peremptory orders
from the head of the church at Salt
Lake City, the Mormon voters of Ida
no opposed the democratic state ticket
to a man,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-13
Dissolution Of co-Partnership,

The firm of Bayerd & Luke. heret0
fore conducting a grocery store ii m
city, has been dissolved by NUTS
consent. All obligations Of the II
firm and all moneys due will hi
and received by R. J. Luke. Who
tinues the business.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-13

Money to loan-no ''red tape
reasonable rates-no delay.
We want to lend-you waint to Dor
row. Let's talk it over.
The Yellowstone Investment Co..
d&swtf TN. 28th st., Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-13

Latest styles in job printing at
The Gazette ONCE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-03-05
LESSON FROM SUNBEAMs.
The Microscope Far Outdone by an
Instrument Invented by Two
German Professors.

The sunbeam's visible dust particles
have taught a lesson to scientists. and
the result is an instrument far beyond
the microscope in power What this
will mean in the study of germs of dis
ease and as an aid to the medical world
can hardly be calculated
Profs. Siedentopf and Zsigmondy
of Jena university are the discover
ers of the new method of microscopic
observation whereby ultramicroscopic
particles are not only made visible
but can also be studied with a view of
determining their size
The method consists mainly in a DOW
erful artificial illumination of the parti-
cles to be observed. These particles, be-
cause of their minuteness, exert no
material influence upon the vibratory
period of the light waves, and hence ap-
pear to the observer as self-illuminat-
ing, or luminous objects, by virtue of
their reflected light. Since, however, the
reflected light is weaker than the orig
inal Illuminating beam, it is necessary.
in order to secure the advantages of an
illumination of the particles.
to employ the principle Of dark field IL
The principle involved in this new
method is we'll illustrated by the COM
moN phenomena of the visible sun
beam" in a darkened room which is
penetrated by ray of light Dust parti-
cles in the path of the ray, hitherto
invisible, become visible when the eve
Of the observer is at right angles to the
direction of the penetrating ray.
Helmholtz, the greatest physicist living
at the time of the microscope now in use
was perfected, declared the limit of mi
,roscopic perception to be LIS 900 of an
inch. This new instrument will make
possible the study of bodies seven to ten
lines smaller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-03-05
signaling Beneath the waves.

There has recently been put in oper-
alton at Boston system of signaling
beneath the waves to vessels approach
ing dangerous shores during foggy
weather. The apparatus consists of two
receivers. located on either side of the
ship below the water line, and connect
ed by wires to the wheelhouse, where a
telephone box is placed. The signals
from shore are given by striking sub
merged bell at regular intervals. When
the observer wishes to ascertain his To-
cation he takes the ear piece, and by
moving the switch either to the right
or left soon ascertains upon which side
the bell will be found. The value of a
system of this nature is at orce appar-
ent when it is borne in mind that fogs
frequently obscure the most powerful
lights, and that certain atmospheric
conditions during stormy weather rem
der fog horns almost, if not quite, value
legs
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from 16 tolls, are understood. They
trust to Providence to bring them to
the necessary feet before they go mp
for examination into the army
When nature fails Mr.. Atkinson steps
in
During the frightening process the
patient is placed in seat that looks
like a cross between a bathtub and 4
BARRIERS chair, and an airproof mackin-
tosh which fits tightly around the
throat and is fastened about him. After
sitting in high temperature for some
time the patient is given a massage,
and then the ''lengthening professor"
begins the manipulations of the cervi-
cal bones The same process is repeat
ed with the spine and the joints of the
knees, ankles and wrists, each joint be-
ing rubbed three minutes. After this
the patient is subjected to a hot air
and electrical bath. Then he has ten
minutes of physical exercise.
Two hours of this treatment every
day for three months is. said to in
crease the height from three to eight
inches.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-03-05
BOAT WITH UMBRELLA SAIL.

builder says the chief feature of the
cyclone sail, which is practically large
umbrella, is that the wind pressure on
it has no effect whatever to incline the
boat. Roughly speaking, the pull of the
sail is at right angles to its mean sur
face-that is to say, in the direction of
the mast
I'm other words, it may be described
as a kite held by a rigid string. If the
mast were stepped quite on the lee side
of the boat, it is evident that the sail
would lift the lee side and SO list the
boat to windward; and if the mast were
stepped on the weather side, lifting the
weather side of the boat, it would neces-
sarily list the boat to leeward. 1t fol-
lows then that there is some certain
point which happens to be slightly on
the lee side of the center line, at which,
if the mast is stepped, there will be no
tendency for the wind to careen the
boat at all. When actually sailing in
the boat, the only way in which one is
aware of puff of wind is by noticing
that the boat travels faster, and expert
encing a slight sensation similar to
that coming from the -acceleration of
the engines in steamer For sailing
with the wind in different directions to
the boat the whole mast and sail are ro-
tated by means of turn-table, to which
the mast is attached, and the mast is ele-
waited and lowered by means of two
There is also balance weight,
which helps to elevate the mast and bal
ance its dead weight.
THE Thornycrofts, the great English
boat builders, are experimenting in the
expectation that the umbrella sail can
be adapted to rowboats, canoes and other
small craft"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-03-05
WHY7

With saddened hearts we murmur why p
We try in vain to understand;
II God presides, beyond the sky.
II all that Is by Him was planned,
Why must men suffer as they do.
Why must the innocent be slain?
Why are earths glories for but few.
Why are so many racked with pain?
Why does He not, il He is there,
In pity hear :he mourners cry?
Why does He leave us in despair
DiscUnsolateiy calling: "Why3'
If God is there. enthroned on high.
All-seeing. powerful, supreme,
Why must the stricken mother sigh
In vain for one assuring gseam
From yonder realm. for one sure sign
To sweep her grief, her fear away?
Wh. must the righteous stlf repine.
While oft the wicked proudly sway?
wnv is the faith our mothers taught
Permitted TO decay and die
Because the signs We crave are not7
Unanswered still we murmur "Why?"
Ard is IL fair that you and
Tear out our faith and cast il of,
And turn on those who ask not WHY
And pity their blind faith and scoff?
Go question your own heart and learn
How little it win answer you;
Why. through its promptings, do you turn
So oft where bitter woes pursue?
II men may not have eyes to see
Their own ways clear should they deny
That God may govern well though We.
Unanswered, still so sobbin- ''why?''
IS +. K.s.r. in CHICAGO Record Herald.