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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-27
AUCTION SALE.

will offer for sale at public auction, At the
Royal street entrance 10 the Market Building,
st IL O'Clock noon, SATURDAY. April 8.
two story FRAME BUILDING, No. 3 5
south Patrick street; also three story BRl K
BUILDING, No. 2l6 Prince street.
3. F. KNOX,
meha I'd ll6 3. Royal street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-27
DIED.

At her parents home, Sl5 Prince sire t,
HILDA AUGUSTA, infant daughter of Gus
tavus and Mary Robey, sged II months.
We have loved her deRrly,
But Jesus loved her best;
Good bye. good bye,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-27

ris stated that Speaker Cannon has
decided to allow q few committee
amendments" to the Payne bill. Now
this is really gracious In the speaker.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-27
REMOVAL NOTICE.

| wish to inform my many
friends that | have removed my
Cigar and T obacco business from
529 King street to 602 King street
next to Hoy's store) and will be
glad to see them at my new place
of business. New fixtures and
entirely new stock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-27

The School Teachers Conference
which opened at Manassas on Thursday,
closed this evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-27
GEORGE W. PETTEY,
6O2 King Street.

The FIRST minute after hire starts IS the
most critical time, and the Columbia" Ex-
tin0uisher being always ready for use. makes
YOU master Of the situation. E. 8. LEAD
B EATER d SONS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

county was March 1. 1872, TO a couple from
Harlan county. The first Fourth Of July
celebration was held in the same year in
a cottonwood grove, near the Republican
river, on the farm OF ]. f. Puglsey. About
100 people we're present. ]. F.. Zediker 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 more than
fulfilled.
The first school district was organized
in the 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 Brownville, Neb., for the pur-
pose Of locating a town in some desirable
part OF Franklin county. The size OF
the present town of Bloomington was Sc
lected. The first newspaper In the county
was published at Bloomington In August.
1872, by J. d.. Calhoun, and was called
the Bloomington Guard. In June, 1873, the
Franklin County Agricultural society was
organized and the first agricultural fair
in the county, as well as the first in tho
Republican River valley, was held at
Bloomington, October 1 of the same year.
Governor r. b, Furnas delivered the ad-
dress and complimented the farmers and
citizens on the remarkable progress they
had 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 bundant harvest, but in July the grass
hoppers appeared in multitudes and in a
few days 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
Grow Creek.
In 1S75-'76 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 RiNer railroad TO induce them
to extend their road through the county,
and the road was completed and trains be-
gan running as far as Bloomington 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 Bloomington. was the principal
market.
Riverton is one Of the thrifty towns of
Franklin county. 1t is located in the Re
publican valley. ~Thompsons creek flows
through the town and has several excellent
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

stores. one OF the largest fuu1hsI yards in
the state, harness shop, bakaFtoa' restaur-
ants, hotels, drug stores. tgFSlry store,
printing offices, meat maEi,eG furniture
stora. clothing store. sutomoeNo delivery
and many other institutions. besides mum
erous professional men. Tharo are other
lines Of business which are YOt unrerre-
scented here, which viii b ftled In a short
time from all present Indications,
Internationally, Bloomington is equipped
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 which institution
a large number of our students have gone
to complete their education. In churches
several denominations are here represented
there being six church buildings in tho
town.
The town is situated on the main line ot'
the Burlington between st. Louis and Den
Yer. which Is the shortest route Of that line
between Chicago and Denver. The town Is
also on the new line surveyed in the SUM
mer of 1907 by the Salina &c Northwestern.
Nearly every resident of the town is the
owner of his property, very little spccula.
ton having been entered into with building
and loan associations, and as a result.
the business of the town is stable.
The farming interests in the county have
been bettered vastly in the last few years
and there is no fear OF a retroSrade move
ment in the values of property, either city
or farm. In fact, the values are on a
steady rise. 1t is a good place to make
a home, 1t is a good a placs to cmbo,
In business and an acquaintance with the
town will convince any who are seeking
q change. The people are respectable, law
abiding citizens. generous and hospitable.
Franklin county has seven railroad sta
tons and fifty miles Of railroad. 1t has
SO miles OF public highway ana a po9ula-
tlon of 1900, The property valuation OF
Franklin county is about i7.O0O,O OO. The
farms of Franklin county contain 259.tOO
acres, 155, 900 Of which are under cultivation.
On these farms were produced last s, ason,
5000 acres Of corn, 1900 acres of VIII at
and 1900 acres oats. These farmers sold
and shipped out last season, PSI, 600 bushels
OF corn and 63I 900 bushels OF wheat. \
very large proportion OF the corn Is con-
sumed on the farm. The wealth OF this
county consists largely Of fat stock. Last
season the farmers sold and shipped out
22,O0O head of beef cattle and 1900 head
of fat hogs, Also 1900 mutton sheep.
The future of Franklin county will de-
pend largely upon the dairy industry. AL
ready the farmers have $500 cows on their
farms, and each year they are using more
hand separators and adopting modern
methods in this industry. Last season
they sold and shipped out OF the county
10000 pounds Of butter and IS 900 gallons
Of cream. The poultry industry is fas; COM
ing to the front as a noney-maker for
the farmers wife. Last season there were
1885,. 900 dozens of eggs and 400 O00 poinda
Of dressed poultry sold.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

his sisters wrote a~nXiousiy to him: "Beppo
Chis pet nance how shall l cook for you
now that you have become bishop?' To
which the good Sarto replied, The same
as you always have. just as much and no
more" As Patriarch OF Venice his salary
amounted to 1900 lire annually, which is
approximately $500. With this he always
supported ten poor students in the semi
nary, allowing each 500 a year., contri-
buted to the support of his mother and sis
tiers, and lived most economically him
self.
All his life he has carried a nickel watch,
which cost about 10 francs, or 81, 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 koid watch for a
few days, but It literally burned a hole
in hts pocket, and when he came presently
upon some one who needed the worth OF
the watch more than he needed the watch
he sold it. Prince Fredric of Schoenburg-
Waldenburg sent as a New Years gift
a handsome gold watch. studded with bril-
Hants. The pope accepted the gift, but
in thanking the prince told him frankly
that he should continue to carry his old
nickel timepiece. once at a conference
Sarto was asked the time, and, pulling
out his old watch. he said; Il can tell
you the time. Nickel watches keep very
good time"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

Gus arrangement may be fixed to any ordi-
nary labor saving appliance from a little
mlncing machine to a vacuum cleaner. The
use Of electric motors in bousework is not
rev, but until the coming of the Electric
Mary Ann" each labor saving appliance
has required the services Of a fixed motor
and the cost has been prohibitive for ordl-
nary householders. The great point about
tho Electric Mary Ann is her extra
ordinary adaptabillty. Weighing only
seventeen pounds, she can be carried to any
part of the house where electric current is
laid on. A lamp is removed, Mary Ann is j
attached. the brushes or machines are ad-
justed, the switch is turned on and tho
new servant begins her work. Mr.. Mat
thevs gives his interesting protege a good
character. She is said to be hard worklng \
clean and reliable. She never gets out ot
order, never grumbies or grows tired and
has no wasteful habits. She is a quick
worker. She wants no holidays or evenings
off and has no followers" Nor is she
extravagant. For normal requirements she
consumes the equivalent of a siXteen-candIs
power carbon ~incandescent lamp. The
Electric Mary Ann" may be fixed TO any
table and takes up considerably less room
than a typewriter, supplies the power for
Hircing meat, grinding coffee. cleaning
knives sweeping floors, polishing silver,
cleaning boots and helping black the CRATE.
But the Electric Mary Ann" is a versa
tile lady, and she Is also declared by her
inventor to be competent to drive a wash
ing or wrtnging machine, ironing mn
chimes, dish washers, suet choppers, electric
fans, potato peelers, ohurns, bean slicers.
raisin stonsrs. dough and cake mixers, egg
whisks. dumb walters. cream separators or
sewing machines.
Not even the most careless servant. says
the inventor, could come TO any ham nv
using the apparatus.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

Electric locomotives are now shutting
trains back and forth through the two
mile tunnel Of the Great Northern railroad
which pierces the Cascade mountains about
100 miles east of Seattle. The locomotives
were built by the General Electric company
at Schenectady, N. Y, weigh $4,000 pounds
each, develop more than 1000 continuous
horse power and are capable Of delivering
a traction effort OF $1,000 pounds.
The use Of electric locomotives eliminates
the smoke and gases which frequently
overpoWered engineers and trainmen, i'm
perilled the lives OF passengers and delayed
traffic, The big ~electrics are capable Of
hauling the heaviest trains, steam locomo-
tives and all. up the steep grades, which
vas impossible for steam locomotives eN-
cept those OF the largest Kind.
The electrical equipment represents the
best practice and the latest development
OF electrical engineering, The Wenatchee
river has been harnessed about thirty miles
south Of the tunnel, where 1900 electrical
horse power is generated by the falling
water. The largest pipe line in the north
west carries the water from the dam to
the power house two miles below and 2l0
feet nearer sea level, where the turbines
change the energy into electricity, which is
trar SHIFTED at 80, 600 volts TO the tunnel.
on the descending grade the motors will
become generators and return electrical
Energy 20 the line TO assist other trains
climbing the hill on the other side OF the
tunnel. This is the first time this feature
has ever been successfully applied 10 rail-
road work In America
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

Franklin Durard. 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 few other vegetables.
The winter of 1S1-'72 was a severe 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 Texas cattle were driven in
to winter, but the weather was so cold and
the snow so deep, that by spring only COO
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 emtgrants came,
and the county was fast growing in popu-
latiou.
Up to the spring Of 1872 Franklin county
had acquired but little Importance. In
April the county seat. which had not been
established at any given place, was To-
Gated here, and the upper story of a
building belonging to E A. Kirkpatrick
was leased for a court house and the
county records removed here, but in 1874
Bloomington became the county seat.
Tit first marriage license issued in the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

lands Just below the town. A pleasant view
Is here obtained Of the level uplands for
miles 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 here until
1874. when II was removed to Bloomington,
In a few months the entire town OF Frank
lin was removed to Bloomington.
In 1879, for the third time, a town was
started where Franklin now stands. The
first store was opened in October by Peter
Schnack.
The first marriage was that OF George
Rice and Maggie Powell, November l, 1850,
Rev. J. NJ. Strong officiating. The first
death was that OF Miss Mollie Mills, No
vember u, 1850. The first sermon was
preached by Rev. J. NJ, Strong, a Congre-
g]ational minister, in 1850.
The Franklin FIGURING mills were erected
in 1880 by Rice q Potter on the Republican
river.
Franklin has a population Of 200.
Bloomington, the county seat, is a thriv-
ing town Of about 900 to 1000 inhabitants,
situated on the Republican river, whose
valley is one Of the garden spots Of the
western plains.
Every line of business is represented,
there being two strong banks, four general
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Automatic Phone Exchange.


--IC ICE Consul William Washington
Brunswick OF Chemnitz thus
describes the working OF an au-
- tomato telephone system that
I&Scefk has been introduced by the gov
- rnmen
'The first automatic telephone exchange
system in Germany has Just been Installed
in Hildeshelm by the imperial German
postoffice, 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
Hildeshelm subscribers set, connected TO
the automatic exchange, is composed Of q
disk on which are to be found ten holes
numbered from the bottom up, 0 to g..
These halves are just large enough to per-
NIT the insertion Of the average PERSONS
forefinger, the holes being on a movable
disk, II. for instance. a person desires to
be connected with No. 95l, the subscriber
first removes the receiver from the hook,
then places his forefinger in the slot num-
bered . and rotates the disk as far as It
viii go-that is, until his finger strikes an
obstruction. lie then removes his finger
from the slot 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 . and the
disk is again rotated until the finger meets
the obstruction. the disk being again per
mitted to return to its normal position; the
subscriber then again places his forefinger
in the hole marked /, again rotates the
disk and let's IL return to zero.
The manner in which the connection Is
-.H II IL ~
Totates the disk by placing his finger IN
the hole 8 and rotates the disk he sends
the requisite impulse over the line to the
central office 60 move, in the case Of No.
81, the 100 switch nine steps, 90, In other
words, the switch picks out the ninth hun,
dred, Similarly, when his finger is placed
In the hole and the disk is rotated, II il
again rotated through a predetermined
angle and sends back TO the central office
five impulses, which in turn move a fina.
s~olector, which had In the meantime be.
come connected TO the 100 switch above
referred 10. five spaces. which will GORE.
spond TO the COS in this particular 800; ant
SO again with the J. until finally the ap
paratus in the central office has been con
nected through 10 line No. 9i from IN,
calling subscribers line, 1t Is not necss
sary Tor the subscriber TO ring, inasmuci
as this is also done automatically.
The subscriber. having finished, terml
mates the connection by hanging the re
cFiver on the hook. Immediately anothe
pc son can be called up. should the sub
seriber wish 20 call while a number Is il
use he can set no connection until IN
user has ceased conversation, and this, O
rourga does auav With the annoVfpg fea
ture IN telephones OF being Interrupted 4
the midst OF a conversation by some on
breaking in BY this system the subscribe
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

county, was made by Barnett Ashburne,
one Of the party who selected the location.
The settlement was known as the Thomp-
son colony. A serious question 70 settle
was. how to defend themselves from the
hostile Indians. They finally applied to
Colonel David Butler for arms and ammu-
milton, but the governor informed them
that before he could comply with their
request, they would be obliged to organize
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
be armed and placed on a war footing
Immediately. Other colonies settled in diff
ferent parts Of the county during 1Szl-72.
Measures were taken to organize the
county and Governor David Butler issued
a proclamation February IA, 1871, calling
an election Of county officers to be held
the Sd day Of the following March.
The first death in the county was that
Of Samuel w. Ashby, June 2, 1872, aged
81 years. The first postoffice in the county
was established at Franklin. May. 1871.
A colony from Omaha, composed en-
tirely Of colored people, took a location on
a creek which they called Lovely creek,
but their money was soon gone and they
abandoned their claims before the summer
was over.
The first sermon was preached in the
county by Rev. John w. Whiting, a one
armed ex-soldier. The services were held
urder a large cottonwood tree and were
listened to by thirty or forty people.
During the summer of 1871 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 l, 1871, by O'Ban-
non. The first child born in the county was
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

II is only recently that electricity began
to take a conspicuous part In the Christ
mas holiday. OF all the electric toys the
little trolley car is the best. 1t takes it's
power from the lighting circuit and will
run on its circular track quite as we'll as
its larger cousin in the city streets. Toy
motors and generators, to run toy mach
inery, are other electrical novelties for
boys. TIL electric devices, compact and
neat, being Of the greatest benefit and
worth to the recipient also became very
popular last year as suitable holiday gifts.
The heating devices are made of handsome
nickel or Furnished copper and are really
ornamentel as well as useful, The cleo
trio flatiron was Just about the right size
and cost just enough 10 make it an ideal
Christmas present, The chatting dish and
coffee percolator were also seized upon for
presents and other heating devices for the
Kitchen and dining room, such as the cleo
trio %toaster, water heater, broilers, frying
pans, shaving mugs and ovens are num-
bered among the electrical things which
Santa Claus carries In his pack.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
-ment and Result in the Widening Field Of Electric Application

1000 900 toys and dolls, and it is estimated
that we spent not less than $50. 900, 900 for
foreign and homemade playthings. While
we cannot hope to compete with the for
eign countries in the manufacture OF
cheap toys It is nevertheless gratifying to
note that our Yankee ingenuity and the
expanding demands Of American boys has
greatly increased our home production Of
electric toys and model devices which are
exceedingly instructive as well as enter
tanning. The American girl, for the most
part, is not so exacting, being content with
the old-fashioned doll, but the modern doll
house is most complete, even to being cleo
trioally lighted.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

--T WAS the fur industry that
Ia opened the way to Franklin
~ county. The hunter is a de-
Iw stroyer and the trapper is heart
Edg0&DN less and cruel. History has kept
49, scsnt record Of the hunter and
trapper, and the true story OF his life has
never been written and never can be writ
ten. Above the scout or reighter he stands
strong and lonely as a grizzly. You meet
him on every trail. every highway and by
way, and where there Is no way, in a new
country. II is self-evident that the gam
bling and not the commercial instinct pre-
dominates in trapping in the west The
fascination Is In the hazard. The spell so
binding usually is not Of a~varice, but lies
in that delicious. feverish, Intoxicating
charm OF chance.
The everyday trades, the tame beaten
path, are not in the trapper's line OF march.
He is for the short cut to fortune. lie is
easy golng and Eood-tempered, yet as ready
to fight as an old bear, and you never
can tell when he is going to begin. He is
q man whose experiences are only wide,
not deep. All his life he has lacked the
refining influence of women. Mountain and
wood and stream 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 Franklin county.
Franklin county is in the southern tier
. of the counties Of the state and 175 niles
west Of the Missouri river. 1t is one OF
the most fertile counties i'm the Republican
valley. Previous TO the year 1870 there had
been no settlement I'm the Republican val
ley, but about this time reports from hunt
ers and occasional travellers, describing its
extraordinary fertility, parties were organ
lied to examine and report on the truth Of
these statements. AS 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 it's settlement impracticable
For many years a number OF hunters and
trappers had spent the hunting season
here, and as early as the winter Of 1861
a settlement was made in the western part
Of the county, but had to be 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 Plattc
river. In 1870 several companies werel or
ganized In Omaha, for the purpose of max
ing settlement somewhere i'm the western
part Of the state. One of the parties pro-
posed a location in the Republican valley.
Therefore on the 14th day of September,
1870, william c. Thompson and five others,
started out on a tour Of investigation, but
on account Of the unfriendly attitude of the
Indians, they advanced with great caution.
They found wild game OF all kinds COM
mon TO the western prairie, in abundance,
In October the party returned to Omaha
with glowing accounts of the country
and many people entered homestead claims
without seeing the land.
The first homestead claim in Franklin