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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

tifully located on an elevation in the north
west part OF the city and commanding a
fine view Of the immediate surrounding
country. The campus has the appearance
OF a lovely park, among whose shady
groves the four buildings of the institution
are situated The following departments
comprise its course Of studies: The acad-
envy. normal school, school of business,
school OF music, school Of art. Here the
student is prepared for admission to the
University Of Nebraska or for the active
participation in the life Of business.
Wahoo can also boast of the possession
Of a grand pipe organ, lately Installed In
the Swedish Lutheran church building, be-
Ing the only one in the county and is GER
tainly a tribute to the spirit and musical
sentiment Of the community.
Ashland Is a city of some OCO lnhabi-
tants and is among the oldest towns in the
state. 1t has direct connection with the
east and west, being on the main line OF
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail-
road, between Chicago and Denver. Has
an excellent high school building and five
churches Of different denominations. Two
banks and stores of all kinds to supply the
needs Of the surrounding country. Its
patrons are drawn from the three counties
- >oesf AAoiANaeNNl dlu pdullutISs IL OWLS
its water plant and its streets are laid out
in squares and furnished with permanent
cement walks. 1t contains many residences
done in modern style. and is the resting
place of many retired farmers. locating
here for the educational advantages Of
fered in its splendidly conducted high
school. Ashland is also the frequent re-
sort of those who are devoted to the allur-
ing art of capturing the finny denizens OF
Salt creek, and is annually visited by many
of the disciples of old Isaak Walton. Ash
land is said to have the largest ice house
In the world, owned by the swift Packing
company and located on the side of a small
lake, which is fed by the waters Of salt
creek, 1t is a fayorite place for the shoot
ing of wild geese and ducks in their season,
being adjacent to the Platte river. Here
is the junction of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad and the Sioux City &
Western, and the Schuyler branch of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, having
the largest railroad yards outside Of Omaha
and Lincoln. Two large grain elevators
and a FIGURING mill furnish a market for
all the farmers grain.
Valparaiso is another town of no mean
pretensions located on the Beatrice branch
OF the Union Pacific railroad in the south
west part of the county in as beautiful a
valley as can be found anywhere, hence
its name, Valparaiso" Valley of Para
disc. II contains two banks, hotels, stores,
schools and churches, and is in easy con-
nection with Omaha and Lincoln and the
territory to the west of itself by the Union
Pacific railroad. Weston is another town
located on this same line of road, about
seven miles from the county seat and is a
market for grain, hogs and cattle,
MalmO, located on the Omaha & Repub-
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so remained TIL 1881. Then began a rapid
decline, due to pelagic sealing, so that dur
ing the last three years the entire annual
catch has scarcely reached $1,000 While
Canadian sealers recognized certain re-
strictions, the japanese sealers plundered
Unfortunately, and as a result the Amer
lean fur seal herd has been practically an
initiated, having decreased So per cent.
Immigration and improved methods Of
travel have also seriously affected the fur
bearing mammals Of the land. and the
catch has fallen off IS per cent. The fish
cries, meanwhile, developed great value,
and from $4,000 in 1881 the salmon catch
rose to SOL 7S3 in 1905; standing second
only to gold in value Of output.
Al present the dominant interest in
Alaska is gold mining, and from an output
Of $1,000 in 1851 It has increased to S2O. 900
90 In 1908. Estimates as TO future gold
productivity are uncertain. but il Is
thought that the possible yield will be at
least $4,000 900. Not one-tenth OF Alaska
has been explored for gold, while only
high grade placers are being worked. So
far Alaska has added TO the wealth Of the
world SO, i2s,Ssa in furs. sos, las. Cos in fish
cries. and sl4S, Gl. 7OI in minerals, making a
grand total OF S3Z.65Lls6.
The enormous copper resources OF
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Alaska are comparatively untouched, the
output TO date scarcely exceeding $500, 900.
The coal-bearlng areas are known to ex-
coed over 1000 square miles. OF which large
areas are covered by high grade anthra-
cite and seml-anthracite Goals. Products
Of lesser commercial Importance include
petroleum, tin, lead, silver, gypsum, mar
bic, iron, anthony, quicksilver, graphine
and mineral waters. The timebr Is also
exceedingly valuable, but with an eye 10
the future the authorities have forbidden
its expectation to other markets.
Alaskan hands nave built eleven incor-
porated cities from Alaska material, mod
ern in equipment and permanent in con-
struction. The taxable values in 1907 were
/ 10000, 0OO, There is $50 miles Of constructed
railways, and altogether $4,000, 900 has been
invested in transportation services. In 1903
the import trade OF Alaska amounted to
nearly 100000 -Four years later II ag-
gregated s2J,OOO,OOO, and even in 1907 the
purely American shipments to Alaska ex-
cseded those to Hawaii by &.OOO. 900. and
TO the Philippines by $13lOOO,0OO. Last year
there was stul greater increase, indicating
most conclusively the commercial value OF
Alaska, which promises steadily to ad-
vance in population, IN trade and in ali
phases Of a higher and better civilization.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

which have large substantial church edi-
fices.
The streets Of wahoo are Of commodious
width. regularly laid out at right angles
and furnished with substantial cement side
walks and shaded with beautiful trees, we'll
kept and trimmed. The residence portion
is beautiful with many large, commodious
homes, with large lawns, we'll kept and
adorned with lovely shrubbery.
The business houses Will compare well
with any city Of its size and are substan-
tally built. Three banks supply the ac-
Commodation for the transaction Of busi-
ness. one Of the most commodious and
elegant court houses in the state occupies
a delightful site On one Of the highest
points In the city limits and is a cause OF
pride to all the people Of the county. The
site Of the city is such that 1t has a nat
ural drainage, and it has not been back
ward IN taking advantage of this feature
and has established a sewer system under
municipal ownership. 1t has also lately
purchased the old water works and is at
present installing a municipal water sys-
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stocks Of goods in cities of this size. All
lines of business are well and thoroughly
represented and all do a thriving business.
Some idea OF this can be formed by the
fact that the retail business houses OF
Wahoo do a combined business annually
OF over $lOOO,OOO. This is divided among
two large department houses, one general
merchandise store, two hardware stores,
four drug stores, two furniture and un-
dertaking establishments, four jewelry
and silverware stores. two meat markets.
two art studios, one book and stationery
store, two tailor shops, one exclusive shoe
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

tenn and electric lighting plant.
Having a superb town hall and owning
its own water and lights 1t is proving itself
abreast OF the time of advancement and
progress and the trend of modern thought.
Wahoo also has a large opera house, where
the lovers OF the drama can be delighted
with the productions of that art. Besides
all these advantages to which Wahoo com
mends Its citizens there is one more insti-
tuition of which the citizens are especially
proud and feel Justified in mentioning with
a certain feeling Of exultation, Here is the
seat of the Luther academy, an institution
of learning and culture that is attracting
wide attention and drawing within its in
fluence the progressive young people of
both sexes from a wide and extending ter
ritory.
The buildings OF this institution are beau
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lican Valley railroad. another market
town, Cedar Bluffs in the northern part
OF the county, on the Fremont. Elkhorn q
Missouri Valley railroad. affords market
facilities for the northern portion, while
the towns of Colon, Mead, Nutan and
Leshara, in the eastern part of the county,
all connected by railroads with Omaha and
Lincoln, afford easy and convenient mar
kets for the products Of the farms through
out the county.
FIGURING ills and grain elevators abound
in nearly every town in the county, and
besides affording markets for the home
product, also import large quantities of
wheat from other states.
Saunders county stands with the fore
most counties in the state in farm prod
ucts, and in every other way, in COM
Portable as well as beautiful homes,
healthy climate, good roads and progress
sive and intelligent people.
The retail stores Of Wahoo are models
Of neatness, system and order. Seldom
does one see such well kept and superior
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

do. For example, the kilowutt hour is the
amount of electricity that win pump 100
gallons OF water twenty-five feet; that will
move an ordinary passenger elevator l.75O
feet; that will run a sewing machine for
twenty hours; or a church Orsau for a
service, or a three-ton truck for one mile.
These are some Of its uses az a power
producer. In lighting a kiloWatt hour is
good for maintaining for an hour twenty
l6-candle power ~incandescent lamps. That
quantity Of electricity will heat a quart
chatting dish for four hours.
-
COnducItIvity OF Rail Joints.
Several railway and tramway companies
are conducting experiments upon a new
system OF rail joints which appears likely
to give good results. The type Of fish
plate which is being employed consists OF
a frame or bed with two channels into
which the foot Of each rain slides, and two
iron wedges Of special section are driven up
between the rail and the plate. The sec
ton OF each chase or channel
that OF a hook turned towards the web
OF the rail. The wedges are cylindrical in
form, and the section, which IL somewhat
complicated, varies with each pattern OF
rail. Plates OF this kind on the Paris
Metropolitan railway. with a space OF one
Hletfs between the points OF support, have
been found to carry a load Of thirty tons,
placed in the center OF the span, without
any permanent DETECTION. The chief ad-
vantage OF this system. however, is from
the electrical point Of view. because owing
70 the large extent OF surface in contact
between the rails. the supports and the
wedges, and the great amount OF pressure
eXerted between these portions. pressures
which abolish all tendency 20 rust on
the part OF the bearing surfaces. II IL
found that the electrical eonductlvity OBJ
tained by their use Is almost as great as
that which Is secured by means Of ordl-
nary fish plates furnished with copper con-
nections, The experiments conducted by
the Lausanne Tramway company are EpS-l
cially conclusive on this point
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
.ectrical Investigation, Experiment and Application

from the servant problem. They are easily
moved from room to room, consume dust
and dirt and are entirely sanitary. Elec-
trio radiators, in a wide range Of sizes
and prices, are just the thing for taking
the chill off the dining room on a cold
morning after the heat is turned off from
the house and tempering the bath room
and other apartments in a shPrt time.
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by a few savages, and is not likely ever to
support q population large enough 10 make
It's government a matter OF practical con-
sequence"
Major General A. w. Greeley, u. S. A,
in the National Geographic Magazine, de-
seribes the economic evolution OF Alaska
and shows what has been accomplished
along the lines Of commercial progress. 1t
is a wonderful revelation. During its gov
eminent by Russia. land and aquatic furs
were the primary, If not the only. source
OF economical wealth, and after its cession
10 the United States the American govern
msnt followed the standing policy Of Rus
s.a in the conservation Of its extremely
valuable aquatic furs. The Pribyloff
Islands, the breeding ground OF the fur
seal, were made a closed reservation, and
this protected the fur seal til It faced
practical destruction through peIagic seal
ing.
The fur trade began with a value OF
slightly over 100000 a year. continuing
TIL Isl when It aggregated $4,000. and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

Dor savers, for they can be regulated to
any degree of heat by a turn Of the hand
and save endless steps from the range to
the ironing board with heavy irons that
are either too hot or too cold.
Washing machines run by electricity
eliminate rubbing and wringing and save
wear and tear on the clothes. Portable
vacuum cleaners exempt the housewife
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

irons that turn out the most delicious.
crisp, golden brown waffles; t~oasting
stands for the breakfast table that toast
a slice Of bread perfectly in a minute,
coffee percolators, corn roasters, tea ket-
ties, aluminium griddles that are clean
and smokeless, water heaters and any
number OF other things.
Electrically heated irons are time and la
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

telephone seem 10 nave been
overcome by another invention
49, which Is quite as remarkable
ElANYIN as the telephone was In its early
y days. In many respects, says
ftuu -suo6keeper, il is more wonderful. The
inventor calls il the dictograph, part Of
the name indicating exactly what it will
do, for IL will talk when spoken to; there
is nothing in its operation to suggest writ
ING, as the latter part Is an i-nc5nspicuous
little box, some six by eleven inches In
size, which may be placed anywhere on
the desk and which catches the slightest
whisper as well as the ordinary tone OF
voice within a radius Of fifteen feet or
more, and il transmits the exact words
and tone TO any other office and to any
other person with perfect distinctness. the
box has two circular openings in its fac,
one OF which might be called the ear ana
the other the tongue, as Il is the province
OF one to receive what Is spoken and the
other TO speak. With this box on his desk
the man who directs a business, the awyer
or the banker may talk in ordinary tOaeS
TO anyone in his employment In any part
Of a building, and even TO distant build
ings, as though the two were in the same
room. IL Is not necessary TO speak into
the m~outhpiecc, nor hold a receiver TO the
ear. as with the telephone; still the enun-
citation is perfect. The master OF the busl-
ness may sit al his desk 70 carry on a
conversation or walk about the room. and
even stand with his back 70 the instru-
ment; Il will sull serve MIN faithfully.
II is said TO be more sensitive than the
~tympanum Of the ear, since II win receive
and transmit a whisper which the ordinary
ear will not understand.
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For use in the sick room there are foot
armer with coy soft covers that slip
on and off in a second and heating pads
for the invalid or convalescent.
Electric vibrators for massaging impart
strength to the muscles. An apparatus for
drying the hair is operated at a cost OF a
fraction Of a cent per hour. Butfing ma
chines clean silverware and all metal
work.
Motors that are attached 10 the sewing
machine are invaluable to the busy mother
with many little garments 10 make. The
machine can be run as fast or as slow
as one desires. noiselessly, and saves a
woman from that fatigue that is the result
Of hours spent at the sewing machine.
Lucky, then. is the woman Win cleo
tricity in her home and a liberal purse,
for within her reach are all these l~uxuries.
Adopts Composite
Following the Pennsylvania and the Erie
railroads and other large roads. the Phila-
delphia & Reading has adopted the device
for the of routine messages
known as the composite telephone system.
which permits the use Of the telegraph
lines for telephone communications stimuli
taneously with the use OF the same lines
Tor telegraph transmission. The system
was installed by the Western Electric com
pany on the Morse wires between Cres-
soma and Glendale Forge on the schuyl-
XIII q susquehanna branch. Seven tele-
phone and three intermediate telegraph sta
ions are equipped. The apparatus Is not
designed for the dispatching OF trains. but
Tor the handling OF local routine
cations between given points. The system.
as devised by the Western Electric com
pany' is designed 10 save the cost Of run
ming additional line wires and erecting
poles. -
Terms of Electricity.
There is a lack Of popular understanding
OF the unit by which electricity, as served
to consumers. is measured. TIL "kilowatt
hour is best interpreted by telling what
the amount OF electricity thus defined will
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
Herm,t,. ElestrienI Home.

The envy Of hundreds who love outdoor
LIE, James Willis, the hermit Of WINS
? Island In the Delaware. near Yardley.
Pa, has just celebrated ihe twenty-f.fth
SNvsrsary OF his habitation there. He
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

late as 1906 so little was
known Of the economical i'm
p~ortance Of Alaska to the rest
Of the United~States that one
OF the best informed OF foreign
writer's on American subjects
This vast region Is inhabited
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

broke the first ground in the county and
built a sod house at Saline Ford. The sod
houses of this county were soon exchanged
for good comfortable log houses and these
in turn for good franz dwellings. Dur
ing the years of 1859 Ashland became
quite prominent. 1t was a depot of sup
plies for the ~freighters and emigrants. The
first business enterprise of Ashland was
a store for general merchandise by Fuller
& Moe. The war of the rebellion virtu-
ally stopped immigration. In 1854 Mr..
Dean built a mill at Ashland and at the
first general election in 1867 the county
seat was located here. The county was
organized October 8, 1867, and had a vot-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
Most Recent Of E1eCtr

has entertained at his cabin more than
1000 prominent visitors from all parts OF
the country. Mr.. Willis requires every
visitor to register in a large book. after
which the guest is obliged TO partake OF
generous hospitality.
Mr.. Willis was a business man in Phlla-
delphia twenty-five years ago, and going
TO the island for a few weeks vacation,
was impressed especially with the island,
which was then a wilderness. Today II has
a very different appearance, and the cabin
in which he lives is fitted up with every
modern convenience, all the work of the
owner,
The place is secretly wired, and every
thing is within the power Of electricity.
Electricity opens the doors. closes the
windows, operates fans to make breezes,
and many are the jokes played upon his
visitors by Mr.. Willis, for not even a
book can be picked up without feeling IN
presence Of an unseen force.
Electricity ina the Home.
When the gas range made It's initial bow
to the domestic world housewives felt tina
the problem Of comfortable cooking In the
warm season had been solved In a manner
that far surpassed their rosiest dreams
Today the progressive woman has only "a
turn polished copper switches conveniently
placed about the house and she can sit
and dream before the glow OF an eleo.
trio heater. run her sewing machine with
out any physical effort, do all manner
OF cooking and clean her house and every
thing in il by attaching her vacuum cleaner
to an electric fixture.
For the kitchen there are electric ranges
completely equipped in every detail and
with them is included a number OF cooking
utensils. For baking an electrically heated
oven far surpasses any other. The heal
is regulated In the most even manner, al
results prove. Two great features OF
this range is that Il is absolutely ~cleanly
and occupies a minimum amount OF space
There are chatting dishes in various sizes
for preparing dishes at the table. waffle
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

ing population Of ninety-five. The adop-'
ton of the name of Saunders county was,
In honor of Nebraska's last territorial gov
ernor.
This is said TO be the best watered county
in the state, as there are not only many
streams, but hundreds of springs scat
tered over the entire county, There were
twenty people living in the county in
1860 and 1856 in 1865. In che early days the
site of Wahoo was a favorlte camping
ground of the Otoes, a tribe Of Indians
owning all the land south Of the Platte.
Wahoo derived its name from a shrub or
bush that was the Indians favorite medi-
cine plant.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
Telephone Surpassed.

ANY OF the imperfections Of the
N telephone seem to have been
overcome by another invention
which Is quite as remarkable
WI as the telephone was in its early
~ DAYS. In many respects, SAYS
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

AUNDERs county is in the sec
ond tier Of counties west Of the
Missouri river. and has It's
northern and eastern borders
washed by the waters Of the
BlaLLn rLNrr- /. hnmndnl ON Lhn
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-03
WORKING P1ccAcHo MINE.

TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 29-Work at the old Pieacho mine, famous in song and story, is being pushed ahead with night and day shifts, under the su- perintendeney of s. c. MeWade, one of the principal owners in the prop erty. At last accounts from the mine about 50 men were on the payroll At that time they were If feet be- low the bottom of the old workings and announced themselves as being well pleased with what they found. 4 he old PicaehO is believed to have a future before it as well as a past.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-03
FORMtR FORGER AGAIN WAN IL
 BY OFFICERS
N. w. Ocksreider, V Known Here, Charge,
 With Embezzlement.

Much local interest attaches te Los Angeles report that the of in that city are seeking Nevi Ocksreider, who, it is alleged, bezzled several thousand dollars Los Angeles firm by whom he employed Tn a responsible capaeii
 Ocksreider was at one time a dent of Prescott and engaged criminal transaction here, whiel suited in his being sent to the ritorial penitentiary in Yuma.
 He was indicted in November. and after trial was found guiI:- forgery and sentenced to three ! in the territorial penal institution had forged the name of A. J. to a check, which he then eashc
 He was a sergeant at Fort Wh: and the commanding officer vouehed for him. He was an ey accountant and very smooth in representations.
 He is said to have been engag numerous other transactions that of a decidedly "shady" charac'
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-03
PUBLIC RECORDS.
Instruments Filed as Reported by The
 Prescott Title Go.

John Bristow and wife to Leonard <. and Alice A. Maxwell, W. D., vest 7s acres of northwest quarter. section 8, 13 north, east and water. United States to Rosa Rubio, pat eut, northeast quarter of northeast quarter, section IS, west half of northwest quarter and northwest quar- ter of southwest quarter, section r, II north, west.
 Robert Blair and wife to J. NJ. Hurley and D. D. Crabb, bill of sale, various cattle and horses on range.
 October 21.
 p. F. Bornand to Mrs. P. E. Born and, Q. c. D., frame house in Mayer. R. E. Culver and J. s. Sessions To- cate Fairview No. 1 mine, Cherry Creek district.
 O. A. Ensign and Ezra W. Thayer To- cate eight placers, Humbug district. o. A. Ensign locates Tip Top placer in Humbug district.
 Joseph Dougherty and wife to Clara Ritter, W. D., lot I5, block II, Eleury addition, Prescott.
 october 22.
 W. H. Moseley to E. B. Cleary. bill of sale, barber shop and pool room furniture, etc, Ash Fork.