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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
I'M PtTTsRURe WHO DECLARE
THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTA-
TlvEs OF THE STATE PEIARMA-
CEuTIcAL DEPARTMENT, WHICH
is PROVED TO BE UNTRUE.
AL ARE HEAVILY FINED
ONE WHITE WOMAN, WIFE OF A
CHINAMAN CAUGHT in DRAG
NET-ExPENslvE GOLD AND
SILVER LAYOUT FOR SMOKING
DOPE is FOUND.
.fRv I1nited Press.l

pITTSBURG, June 14.-Hip Sim and
Hong Yee were locked up today un-
der a thousand dollar bail each and
more than twenty other Cinnamon
were fined ten to twenty dollars, and
twenty-five thousand dollars worth o.
opium was confiscated following a raid
on an opium den here. The Chinks
allege they are representatives Of the
state Pharmaceutical Department, but
1t was the headquarters for an exten'
slve opium smuggling trade.
One white women, wife of Muth
Tung, was fined.
Five opium smoking layouts were
found with handsome gold and silver
tips.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
a SWEEPING DECLARATION

COLUMBUS, o., June 14,-The Uni
lcd States Senate is the most dis
trusted legislative body in the world
was the sweeping declaration made
today by Governor Chester A. Aldrich
Of Nebraska, In his address to the
graduating class Of the University o.
Ohio.
Governor Allrich bitterly scored
the eminent lawyers who 60 to Con
gross as representatives of colossa
corporations and work increasingly fol
their interest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
Old BRIl6.. !.
BElIRlEB
FOURTH STREET sIR cIIHE
TORN AWAY FOR NEW CON
CRETE SPAN. y.

The razing Of the old I'ouFt1 street
bridge was started in earnest this
morning. A large force of men ase q
work taking down the timbers q tlie
old structure on which site the ele'
giant concrete span will be constructs
ed The removal of thu Old bfiage
will inconvenience the peopl itia|
ward some but they are willing 20 ee
lnconvenienced for short time inF Folf
der 10 get what they have been patent
ly asking for so long.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
ENDS LIFE.

PARKERsBuRG, June 14.-Wlth a
note pinned to his shirt bosom ex-
that he could no longer With
stand the demands Of his credits, with
a two.ounce carbollc acid bottle and
a loaded SS-callbre revolver at his
Side, the body of w. L. B. Baker was
found in pasture field by his wife.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
YOU ARE INVITED
TO make your selection

81 wedding gifths from our large as
softmelt Of STERLING SILVER, In
Guiding as 1t does everything u bride
Gould wish for in this lIne.
III at 4 loss to know just what to give
come In today and let us help you
make d selection Of something unique
distinctive and acceptable In Sterling
siIyerware.
d. SCOTT 8 Co, Jewellers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
ELAo pAY

Flag day was generally observed
here today. From the principal bust
ness places and from many dwellings,
old Glory iloated g; P breeze,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
POLICE coURT.8

In police court this morning there
weresfour plain ones that came before
1.-The mayor. These were given the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14

The twd5largest payments made in
West Virginia came to estates in
Wheeling, the estate OF Nelson Whita.
ker receiving $7O,792, and the estate Of
Frederick C. II. Schwcftfeger the sum
of $76,7 ,729. To the estate of DR.. Alex
ander, at Woodsdalc. the sum Of $14,.
900 was paid. The list of big claims
paid in this State follows: :
harlaStnn
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
SBN'|T.|...H0|NY'S
DAY A GRAND
SUCCESS HERE
ITALIANS GATHER TO PAY LOVING
TRiRuTE TO GREAT AND GOOD.
MAN OF THEIR RACE WHO IN
AGES GONE BY DID MUCH FOR
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE.
CEREMONIES MOST BEFITTING

FIRE WORKS DISPLAY LAST EVEN.
ING WILL LONG BE REMEMBER.
ED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS
CITY WHO GATHERED WITH
cELEBRATERS TO ENJOY THE
ELABORATE DEMONSTRATION
OF PYRoTEcHNIcs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14

LIVERPOOL, Eng. June H.-Thts
Is the first of the big British ports
affected by the Seamen's strike. The
men say as fast MS the ships como. In
The sailors will leave them. The same
thing is true at Southampton.
The men demand a constitution and
concilIatIon board and a minimum
wage scale, a minimum manning scale
for stoke hold decks and gallcys, and
better conditions regarding food and
medical inspection, and payment OF a
portion of round trip wages,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-14
ocEAN TRAFFIc 70. BE TIE0 UF
Unless Shippers Recognize the Ma
tlona! Sailors and Firemen's
Union:

NEW YORK, June l4.-Prophesy'
luc that within a week the big ship
pIag interests of America, Great Brit
ain and all Europe will be tied up un'
less the shippers recognize the Ma
tIonal Sailors and Flremen's Union,
and grand their demands, Matthew
Tcarc today told the United Press
lhat a strike declared today at Ant
werp, Liverpool and Amsterdam as a
result Of a fight carried on for twenty
years The men are treated well on
The Cunard lines, but like cattle on
Tho other lines. The men out today
are only a small part, OF what VIII
come out when the liners come into
mort at the various cities"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
SLIDING Corn Too Green,

We would like to call attention to
the fact that q common mistake made
by the man who first puts up q silo is
To fill it when the corn is too green.
We know of several silOs that were
filled with corn was that was too green,
last year, and the owners are caution
ing against others making the mistake
this year We know of one man in
particular who commenced filling his
silo early, but soon made up his mind
the corn was to green. He quit when
the silo was about half filled. to wait
nearly two weeks. When feeding in
the winter he found the top half made
a much better feed and his cattle
liked it much better than they did the
bottom half
We have taken the trouble to get
the opinions of many farmers who
have been using silos for from one to
three years, and they all say not to
get in a hurry to fill them, and most
of them agree that when corn is just
about right to go into the shock it is
still little green to 60 into the silo.
The beginner is quite apt to think
that he ought to get his corn into the
silo before it is ready to be cut for
shocking in the field, but We are con-
WINGED that it is just the other way
that corn is ready for the shock before
it is ready for the silo.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
HUMPHREY.

From the Democrat:
Mr. and Mrs Harry Pruit of Oma-
ma are visiting friends and relatives
in this and the Creston neighbOrhoOd
this week
Attorney Sternberg returned We'd
nesday evening from Chicago and
Milwaukee where he had been taking
a months vacation.
James McDermott was up from Col
umbus a few days this Week calling
on friends in town and visiting his
son, Barney and family north Of town.
Frank Haverland returned home
Saturday from South Dakota where be
had been for few days looking over
the country. Mr. Haverland reports
that practically all crops in South
Dakota where he visited. are dried up
and in most cases the farmers will
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06

pheric pressure varies almost every
hour in the day it is not difficult to
understand that in well-drained soil
there is q constant movement of the
atmosphere into the depths of the soil
and this every changing supply Of in
the soil must inevitably leave its quota
of moisture. This possibly after all
explains in the main why it is that
even in dry years land in the vicinity
of tile drain always produces better
crops than parts Of the same field more
distant from the tile drain. OF course
it is true that tehre is q more or less
of air in the tile itself and
a filtering Of the same from below up
wards and retention of part At least
Of the moisture which it contains.
Iowa Homestead.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
VV
GENOA.
From the Leader:

From the Leader:
Now We will be compelled 60 listen
TO the of frost croakers for the next
three weeks and while We might have
a frost the average date for killing
frost is around the first of October.
so don { worry.
All business houses closed and every
body turned out Tuesday afternoon to
see the Hops" trim up the Sandhill
Sluggers from Silver Greek. Toten-
hoff was in the box for the locals and
held the sand jewellers down to one
lone score up to the first half of the
ninth when walk couple errors and
hit netted them three marks. In
the meantime Genoa had been busy
and had annexed two tallies in each of
the fourth. fifth and eighth. score 6 to
l. Each side made eight hits and
about an equal number of errors.
For Genoa Carol and McFsyden each
got two hits and Compton, Thesl,
Smith and Marshall one each. 1t was
good game witnessed by good sized
crowd.
One of the items overlooked last
Week was the marriage of Arthur Pet
erson and Miss Bsulah Smith of Full
erin at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Myers west of town. Both of
the contracting parties are we'll known
and highly respected by our readers.
who join the. Leader in wishing the
happy couple prosperity and long life.
They Went west to spend their honey
moon.
George Reed came up from Oman
Monday to spend few days at home.
His broken limb is getting along nice
ly.
Mrs. Fred Jackson and daughter
Bethel, departed Monday to their home
in California after several weeks Wis
it with their Genoa relatives and
friends. Mrs. S. 7. Battles jr. ac-
companied them as far as Columbus
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
There is another thing in connection

There is another thing in connection
with silo filling that q great many
still have to unlearn and that Is 1t
is not at all necessary to rush the
work A great many are still of the
opinion that they should get q lot Of
help on the Job when the filling is
started and the job rushed until i'm
ished. Those most experienced In
this matter declare that it Is no more
necessary to hurry in silo filling than
it list to hurry the corn into the shock
One subscriber writes that he has Of
ten taken a Week or more to complete
he filling of silo. sometimes stop
ping the work for three or four days
with no damage to the silasge that
has alrea1y been put in; in fact. he
says he usually fills his silO full, lets
it settle for a Week or ten days, when
he fills the space remaining, and
never has been able to tell, when
feeding. where the dividing line was.
1t is common now for the work Of
silO filling to be rushed the cutter will
be run early and late in order to COM
plete the filling in the shortest pOss-
bile time Aside from getting the
work off the slate as quickly as pos
sibie, there is no reason for making
the filling a rush job.-lowa Home
stead.
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not be able too get anything from
their land.
The Democrat is reliably informed
that w. Gentleman of Grand Prairie
I township has sold his farm to one of
the Goehring boys, the consideration
being S14O Per acre, and Mr.. Gentle
man has purchased of Joseph VsnAc-
kern a half section farm in Boone
county. This looks as though We are
liable to loose Mr.. Gentleman and his
family, but the Democrat hopes that
the purchase Of the Boone county land
is nothing more than an investment
for speculation. and that the family
will C, ntinue to make Platte county
their home.
John Smith met with an accident
last week which is remarkable for the
fortunate way in which Mr.. Smith es-
capped serious injury. Assisted by
VIM. Groeger he was putting up silo
for Barney LOhaus. The two gentle
man We're working on the scaffoid and
in some unaccountable way the scaffold
gave way and the men fell a distance
of twenty feet to the ground. Will
Groeger came out of it with hardly
scratch. and Mr. Smith got a sprained
hand which is causing him considerable
Inconvenience, but he considers him
self lucky that he escaped a broken
neck
A dozen or more automobile loads
of Columbus business men and citizens
Were in town Tuesday morning accom-
panied by the Columbus band. appar-
emily dressed to represent hobo
band The excursion to the surround
ing towns was made for various rea-
sons but Judging from the literature
distributed. it would seem that it was
more of a boost for a new court house
than anything else, although the Ger
mans of Columbus are going to have
something going on down there on
September 18th and a general invita-
ton was extended to the people of this
part Of the county to meet in Column
bus that day and help celebrate.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06

it two years ago. The same day Mr..
Wetken sold to Tom Schaffer the
120 acres, known as the Weatherbee
farm, also located southwest of town.
Price 500 per acre
At a meeting of the board of super
visOrs last Week the road districts In
Lost Creek and Shell Creepk townships
Were changed from two to four IN
number. In Lost Greek township the
dividing lines will be: running east
and west the road running by Nick
SchilZ' farm, one mile south of Platte
Center; and the north and south line,
the road Just West of what Is known
as the red bridge. The voters will De
called upon to elect four road over
seers instead OF two at the next cleo
ton.
Early Saturday morning horse
which Harry Dress was riding he fell,
catching one of Harry's feet under it
, and giving the ankle a terrible
wrench. from which he has been con-
fined to his home since. An hour or
so after Harry hurt his brother John
was thrown from another horse and lit
on one of his feet in such a manner as
to injure a bone in the foot 50 that he
has been using crutches since.
The entertainment given Wednesday
evening by the young ladies Of St.
Joseph's church drew a good sized
audience, who We're very pleasantly
First came one act
play. entitled Gertrude Wheeler NJ.
D. - This was followed by three act
play, entitled A Girls Secret "
All of the parts IN either play We're
we'll taken. but We have not time TO
make Individual mention. The plays
Were very much of an innovation. as
not man or boy took part. Ii was
observed. however, that he was
always the leading subject of all con-
From five until eight. be
fore the entertainment. the married
ladies served supper to all who wished
it. And fine supper it was too, both
in quantity and in quality. Some
fifty dollars Were taken in for the
supper.
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Frank EchOls peddles bills.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
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SILVER CREEK.
From the Sand:

Mrs. c. 7. Moore went to Lincoln
last Saturday. She will visit with her
home folks for about two weeks and
take in the fair and when she comes
home she will bring her daughter
Grace who has been visiting her grand
mother there for a month.
Frank Pollard has sold his home
place near the mill to Joe Chelocha.
Joe is coming to town to try town life
and Mr.. Pollard expects to move to
Columbus in the next thirty days
We will be glad to welcome the Cielo-
has, but will miss the Poliards.
Misses Gladys Sutton and Eta Lay
ton We're eighteen years old this week
and with the assistance of about sew
enty -five of their young friends they
celebrated the event in the Hobart
Building last night. The usual party
games were INDUCED in and as We go
to press game of Bingo" is in pro-
gress and everybody is having a good
time.
Mrs. J. E, Rowland spent two days
in Omaha this week at the bedside of
her. Will Rowland, who has been in
the Methodist hospital there for the
past three weeks. He has typhoid
fever in the worst form and it is fear
ed that his illness viii prove to be
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
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BELLWOOD.
Z rom the Gazette

From the Gazette:
Mrs. Vincent Book came over from
Columbus Thursday morning TO visit
with her daughters.
! light frost was noticible. so early
rlsers claim, Monday morning; but it
was 50 light that IL did no damage,
not even TO tomato vines.
Miss z. Williams, of Columbus,
was the guest of Miss Mae Barkalow
On Sunday last.
4 bright eyed baby girl brought Joy
10 the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gust
Rohrich on "Wednesday of this Week.
Dick ROyner returned last week
from q tOot through several mines at
Boulder. He invested in one of them
and We hope he may yet become a
Vanderbilt.
The GOoding Herald of August "a
tells of the following Bellwood ties
VINO have located near Gooding, Idaho
during the month Of August They
are as follows r. A Berger. so acres ::
Robert Fredricksen. so acrs; Will
Cady. l2O acres; Edward Hall, 40
acres. The Herald also states that
spuds are yielding 200 bushIs per acre.
Corn is worth S1.65, oats Sl.45.
wheatS l. %; hogs, 500 and 81. 20.
After year of litigation, eccleslas-
tIcal and secular. Father William
Murphy has been recOnciled to the
authority of the Catholic church lin
Nebraska. The reconciliation was
effected by Bishop Then of the Lin
coin diocese upon the iRitiative of
Father Murphy. Announcement of
the resumption Of cordial relations be
tween the priest and the church auth
critics were made by Bishop Then
sunday, when De delivered a sermon
from the pulpit of the church at Uly-
sses where Father Murpy has presided
In accordance with the custom in
such cases. il is expected that Father
Murphy will be changed TO another
parish. Lincoln News.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Columbus Land, Loan and
Building Association

OF Columbus. Nebraska
On the Seth day of June, 1911
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
fatal. His many friends are awaiting
anxiously for news of his condition.
The Cost of Growing Crops in
Nebraska.

The Nebraska Experiment Station
has just issued very interesting bull
lletin. No. 100. a compilation of dat,
furnished by several hundred farmer.
in the yeas 1909 and 1910. Three
hundred and forty four farmers report
ed on the cost of growing corn. They
showed an average yield of 80. 3 bus
heels. an average cost of Sill. o per
acre. which includes interest. taxes.
rent and depreciation of machinery.
or a cost of .. 6 cents Per bushel.
Two hundred and eighty nine farm
ers reported on growing wheat, giving
an average of % p bushels and an
average total cost Of So. 19 for pro-
ducing an acre of wheat, or cost per
bushel of $40 cents. Two hundred
and sixty-nine farmers reported on
oats, giving an average yield of 35
bushels per acre at an average cost
of Sill. 80, or 30. 5 cents Per bushel.
One hundred and fourteen farmers
reported on alfalfa growing, reporting
an average yield of 3. SO tons Per acre
at a cost of SO. SO Per acre, or So. ID
per ton.
We give a summary of the bulletin
by its author, Professor Pugsley:
An average of reports for two
years shows that it costs 29.6 cents
Per bushel to produce corn: $40 cents
per bushel to produce wheat: 81 )
cents per bushel to produce oats; 5. 81
per ton to produce wild hay; "a. Is
per ton to produce clover; and S3. 10
per ton to produce alfalfa
The figures used in this bulletin
We're secured from the best farmers
Of each community. The yields are
considerably higher than the average.
The cost of production does not include
marketing and includes time for human
and team at current wages only while
in the field. The two greatest factors
influencing the cost per bushel. or per
ton. of growing crops, are the price
of land. and yield per acre. The
yield per acre can be increased by en-
riching the land. using better meth
DDS of cultivation and planting bet
ter seed. At the average market
prices the most profitable crops here
considered are wheat. corn and alfalfa.
The crops TO be grown will de-
pend very largely upon the lcation of
the farm. The figures given on clo-
Yer and alfalfa do not include the cost
of seed or seeding. The cost of APP
plying barnyard manure is not includ-
ed, though many of the farmers had
used this fertilizer literally. The
yields We're thus increased and the cost
lowered An average Of the reports
from farmers shows that barnyard
manure has increased the yield of corn
lis bushels per acre. and that clover
and alfalfa have increased the yield
80 bushels per acre. "-Wallaces'
Farmer.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
Action of Underdrains in Dry
Weather.

Abundant opportunity has been
afforded this year for studying the
effect of underdrains on crops under
conditions where there is a deficiency
of rainfall We have examined close
ly into a number of cases that have
been called. To our attention and in
every instance well-irained soils have
with stood the drOuth much better
than soils that We're not drained. Or
dinarily the use of tile drains is adj
vocated because of their effect in
wet weather, but if it can be proven
that they are also beneficial IN dry
weather it ought TO result in increas-
ing the demand for tile. How then
could tile drains help the soil IN dry
weather!
Ii is a well-kn0wn fact that the
roots Of crops cannot develop in free
water, consequently the effect Of tile
drains is to quickly remove the free
water after heavy rains. The more
quickly this is done the more rapidly
will roots develop. follwing down the
little channels made by the water in
passing in the drains. Furthermore
the rapid passage of water into the
tile drain leads To the free introiuc-
tom of the air into the soil where the
atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen
both perform important functions in
Iiberating plant food in the soil.
In welI-drained soils there are pre-
sent certain germs whose function it
is to break down insert forms of plant
food and change it into form that
can be utilized by plants. Where
there is free wate- present these germs
cannot thrive and as result crops ac-
tually starve because of the unavaila-
bility of the plant food
Another effect of draining the soil
is to increase the capillary action of
soils. causing the rapid movement of
water as it comes from the lower to
the surface soil. 1t is well-known
fact that water tends to move toward
the surface from depths ranging any
where from ten to twenty feet The
rate of movement depends very largely
upon the condition of the surface,
three or four feet of soil. If through
q system of soil drainage the surface
has been brought into favorable con-
dition for growing. the practical effect
of this is to hasten the movement of
water upwards If in turn through
the growing season inthe case of in
tertillage crops a mulch can be main
tanned We can actually make it rain
if not from above downward. then
surely from below upward
1t goes without saying that a drain
ed soil is more congenial for the
operation of worms. ants and other
insects and the action of these is to
ventilate the soil in such a way that
it causes a free movement of all
through its PARTICLES and as the soil
is nearly always cooler than the air
a small percentage of moisture is
actually retained by the soil In this
case the soil acts ike spunge squeez-
ing the water out of the air warm up
on its entrance into the soil channels
When It is considered that the atmos-
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
FOR SALE, VALUABLE PLATIE
COUNTY LANDS,

! will sell at public auction
on the 26th day of Septem-
Der, 1911, 800 acres of land
known As the Gerd Reina
property in Sections 3, 10 and
Is, Creston township. For
terms and particulars Of sale
see formal notice in next issue
of this paper.
F. RABlLER, IT,,
Trustee.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-06
b PLATTE CENTER.
From the Signal :

EyiA IllC d Su3l
Reports from the bedside of Mrs.
Henry Greisen, jr., who has been
critically Ill the past week, are more
encouraging and hopes are entertained
for her recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mackin Were
called 10 Lindsay Saturday by the i'll
ness Of their brother-in- law. Ed. Con-
nelly. who was seriously i'll with
neuralgia Of the heart. We are glad
70 report that Mr.. Connolly is now
improving in a satisfactory manner
Wednesday Foley Bros. sold what
Ms known as the Alden farm. located
about four miles southwest of Platte
Center. 70 Henry Wetken, of Grand
Prairie township. The price paid was
$50. 900. There IS 24O acres in this
farm. and the Foleys paid $40, 600 for