Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 28, 1894, Page 5

It has been sugaested that the weather is a little too cool for business, but we warming it up with some prices that continue to crowd our store. piles of goods melt away like snowballs in a July sun. DEPARTMENT - § floue Department. is cheaper now than itever was before, 1 you Pillsbury’s best 4 X flour for . erlative flour. ..., A cheaper grade of Superlative flour for, Hayden Minneapolis Best Su And very good flour for.... .. Best brand of S Good Rye flou Strictly Pure ow ye flour. LETTING DOWN THE PRICES ON HOSIERY Gents' imported cotton half hose, fast black, tan shades and brown balbriggan, only 12%4c per pair; same others ask 25¢ 1 casc of gents’ superfine brown balbriggan half hose only 17¢, 3 pairs for 5oc; a regular 3 1 case of children’s fast black cotton hose, Hermsdorff . only 12%4¢ per pair; worth double. 1 case of boys' extra heavy fast black cotton hose, Ipswich brand; nothing better made for service; only 25¢ per pair. dye, all size Ladies' fast black cotton per pair, 100 dozen ladies’ fast black cotton hose, Hermsdorff dye, | regular made, only 19c per pair, good value at 25c. When at hosiery department take a look at the ladies’ iery we are now making a specialty of. We are showing a very fine line of ladies’ opera hose, pur- chased by us at a very low figure which we are closing at 35¢ 25¢ hos per pair; regular price g1.00. LETTING DOWN THE PRICES ON GLOVES. 100 dozen ladies’ 5-hook Foster lacing kid gloves, e'egant quality, regular §1.50 goods, to close this lot only 59c per pair. 50 dozen of ladies’ kid gloves, regular $1.25 quality, re- duced to 75c and $1.00 per pair. We are showing an elegant line of ladies’ kid gloves in all the new shades. Letting Down the Prices on Umbrellas. English gloria, 26 inch, only 50c; worth gr. English serge, 26 inch, only 75c; worth g1.25. Silk gloria, 26 inch, only 98c; worth $1.50. Silk gloria, 26 inch, only $1.25; worth g2, Silk gloria, 26 inch, only $1.50; worth $2.50 Silk serge, 26 inch, only $1.98, worth $3. wke flour. 5¢ quality. THE OMAHA D! ILY BEE: WEI ESDAY g MARCH 28 1894, HAYDEN BROTHERS. hose, extra heavy, only 1214c On Sale \Vcdncsrlzl)}. 2 cases of new challis, light |or dark ground, in remnants, tomorrow 2}c a yard. 2 cases of 32-inch widesatine mostly all dark. ground, new, this season’s style, at 1oc a yd. New styles in turkey red figured prints, only s5c yard. 36inch wide double fold dress goods, made to sell for 15¢, Hayden's price tomorrow 5c yard. lew stock of German indi- go blue calico, just opened, at 1oc, cheap at 124c. Millremnants of white goods at 24c, 5¢, 8c and roc yard; a big stock to select from. We are selling white bed spreads, and we are selling lots of them, We call particular attention to four numbers on sale tomorrow at 47c, 75c, $1 and g1.50 each. Every one of these a special bargain that you cannot duplicate outside of Haydens', Prescriptions. Prescriptions filled in our drug depart- ment from the purest drugs by a registered pharmacist. About % of drug store prices. Hats and Caps. A manufacturer’s entire stock of men's, boys' and children’s hats purchased at less than manufacturer’s cost. Why pay two or three times the price elsewhere. The latest styles, the best quality and the lowest prices. Men's fine fur Fedoras 75c, worth $1.75. Men’s fine fur Fedoras 95c, worth $2.00. Men’s fine fur Fedoras $1.25, worth $3. Men's fine fur derbys 75c, worth $2.00. Men's fine fur derbys 95c, worth $2.50, Men's fine fur derbys $1.25, worth $3.00. Men's yacht caps 49c, worth $1.00. Boys' yacht caps 25c, worth Toc. Boys' crushes 37c, worth 75c. A large line of misses’ and children's yacht caps 50c, worth $1.50. We have the entire stock of trunks and bags manufactured by H. H. Marhoff, which - CLOTHING The wonderful st Roes (o show that and are always quality, the style and the pr The men's $8.50 the talk of the town. tinued two days long unfavorable weather. buy a spring suit mense steck and ped read and suits W wi low single made, braid, Som ladies Boy: '~ 23c. COMBINATION SUIT TWO PAIR OF PANTS AND CAP Prescriptions. Prescriptions filled in our drug ment from the purest drugs by a regis pharmacist. About % of drug i A Woman i(I;OWS A Good TFhing When She Sees It. This is the reason why we have sold €o many thousand yards of Habutai wash silks the past month. Odly $c a yard for striped wash silks, really worth 75c, and a hundred different styles. (o select from In our up-to-date silk department. Prescriptions. Prescriptions filled in‘our drug depart- ment frcm the purest' drugs by a registered depart- red we are selling at less than 50c on the dollar. pharmacist. About 13 of drug store prices. reasonable. sold as an advertisement at $4 SPRING SUITH BOYS avo CHILDREN | Children's Children's $3.60 and $4.00, at $1. children suits, a large line of junior com- bination clothing house prices, all we ask is for the i Boys' du at 50c a %8 of this department ple appreciate values y to buy when the the make are right orth $7.50, $8.00 and 5, are The sale will be 'con- er on account of the No man can afford to thout seeing this im- prices. —_—ToR— suits, assorted double and breasted, light and dark shades, well $2.00 values at $1 sulte, and ith worth some trimmed slugle breasted, double ething new at Hayden Bros'. In and reefers at half of regular to call’and see for themsely s’ strong and neat knee pants go at ble long pants at test prices, go d Gse. Prescriptions. Prescriptions filled in our drug depart- ment from the purest drugs by a registered pharmacist. About % of drug store prices, Bargains. Do Not Miss This. Extra width fine all silk worth 40c to 60c, tomorrow 23c. The best twin wire dress stays worth 15c for 6e pair. Elegant fine tooth brushes, 2 for 5e. 5S¢ worth of the best ricrack for Ge. fashion review given with every purchase from our lace department. satin ribbons Prescriptions. Prescriptions filled in our drug depart- Cloaks. ANT'S AND CHILDRE} DEPART M Just recelved a new cloak, sizes 2, 3 and 4 yoars. In tan, navy, red and drab, trim med in black wool braid, material of very fine quality ladies’ cloth, rufle over shoul- ders and full sleeves. As neat and dressy | as any garment slown at double the price, | only $2.75 Same style as the above, only In wash matorial, trinmmed In white serpentine braid, only $1.75 Here for variety and low thing you want in cashmers long or short, cream or tan S CLOAK SALE TOMORROW. are two numbers that are oxcop- tionally good value and cannot be duplicated at this price LADIES' REEFER JACKETS. Made of very fine diagonal cloth In tan navy and black. perfect In style and ft, and the best ver offered at § | MISSES' CAPES In a good quality ladies’ cloth brown and navy, very full and ished, at only §1 We ling a splendid black sateen skirt for worth $1.00 anywhere else. A few more of the percale walsts loft at Lay In a supply of these walsts, as cannot be made for this pric gular 60c goods Prescriptions. criptions filled In our drug depart- n the purest drugs by a registered tan fin- colors, nicely Pro ment fr AT 2 A About 4 of drug store prices. pharmacist GASOLINE Cabinet ranges; something new; the most complete range on the market andthe nearest thing to perfection yet manu- factured in gasoline stoves. Has oven and broiler combined in one and has a top service of 20x44. Regular price $28.00. Hayden’ price $17.95. regular 2-burner gasoline stoves, price $4.95, Hayden price $2. ment from the purest drugs by a registered pharmacist. - About % of drug store prices. 3-burner gasoline stoves, regular price " $7.00, Hayden price $4.: [s C \re making the MILLINERY, We ask special attention to our LARGE LINE OF - SPRING_NILLINERY Thousands of pattern hats, bonnets and toques at much t han usual millinery store prices 4-inch wick ol stoves, regular price 76e, Hayden price 38c. New Queen oil stoves, regular price $1.75, Hayden price 95c. The Gem oil stoves, regular price $2.65, Hayden price $1.35. The Summer King oll _stoves, price $3.60, Hayden price $1.70. regular e e e e e e e e e e e e e et MNORE OF NOSHER'S STEALS Every Day Bringing Interesting Develop- ments in the Capital National Case, ROBBED THE RELIEF COMMISSSION “/As Treasurer of the Concern Ho Failed to Account for Nearly Four Thousand Dollars—Litigation to Recover the Amount. LINCOLN, March 27.—(Special to The Beo.)—Every day now adds another chapter \ 40 the Mosher scheme of financial operations. Sofe time ago the state of Nebraska through the attorney general commenced an action against D. B. Thompson to recover the sum of $3,700 lost to the state by reason of Mosher's peculations. Mosher was treasurer of the relief commission established by the legislature three years ago, and as such officer disbursed nearly $200,000. * He gave & bond signed by D. E. Thompson. When the Capital National bank failed it was dis- covered that Mosher had used a balance of the fund amounting to $3,700. The at- torney general commenced an action against D. E. Thompson to recover the amount,: Thompson entered a demurrer and today the district court overruled the demurrer. The case against Thompson will be tried upon its merits and the attorney general 18 confident that he will collect the money. In his demurrer Thompson alleged that the parties to the action were not properly ned, that the state of Nebraska has no | capacity to sue; that the petition was not properly drawn ‘and that the distriet it had no jurisdiction in the case. The point that the state of Nebraska has no legal capacity to sue has already been made before the supreme court by Judgo Broady, who, as attorney for ex-Treasurer Hill, is contesting the right of the state to sue the ex-treasurer or his bonds in the su- preme court. The contention raised by uleo Broady is that the constitution pro- vides that the state may sue and be sued and that the logislature ahall make laws carrying the constitutional provision effect, but that the legislature. has e mado’ suc Drovision v cWhinney was toda; o Judgment against R. C, Ulllcxlll,yl'llfiglvl:'l: 0‘: tho defunct Capital National bank, for $5.09. OVERRULED A FINE POINT, Judge Hall late yesterday afternoon denfed a writ of habeas corpus applied for by the attorneys of James E. Botts, the colored mun arrested in Washington' for forgery. Botts committed two forgerles in Lincoin about a year ago and fled to Washington, 1.-C., where he was arrested. He was brought back to Nebraska on a roquisition on the charge of forgery, and in the requisi- tion papers it was specified that he had ut- tored forged pi for a certain amount. Botts was tried on the first of two charges carly in the present term of court. He was to have been defended by a young at- torney appointed by the court, As the youns wttorney advised him to plead guilty he ob. jocted to the attorney and Insisted that the ourt_appoint another. The only two attor- neys prosent at the time were C. 0. Wheedon nud K. M. Hall. The court appointed first one and then the other and both refused. Finally both agreed to take the case jointly i a wpirit of fun. They made a strong defense, and although the case was per- fectly “clear the two eminent attorneys secured the acquittal of their quandom client Ho was at once rearrested on another charge and thrown into jail. His attorneys under- 100k to free him by applying for & writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the re- aulsition upon which Botts was brought baok to Nebraska was specific in its nature and that the state authorities had no right to arrest him on another charge after he Liad been acquitted on the fir The appli- corpus was Ong, an attorney from Geneva, was oln today to make an appeal to Governor Crounse for the pardon of George Crosby, who s serving a three years term in the state penitentiary for criminal assauit upon a girl under the age of 15. Crosby was tried in Fillmore county last April and has served nearly a year of his sentence. He was convicted upon the technlcality raised by the statutes, which makes criminal con- versation with a girl under the age of 15, even with her consent and connlvance, penal offense. Crosby has a wife and three children dependent upon him for support. He did not deny the relations with the girl, but claimed that she willingly submitted herself to him. He claims that he did not know at the time that she was under the age of consent, as she was fully grown and to all appearances much older. AIl of the Jurors who convicted him as well as the Judge of the district court who presided over his trial have petitioned the governor for a pardon, WORKED THE SAME OLD RACKRET. A farmer living near Clintonia, in the southern part of Lancaster county, cdme to Lincoln yesterday afternoon and although he didn’t have much fun he obtained $35 worth of experlence, enough to last him the rest of his natural dife. On the way up to Lincoln he became acqualnted with a pleas- ant young man, who occupied the same seat with him. While they were discussing the tariff question and the effects of Gladstone's resignation, and other things too numerous to mention, a third pleasant young man stepped up and engaged the first pleasant young man In conversation. After some little talk the first man told the farmer that the third man wanted $35 which was due him, The first man didn't have the money. Would the farmer loan him $35 until he could get an express package at the Rock Island depot. The old farmer would and he did. He then passed the afternoon at the Rock Island depot waliting for an ex- press package. It hasn't come yet. LINCOLN IN BRIEF. Chevront's restaurant, on North Ninth street, was burglarized last night to the ex- tent of six boxes of cigars and $150 in cash. Frank Mitchell, a well known colored familiar at the police station, was run in late last night for stealing a sheep from a local butcher. Governor Crounse this afternoon fssued a proclamation calling upon the people of Ne- braska to observe Arbor day on April 23, Weston's Tioket. WESTON, Neb,, Special Tele- gram to The Bee)--The following is the ticket nominated for village trustees: R. A. Heaton, Frank Hakel, C. E. Lillibridge, H. F. Blunk and James Kacirek. It is known as the citizens ticket, and was placed in nomination by petition, and favors high license. CRETE, Nob., March 27.—(Special to The Boe.)—After a large amount of work the tickets for the coming city election have 'been comploted. The republicans nominate E. D, Fay for mayor, with a good ticket for the other offices. The straight demo- ats refrained from putting any ticket up. The Bryan wing of the democratic party nominated a ticket largely consisting of straights, but they all declined. W. 8. Chenelir is the candidate for mayor upon tho democratic ticket. In connootion with tho nominations a good deal of bad blood has been stirred up. Howing Om: Methods, M'COOK, Neb., March 27.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—The business men of this city held a meeting here today, and after hearing the report of the delegates to the Omaha convention, Judge Benson of Halgler and J. §. Lehew of this city determined to call a district irrigation convention for this congressional district, to be held here May 3 and 4. The first irrigation convention held in Nebraska which bore fruit was In 1890, when the Meeker irrigation canal was com menced. This has been a success, and it is now proposed to take such measures as will eventually place all southwestern Nebraska under irrigation. Delegates will be asked from each town and city and from every county in the district Sorlous Chiarge Agalnst Willlam Burt, RED CLOUD, Neb., March 27.—(Speclal Telegram to The Bee)—William Burt has been arrested on the complaint of Lydia Bur- nett, charging him with assault, and will have bis preliminary “examination at Blue Hill tomorrow. The parties live near Bladen and are both of respectable families. The young lady Is an invalid and had just been able to get out of bed for a day or two be- fore the alleged offense. She claims that he knocked on the door and Inquired for her father and mother, and, finding them both away, entered and perpetrated thg crime. Burt is about 25 years old Tyons Brevitios. LYONS, Neb.,, March 27.—(Special to The Bee.)—Ex-Postmaster W. D. Smith has made arrangements to go to the state of Wash- ington in about two months, The Winnebago and Omaha Indians will receive their annuity this week. The rellef come just in time, as many of the Indlans are in need of help. The cold snap has stopped all farm work, but most of the famers completed their seeding before the cold spell. BEATRICE, March 27.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—The advance guard of the Southeastern Nebraska Teachers association has commenced to arrive. The meetings will be held tomorow and Thursday and it is expected there will be 400 teachers in attend- ance. Tomorrow evening President Gates of Grinnell (Ia.) college will deliver a lecture. Many of the leading educational men of the state have places on the program, Agninst the Occupation Tax. NEBRASKA CITY, March 27.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—In county court today Judge Baton decided that the occupa- tion tax of $10 per day levied by the council on transient merchants was unconstitu- tional. Adolph Lelse, George Gray and George Smith were bound over to the district court today in the sum of $500 on the charge of grand larceny. _ bt 2 Water Works Proposition Postponed. TOBIAS, Neb., March 27.—(Special to The Bee)—At the adjourned mecting of +the town board a petition was presented signed by men representing about two-thirds of the taxable property in the town asking that a proclamation be isued calling a special elec tion to vote on water works bonds. The board laid the petition on the table until after election. To Entertain N Pharmacists, HASTINGS, March 27.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.—The druggists of the city met today to make arrangements for the annual meeting of the Assoclation of Pharmacists, to be held early in the summer. The local druggists are enthusiastic, and from the quantity of letters received by Secretary Sexton the meeting will be a complete suc- cess. Investigating Crossley’s Death, BEATRICE, March 27.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—Coroner Fletcher went to Lin- coln this morning, taking with him the stomach of Crossley, the Cortland man who dled some time since under suspicious cir cumstances. The stomach will be given a chemlcal analysis at the State university. Young Hohemlans Entertain. WESTON, Neb,, March 27.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—An innovation for this place in the amusement line was a pleasing drama prosented last night by Weston's young Bohemians. The town hall was packed by those who understand the languag L g After tleggers. TOBIAS, Neb, March 27.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—A United States marshal stopped at Toblas this afternoon to look up bootleggers and Joseph Vidlock will accom- pany him back to Omaha. —~ Real merit is characteristic of Hood's Sar- saparilla, and is manifested every day in the remarkable cures the medicine accomplishes. Cbladal Acquitted of the Charge. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 27. -John Calderwood, president of the Miners union at Victor, in the Cripple Creek dis- triet, was acquitted today of the charge of rioting and ting a disturbance, g ——— Little pills for great Dewitt's Little Early Risers, PLATTE VALLEY DRAINACE Good that Would Come to Dodge County Through a Properly Built Ditch, POLITICS THAT DEFEATS A PUBLIC POLICY Henefits Apparent and Conceded but Res llof Rofused Becuuse of Its Eftect on Voters—One Side of a Peculiar Situation. That portion of the Platte valley which is Included in Dodge county, about 100,000 acres in extent, possesses a soil of great value, and, although there Is much good land in the Platte valley, we believe there Is no other so large an area of equal value, The valley between the mouths of the Loup and the Elkhorn Is very broad and flat, and provided with only one creck, near Schuyler, discharging into the Platte. This creck drains a very considerable extent of coun- try to the north and frequently overflows, dis- charging immense volumes of water down the valley. In addition to this, all along the DbIuff line numerous ravines discharge the rainfall of the upland country simply upon the surface of the valley. A sluggish stream, half slough and halt k, of two forks, called the Rawhide, winding down the valley in an easterly direction and discharging into the Elkhorn, has been the only natural drainage. In previous years, as far back as the earllest settlers can remember, this country was a hopeless morass, and’ after a few ridges of land slightly more elevated than tho rest, which were possible of agriculture, had been settled up, new comers found it necessary to settle on the rolling prairie to the north. This was at first supposed to be too dry for agriculture, but was found to be a most valuable country, and in due time developed into a thickly settled and prosperous farming country. Today all the land in this upland country is occupled and it supports probably as Industrious and pros- perous favmers as can be found in the state. Long after this portion of Dodge county had become well settled and wealthy the valley remained a swamp with the exception of a few straggling settlers who had taken up farms with the earliest settlement of the country. Most of these farms were wlong some higher 1gpd near the Platte river on the route of the first government trall made through the''country. A few years previous to the appearance of the Standard Cattle company, on the scene, the question of draining the valley began to be actively discussed, and after much debate as to the best method #t was decided by engineers and others’ that although it was not possible to dig Gitehes straight north and south along sectioh lines that would Qischarge into the river, In consequence ot the country back from ithe river being too low, it was quite possible by constructing a ditch diagonally down ‘stream to secure the necessary fall and to drain all the valley from the bluffs to the,'tiver as completely as if ditches could Be dug straight to the river. ~ The entire valley is all made land, and almost absolutely*fat= It has the same fall as the river, the self being hardly higher than the surface O the river, APPLYING THE REMEDY. In former times the valley was swampy a large part of the year, and points on the river for considerable periods of time, were practically inaccessible from the bluffs. The seasons naturally vary as to humidity, and In dry years people were successful enough to attempt the cultivation of land, which they were afterward obliged to allow to re- lapse Into Its native condition again. At the present day it is supposed that about 40 to 50 per cent of the 100,000 acres is in culti- vation, the rest of the land being natural hay land. Under present conditions the pro- cesn of breaking up land has gone about as far as possible, and even now In wet years a very large portion of the land In cultiva- tion suffers a partial or total loss of crops. When the disgonal ditch scheme was dis- cussed in '84-5 the greatest hostility to the idea of a diteh passing through rectangular pleces of land developed on the part of sucl persons as had farms on the line of any pro- posed ditch, and it was very much feared that it would never be possible to bring any such fmprovement to a successful issue. In January, 1886, the Standard Cattle com- pany purchased some 4,500 acres of land, making it a condition of the purchase that the county commissioners should be com- mitted to the scheme of drainage, which was done. The Fremont cut-off, therefore, was constructed in 1886, and immediately justi- fled the expectations of its designers, as it proved most efficient in discharging large volumes of water rapidly into the Platte river. For some time its banks were soft, and it was very quickly apparent that the enormous volumes of water that flow down the Platte valley sometimes in a stream a couple of miles wide could never find a suffi- cient outlet Into the river through a ditch of so small dimensions. These floods of water were banked up against the cast bank of the ditch, and consequently backed up over the land of people on the west side. In a few words, the ditch was nothing like big enough, and in order to afford protection to the country down the valley, at the instance of some Fremont people, the Standard Cattle cqmpany joined in the construction of a smaller ditch entirely on its land, for which it paid more than one-third the entire cost. The performance of these ditches was very satisfactory, but it was clear that they were mere playthings when it came to dis- harging the enormous volumes of water that ccasionally came down the valley, and after a few years a third ditch was constructed in the western part of the valley near the line of Colfax county, from which we regu- larly receive a deluge fn wet seasons. CORN GROWING ON FISH POND. Although these ditches were insufficiont, it has been more and move discovered that their operation has been of wonderful benefit to the valley land, and the construction of rtain other ditches, called the Gayton and Sewer ditches, has done worlds of good. The benefit of these ditches is a mater of froquent discussion and congratulation with persons wha live in the valley, and I was in conversation not long ago with a man who told me that excellent crops of corn were now growing exactly in the spot where he used to catch fish. It is a curious fact that with the success- ful operation of these ditches continually be foro the eyes of the farmers of the country that the prejudice agalnst a ditch going dlagonally across rectangular pieces of land has never disappeared, and each new ditch that is constructed s fought with the energy of desperation. After any such ditch has been constructed across a farm the owner discovers that his crops are wonderfully in- creased, and when a season or two has veri- fled the fact that his farm is ylelding him much more cash product than formerly, he wonders why he ever opposed the construc- tion of a ditch across his farm. These ex- amples, however, are of no value in remov- ing the objection of other persons on the line of any proposed ditch, who always de- clare that their farms are as arld as the desert of Sahara, although an occasional old boat or so lying among farm implements would lead any one to suppose that travel by water is not unknown. The abhorrence of a ditch s quito as likely to take possession of any far- mer whose land greatly needs it as of soms one who needs it very little, it any at all, for it is true that there are a few farms in the valley tn Dodge county, thanks to the construction of the ditches that have already been dug, that do mot need much in the future, The first two diagonal ditches, there- fore, constructed in the valley were bullt upon the land of the Standard Cattle com- pany, with its consent, and with its eager desire to forward tho drainage of the entire valley. These diiches naturally stand as a bulwark and a protection to the country east of them. It is twelve and one-half miles from the Fremont cut-off west to the ditch near the Colfax county line, and within this space, on the north side of the valley, is a great basin which catches an enormous drainage from the upland country to the north. The Standard Cattle company has always been assured by those with whom it has Joined in drainago projects, that an effort would be made to assist L In securing. by a ditch to the west of its land, some of the protection the ditches on its land give to other people, and within the last few tive by the construction of many roads on section lines and other lateral ditches, which greatly faciliated the movement of water and discharged it faster than formally in the direction of the Fremont cut-off. EFFORTS OF THE CATTLE COMPANY. In the spring of 1803 the cattle company made a large subscription to assist the county in widening the cut-off ditch to pro- vide ‘capacity for these volumes of water, which were” discharged on its land more rapidly than formerly; but no sooner was this effected than a great desire developed in different quarters to make more drainage that would discharge onto the land of the cattle company. We then tried to bring up again the old project of another cut-off ditch to the west of us, but with the usual re- sult of an insurmountable obstacle in the shape of a dogged resolution on the part of a few farmers to permlt no ditch to be con- structed across their land, The scason of 1893 was entirely free from any excessive rain, and our land being amply provided with lateral ditches we did not suf- fer at all, and produced crops that certainly were not surpassed anywhere in the country, and which have advertised this county both in this country and in Burope as an agri- cultural country of rare excellence. Al the time, however, at least 50 per cent of (he land is out of cullivation, and no one would dare to plow it up; besides which we are exposed to the continual peril of great losses in rainy years. Our own direct losses from this cause have amounted to as much as $40,000, and our indirect losses have made a total of perhaps nearly double this. The soll of our farm was pronounced last summer by the best of judges to be equal to anything else in the world for the culture of sugar beets; and the excellence of our crops unquestionably gave a stimulus to the in- dustry in the’ entire state—it advertised the county and advertised the state in Europe and America. It is the habit of many farmers to profess great incredulity as to the profitablencss or stability of the sugar beet industry, and it is rather the fashion for the agricultural politician to sneer at it. It may be suggested that these judges are not far-sighted, and they will doubtless seo the time when they will forget that they took this view of the question, but at the present day it is quite a popular thing for a country politician to tell his constituents that he “gucsses corn will be grown in this country long after beets have gone out,” and it is an unfortunate fact that a combination of politicians and constituents as de ribed above does not effectively promote any fin- dustry save that of politics. However, it would not be fair to say that the farmers of this country cannot be Interested in a proposition of “this sort, and If tho ditch matter could be removed from the question of beets th ¢ 18 no doubt that we have a most valuable field for the development of the sugar beet Industry at this point, PUBLIC SENTIM FAVORS 1T, In the last two weel I have 1 N over the entire valley with the supervisors, and I will positively assert that every singlo ono of them is in favor of the drainage of the valley, and belleve that a cut-off ditch should be constructed at the polnt where we want it. I would like to repeat that ob- servation once more, as it would naturally appear strange that a board of sup which is agreed that a certain proje dralnage is desirable, and which is also agreed that such drainage should be con- structed In a certain way and In a cor place, should decline to vote it. It i a that the board of supervisors believe in th drainago and practically agree as to its 1o cation. There are probably ahout 14,000 pe ple in Dodge county living in the valley, and of these 14,000 people [ quite certain that not less than 13,600 are in fayor of our cut-oft diteh The entire town of Fremont and all that portion of the country are in favor of it, and in fact a large part of the town of rth ¥ and its nelghborhood are in favor of it; and I will almost go so far as to assert that even the very people who object to It belleve In it as a plan for ditching. The cost of the diteh is nething of a difficulty, but not by any means an Insur mountable and the I difficulty 1s simply the tion to the passage of a dlagonal ditch across certain farms. Any cut-off between Ames and North Bend must pass through a certain strip of country along the river about two and one-half miles long and a mile and a halt wide, and In this section the land owners are combined and united against the passage of a ditch through years this necessity has become more inpera- any portion, thus blocking the construction of the ditch. That the ditch Is desired by a corporation s raised as a war cry, nothwith- standing the fact that It is desired by a very large number of persons besides. Petl- tlons were signed by 1,200 to 0 merchants, professional men, artisans and laborers of Fremont and North Bend, urging the con- struction of the ditch. These petitions have been ignored as much as if they had never been written. Another petictan tn favor of the ditch has been signed by a large number of land owners. The trouble is that It is cansidered to be good politics to oppose the ditch. At least half the supervisors came from the upland country, and it is good policy for such to put themselyes on record before their constituents as refusing a ditch to any one on general principles, and more particularly to refuse a ditch to a corpora- tion. The ditch would cost, damages in- cluded, perhaps $12,000 or $15,000 at the outside, while the growing of beets for a single season would set free over $25,000. To be sure, the people who paid for the ditch would not get the $25,000, but it would come back into the community all the same. Besides this, the construction of the ditch itself would et free some money, and put it in the hands of laborers who need it. Pub- lic opinion in favor of the ditch preponder- ates so enormously, numerically speaking, over the opposition 1o it that it has been con- sidered up to the last moment as more than likely that the board would pass the meas- ure, but unquestionably from the start It has, to a large part of the board, been not a drainage proposition at all, but a political one, and so effective politically that 400 or 500 working people will now fail to get em- ployment, and a large acreage of the richest land in the world will remain in the condi- tion of a swamp. BENEFIT TO THE COMPANY INDIRECT, It must uot be understood that the land of the Standard Cattle company Is in itselt by any means in this swampy condition, as we have constructed s6 many ditches that we would never be in the least embarassed by any water that might fall on a territory s 1 times larger than that of our farm. We suffer only from the water that flows onto us from the west, off the 'farms of those who make such a clamor about not gotting a ditch. The gain that would be secured by the entire community, county and state, other than the Standard Cattle com- pany, i 100 fold what could be secu by the company itself, and involves the welfare of thousands of people and the growth of both town and county. It is in no sense a selfish project, that {s no more selfish than it is natural for one to protect themselves against a danger from without. Tt 15 « simple demand from the community for the same kind of protection we give to others. this is fully appreciated and the company has with it the best wishes of all but a very fow. But it was good politics to refuse t ditch R. M. ALLEN, und Tired of fe. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March (Spe- clal to The Bee.)—Mrs. Bertha Hoyer, an aged woman, who lives alono in a small house, was found sick In bed last night after the police. authorities had pried open a window and gained entrance. A nelghbor had re- ported that there had been no signs of life about the house for some time. The woman claimed that boing tired of lite she attempted to commit sulcide by eating the sulphur off two boxes of matches, and taking an addi- i poison, supposed to be some ‘‘corn cure. The county physician was sum- moned and the old lady was removed to the hospital James Scott and John Clark were captured last nl t by Officers Ryan and Smith afte the latter had fired several shol to bring th p to a halt Scott and Clark robbed the residence of Al Ramey and got away with a it of good clothes and an overcoat L § will remain In the county Jall forty days each Gulf & N LYONS, Neb. Bee.) surve, road have Omaha ¢ survey leaving the east rn Burveyors at Work, March (Special to The rs on the Gulf & Northern completed the survey up the reek to the Indian reservation, The sottled on passes through 5, Oalland, elght miles below here, to of the survey, Mr. Provo was In from the reservation today and says the work will begin on the road just as soon 43 Proper arrangements are made. Pills that tlo Early cure sick headache: Risers, DeWitt's