Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1910, Page 3

f SANY.WANT NORMAL >CHOuL rd Peing Importuned to Secure ‘New Tnstitution. | , MAKING STRONG PULL 0 P })n SAellhorn of Pern and Member -~ MeDdnald of Kearney Will Have Much to Say Regarding ' Location. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 81.—(Specfal.) ~Judged by Iptters which are being recelved by embers of the State Normal board, Inted in ‘the location”pf the new normal s¢" W°F at a fever heat in those towns gt ¢ Mol Plorence Zink, ® competitofs for the school. schools of Holt county, has written the board hec reasons for wanting the school at O'Neill. Others have urged O'Nelll, but O'Nelllgis not included In the itinerary of the hoArd s mapy olt, and, according to the memberd Jnt Llnu?n. they have not yet recelved a proposition from O'Nelll, though they understood one is to be made It the proposition is filed after the board starts out it Is likely another trip will be made to the Holt county town after the board returns home next Saturday. Miss [ZInk Sets'(oug'yn her letter the number of teachérs omployed In Holt county And estimated How many students could b, expectedito attend such a school Holt county has more teachers, she wrote, than practically all the other northwest counties!of 'tHe state combined and O'Neill conducted the largest junior normal of any town in the state. “onsiderable speculation has been in- 1@8 @ - regarding the ghances of the Ous towns and the board sembers are most bewifdered with the @mount of good ngs sald about each. Two Members, Will Declde. From the start Alliance appeared to have the lead In favor with the dopesters, but much depends upon the attitude of Dr. Shellhorn of Peru and Member McDona of Kearney. It has been figured that a school at Alllance will draw from the territory of both of the old normal schools, owing to good train connections between the places, while if the school were to be located at Crawfordiske . territory which supports Kearey Norgal school and from which Peru also draws students would not be affected. The Crawford people are urging the members from' Kearney and Peru to think about thelr own institutions. Other objection” urged against Alllance Is that it has only one railroad, the Burling- ton. A town with two railroads would have two blg Interests advertising the school and bringing in students, so the advocates | of O'Nefll contend. . That town is on both the Burlington and Northwestern. Should Alllance discover it. was not to secure the school, it Is sald, friends of that town would prefer the school going to O'Nelll, as that would ‘mot atfeét’ Alllance getting a school later. Trip Begins Sunday. Advocates of O'Nelll are quoting from the report of former State Superintendent superintendent of ¢ McBrien, that no normal school is needed o) 4 in the west or northwestern part of the stete for normal rraining In high schools | and the junior normals offer sufficicnt schooling to #upply the needs In that dis- triet at the present time and for some | MeArSI Ot COMOLL 4 Jusiy | ow| Obfection’itn O NeéiW hast been urged be- | oause of its tleseness to.Wayne, where the | state has just bought a normal school. The towns are about 100 miles apart and O'Neill advocates insist: that both are tecded and that students who would attend A school at O'Nefll would not go to Wayne were there no school at the Holt county town. In the meantime the Board members are saying nothing, but each insists that he had no idea. where ‘the school Is to h located. The board will start out its rip Sunday night. T twill visit Alllance Nrst, ' on Banauet for Teachers. The banquet to be glyeh on the occasion of the meeting of the superintendents and principals of school at thelr meeting here in January has becn set for January 13 and will be held it the Lincoln hotel. Superin- tendent Fred M Hunter of Norfolk will be the toastmaster and> L. E. Mumford of Lincoln will be master of ceremonles. Other Business to Transact. When the normal board starts out on its{ trip next Sunday night it will probably have settled before itireturns considerable business aside from inspecting the siles for a mormial school. While the Information does not come from a board member It Is learned from most reliable sources that the board will conduct a general shaking up of the Peru pormal school. This shaking up will have to do with some action being taken regard- ing Principal Crabtree. It was freely pre- ctedd before the court handed down its clsion, holding the lgw which abolished the, ‘present board ' uriconstitutional, that in' case the court held that way, Mr. Crabs tree, would be asked to resign. This be- causd 1t! wag charged thay the superinten- dent of the Peru school urged the passage ot the bill which had for its object the abolftion of the. préssnt board. Whetaar the board has any direct evidence tnal Mr. Crabifree;did take an active part in the N Al Whoopling-Cou lroaefims. oughs, Diphtheria, Catarrh. o is a Boon to Asthmatios. nok secm more effactive to breathe in remedy for diseasaq of the breathing orgass tian o take remedy (nto the siol 1 jene curos because the air, rendered btic, s curried over e dissased TART ’10 " RIGHT If you have had bad bowels and liver last year—you don’'t have this. CASCARETS will make » your bowels and liver act right, + and keep them so, Many a sick, tired head and body comes from bad bowels. - ¥ CASCARETS —10c box—week's treat- meat, all & ts. Bigyest seller in he boxes & month. Nebraska __ll | Nebraska passage of the bill, no pubflc statement has been made. It is understood, however, that something will be done on the coming trip, regurding Mr. Crabtree’s case. The board will hold several meetings and transact business when ever it feels like it while on the junket. What Makes the Expense. A voucher 1fled by C. B. Manuel, super- Intendent of the boy's industrial school at Kearney, shows that he has been expres- sing butter and eggn for the Institution from Omaha, though no bill for the goods was sent with the receipts for the express charges for the shipment. The bills for the express of shipments of butter were as follows: November 30, 4 cents; Decem- ber 7, 46 cents; December 14, 46 cents; De- cember 22, express on butter, eggs and cel- ery, §1.18. In another voucher there was a charge of $62.76 for bringing back an escaped In- mate fiom Chicago. j5 1 Mr. Manuel's telephone bifi for the quar- ter was $06.80. In the list of calls were the following: Mrs. Manuel at Omaha to Mr. Manuel, $3; to E. A. Walrath, secretary of the populist state committee. at Osceola, $1. There were several calls from Manuel at Kearney to Manuel at St. Paul, where the superintendent owns & newspaper. The board probably will send back the express billg for an explanation and to have personal calls cut out of the telephone bills Dodwson Shoots Himself A. M. Dodson, a druggist of Tecumseh, killed himself in a rooming house on P street sometime last night and his body was found today by the landlord. He had shot himself with a 22-caliber rifle. The following note, which was in the room, told the reason for the act “Am without money, sick and no work that I can do In sight, 8o I'm ending the struggle. Kindly notify my wife, Mrs. C. M. Dodson, Tecumseh, Neb. “A. ‘M. DODSON. ‘Please return the two books to the city library. D. Gardeners to Meet. Jardeners and frult growers of Lincoln have called a meeting for 1 p. m. Monday next at the Lincoln hotel, &t which the organization of a growers' assoclation is proposed, which will probably take action upon the proposition to establish a market house in Lincoln. Probably the chief object of the form: tion of the local growers' association will be to urge the enactment of the proposed ordinance to prevent the hawking of fruit and vegetables by those who Import the stuff in cariots. Under the statutes and ordinances it Is impossible to prevent hawking by those who raise their fruit and vegetables in the county, and the pro- posed ordinance is only designed to pre- vent the hawking of garden and orchard produce raised elsewhere. ONIONS AND GARLIC ARE TOO MUCH FOR NEIGHBORS Ouster Suit Started at Beatrice Be- cause of Strong Odexs of Cooking. BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 31.—(Special)— Marife M. Colby against C. L. and M. L. Rock, I8 the title of a forcible entry and detainer filed in the county court. The case was called yesterday and continued for nine days. The defendants in the case are proprietors of the Owl cafe, which is lo- cated under Mr. Harden's furnishing goods store. In her petition Mrs. Colby alleges that the defendants, occupants, are “Un- desirables” by reason of the complaint made by Mr. Harden, iwho has entered strenuous objection .to the malodorous fumes of onlons, garlic, frying pans, etc,, tssuing from the room below in that they cying with unrelenting tenacity to his stock of goods and fill his place of busi- [ness with a certain aroma that does not tend to sales. entice customers and Increase DAN TALKS AT INSTITUTE Geneva Lawyer Advises Farmers to Stick to Soil, GENEVA, Neb., Dec. 31.—(Special:)—Lec- turers traveling under the diréction of the State university farmers’ institite bureau closed a successful two days’ intitute here last evening. At the business meeting it was voted to hold a two days' institute next year and the followin gofficers were elected: President, J. H. Morgan; vice president, J. W. Hafer; secretary-treas- urer, C. J. Kimbrough. Aside from the addresses of the regular lecturers, a feature of particular interest that drew a large audience was the ad- dress of Charles H. Sloan of Geneva on “Back to the Soil.’ Mr. Sloan took strong ground against the tendency of young men and women to leave the farm to seek a doubtful success in the great cities and produced substntial facts to support his arguments against such a course. When the first United States census was taken only thirty-four persons in each thousand lived In cities. In 1910 311 persons in each thousand were city dwellers, clearly a ten- fould increase and Is now probably 40 or more, Continuing, Mr. Sloan discussed other phases of his comparison between the op- portunities of the young men and women on the farm and those in the cities. Farm life, he sald, is superior in comfort, social, educational, political and financial advan- tages. He agvocated agricultural education and had used his own prescription, as he Is & graduate of the famous agricultural collego of Ames, Ia. Wihle Mr. Sloan 1s best known as a law- yer, he personally superintends the de- tails of all of the farming operations on his arge farm adjoining Geneva. He isone of the heaviest cattle feeders in this section and more grain and hay are consumed on his fam than even its large crops produce and a stiff local market is thus created. Tramp Rausacks Farmhouse. LINDSAY, Neb., Dec. 8L—(Special)—The home of Jesse Conelley, living two miles southwest of here, was entered by a burg- lar this afternoon while Mr. Conelley and wite were doing some shopping in town. Alice Schod, a girl about 12 years old, was left In “Large of the house and children. She noticed a man that looked like & tramp coming toward sue house. She then hid behind & corn shed. The man ransacked the house, burning various articles, s toys and things lying loose, ate & meal, then took & few trinkets, & loaf of bread, & pound of butter, some cream, and then took his gun and killed & couple of chick- ens and took them' mlong. He had also started a fire which the girl, however, ex- tinguished before it did very much dam- age. No trace of him had been found, al- though the robbery was committed about 4 p. m. | nbroad daylight. Miller's Hand Crashed. FALLS CITY, Neb.,, Dec. 8l.—(Speclal.)— Mr. Herman Lubach, owner of the Muddy Mill, met with a serious accident at his mill. While working with the machinery the mitten on his right hand was caught in the rollers. The hand was drawn in and badly crushed before he could throw the machinery out of gedr. Drs. Boon and Groen amputated all of the fingers and part of the hand which had been crushea to @& pulp. The thumb &nd & part of the little finger were saved. Mr. Lubach has been owner of the mill property only a few months and was not familiar with the OMAHA, SATURDAY, Nebraska working of the machinery and his injuries might have been mueh more serious had it not been for the presence of mind of the miller, Labor cheting Will Convene Next Tuesday Federation Will Listen to Papers and Addresses and Will Recommend New State Laws, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 31 of Tuesday, January 4. zation In Lincoln last June. ing. Tuesday morning's session will voted to hearing the report of the creden tlals committee and the annual address of The annual report of Secre- | umbers, as against 145,000 a year the president. tary-Treasurer Hart will also be submitted. Immediately after the noon hour the con vention will get down to business and begin | taxation paving the way to secure needed reforms | | along industrial lines. | Tuesday evening a mass meeting will be | velopment and increased wealth, and the held, to which everybody is invited. Mrs. K. R. J. Edholm of Omaha, executive secre- | will develop rich sections of the state and tary of the Nebraska Society for the Study will de- and Prevention of Tuberculosis, liver an address on the work of the soclety, and her paper will be discussed by Dr Gifford, Colonel others. Prof. George E. (Special)=The Ne- braska Federation of Labor will meet at South Omaha at 10 o'clock on the morning This is ) meeting of the federation !bl-n“l":nm:'::‘,:: importance, their value to the state during The success of the convention Is already assurred, for there will be fully as many delegates in | attendance as attended the Lincoln meet- be de- T. W. McCullough and | portance, Howard of the JANUARY 1, 1910. LONC STRIDE IN WYOMINC| Five Millions Increase in Value of Output of Industrigs. LIVE STOCK STILL IN ¥HE Thirty Millions Estimated Worth of Flocks and Herds, $22,000,000 in Mines and $16,000,000 in gricaltural Lines. CHEYENNE, Wyo, Dec. 31.—(Special) oming may well view with satisfaction fndustrial advancement during 199, the | value of the products of the three prin- cipal Industries of its 150,000 inhabitants having Increased during the year approx- imately $5,000,000, the record of these in- dustries during 1909 standing &t approx- imately $68,000,000, as against approximately $63,0.0,000 during 1908. Classifylge the threc industries reterred to in the ®rder of their 1909 1s as follow Agriculture . Mining .......... Live stock raising 6,000,000 000,000 74 90.000,00. . cevesen e s+ $68,000,000 Other noteworthy features of the year population of 30,000, the being 160,000 in round ago; an | increase In assessed. valuation of more - | than $190,000,000, the greater part due to on adequate valuation of prop- erty for the_first time in the state's his- tory, but a substantial part“due to de- .| were a gain in present population beginning of railroad construction Which add thousands to its population. through such development. .| The agricultural Industry in Wyoming during 1909 advanced to third place in im- being second to mining for the first time. large herds and the bunches by a much ranchmen and farmers. This is the resuit of the enforcement of the federal law against the fencing of the publie range, the settlement of the range country by homesteaders and the encroachments of sheep on the rangos hitherto glven over entirely to cattle. Eventually there will be About 15,000 head of horses were exported during the year, retukning to shippers $450,000. The swine output of the year was valued at approximately $75,000, represent- Ing 7,600 head Oil and s Flelds, The most important ofl and gas develop- ments of the year in Wyoming occurred in the Big Horn and Fremont county flelds. In the latter there was marked activity at several poluts, and especially in the Dallas | district, where the Power's interests, which | are backed by Dutch capitalists, brought in several wells of large production, bullt | a pipe line connecting the wells with the Chicago & Northwestern railway and in- | stalled storage tanks with a capacity of | several hundred thousand barrels. This syndicate ls progressing steadily with the development of its property and expects to supply the Chicago & Northwestern with oll for fuel use, several of the rallroad's omotives now being equipped with oil burners in which the Dallas product has proven entirely satistactory. The Powers | interests at present, It is stuted, could sup- ply a demand for 10,00 barrels daily with the assistance of other concerns in the same district on which it could draw. Th coneern much oil that on July 4 as an incident of the Lander celebration, it burned a lake contalning 50,000 gallons, the fire affording a magnificent, albeit costly, spectacle. Natural gas in immense volume was de- veloped during the year in the Greybull fleld of Big Horn county and has since been piped into Basin and Greybull and is in domestic use In both towns. Alford Bros. & Lamb, who developed the gas field, now can supply an output of 10,000,000 feet daily, and it Is estimated that the sup- ply could be increased practically without limitation merely by the sinking of adal- running of small greater number of has so New Year's Greeting: A year ago we wished you a happy and pros- perous twelve-month 1909. We enjoyed a most flattering patronage during the year just.closed and we hope your year was more, prosperous than we had hoped. Now, at the beginning af 1910, we greet you again, and wish that the new year will bring so much happiness, so much: prosperity to each and every resident of Omaha and vicinity that your most prosperous year of the past will look like misfortune when compared with 1910. Qur store will remain closed on January 1, 1910. Yours respectfully, " KING-SWANSON CO. The Home of Quality Clothes Have you read the Ford *“ad” in this week’s Saturday Evening Post? Read it, and then call on us, and see the Ford Cars . Ford Motor Co. Temporary Location, 1818 Farnam St University of Nebraska will also speak, taking for his tople the work of the Dircct Legislation league, of which he is president. The South Omaha Commercial olub is ar- ranging to entertain the delegates, and among other courtesles will show the visi- tors through the BSouth Omaha packing houses. 3 President Maupin has appointed the fol- lowing committees: Resolutions—F. M. Coffey, Typographical, Lincoln; J. C. Trouten, Federal union, South Omaha; 8. A. D. Smith, Blacksmiths, Havelows O. J. Randall, Street Rallway Employen, Omaha; 1. J. Copenharve, Typo- graphical, Omaha. Union_Labels and Shop Cards—R. M. Cave, Barbers, Fremont; H. C. Peate, ‘Typographical, Lincoln; T. W. Parker, Cigar Makers, Lincoln; Fred Schule, Tall- ors, Lincoln. Organization—L. V. Guye, Barbers, Omaha; T, C. Kelsey, Leather Workers, Lincoln; "J. "J, Fenon, _Structural Iron Workers, Othaha; Hairy Legs, Bartenders, Omaha. Credentials — Louls Connelley, Stereo- typers, Omaha; F. M. Coffey, Typographi- cal, Lincoln; T. O. Duckworth, Barbers. South Omaha. Finance — Jacob _Kaufmann, Brewery Workers, Omaha; E. J. Morrow, Street Railway Employes, Omaha; John Lambert, Carpenters, Fairbury, Legislation—V. B. Kinney, Typographical, Omaha; T. C. Kelsey, Leather Workers, Lincoln; "Jacob Carter, _Horseshoers, Omaha; A. F. Schwenker, Barbers, Lin- coln; H. W. Mattoon, Railway Clerks, Omaha. Laws—C. J. Randall, Street Rallway Em- ployes, Omaha; B. F. Creel, Barbers, Omaha; E. B. Cummings, Leather Work- Lincoin. President’s Report—Guy Smith, Brewery ‘Workers, Omaha; Frank Chevrant, Stereo- typers, Lincoln; Xavier Stadler, Stone Cutters, Omaha. in Agriculture. ! The increase in agriculture is due to two causes—irrigation development and the dry The latter is putting immense aréas of state until a few years ako considered use- less save for live stock pasture, and during 1909 several hundred thousand acres of land wes entered in the government land offices by settlers attracted by the possi- bilities of dry farming. ment of this character has been In Lar- amie county, but dry farming has become an institution in nearly every county of the state and at the present rate of prog- ress will cesstul raising of crops on several millions of acres of the state's semi-arid areas. Grain during 1900 grew thousands and thousands of acres which the preceding year had been virgin prairie, and which s not within miles of the near- est stream or irrigating canak, Practically every varlety of crop that cam be grown in the state under Irrigation grown during the past year through the sclentific conservation in thie ¥oil of rain- tall. 1y A marked impetus to the dry farming the state resulted from the Mondell 30-acre homestead act, which per- mits the homesteader to enter on 320 acres of land suitable for dry farming, whereas only 100.acres may be. efil part of the tract homesteaded is subject to irrigation. New Tracts Under Water, farming movement. to profitable use The chief settle- prolifically on movement in Secrefary-Treasurer's Report—J. C. Trou- Lewlis H. C, Omahy I ten, Federal union, South Omaha; 8. Kayer, Brewery Workers, Omaha; Jacobs, Fipe department, Co-Operafion—F. C. Weiner,. Switchmen, Omaha; Lou Baltzer, Lathers, Lincoln; A F. Schwenker, Barbers, Lincoln, Greivances—E. R. Ricketts, Carpenters, Nebraska City; cal, Omaha. One of the most Important tasks of the federation will be to arrange to draft laws for presentation to the next The largment of the employers' legislature. lability law, the establishment of a board of arbitration and conciliation, the abolition of the con- | hundreds of vict labor lease system, the establishment of a state printing office and a clearer definition of the rights of labor. The feder- ation will also seek to put the State Labor it a the bureau on a better basls, making greater factor in the protection of workers. Nebraska News Notes. BEATRICE—A fine program prepared for the farmers' to be held in this city January 10 to 15, PLATTSMOUTH—A famil; held in the home of Mr. and Mr W. Glenn In this city today. sons and four daughters being present. PLATTSMOUTH—Henry B. Mayo, vator cempany at Staplement, this county, has gone to Alblon to manage the Trans- mississipi elevator. HUMBOLDT—George Brenner and Miss two well known young peo- were united In mar- riage at the Evangelical parsonage in Ver- being performed by Hazel Wing, ple of this section, don, the ceremony Rev. W. M. Garries. HUMBOLDT — Guy Hummel ana wife, Charlle Beutler and family and W. boldt colony in Canada, winter with relatives and friends. Tuder family also old home in the Mammoth Cave section. HUMBOLDT—Mrs. of the county judge to John W. farmer of Berada precinet. 59 years old, while the groom years her senlor. HUMBOLDT—Father Menrich Meyer, l) ploneer resident of the Long Branch nelgh- |production placed borhood, died at his home at the advanced | Deceased was a home- steader in this section thirty-five years ago, at which time he came from the old Funeral services were held at) interment age of 79 years. country. the Long Branch church, with at the cemetery there. SEWARD—The History and Art club of be at home to the Fin de Siecle and Womans' clubs, with their hus- at the home | this clty will bands, on New Year of Mrs. Thomas Henry Wake, SEWARD—George Thomas has seventy-two feet of front on Main street. east of the F. W. Goehner block, and wil bulld a block of three business houses day, One will be a garage for the automoblle busin: in which he will engage. PLATTSMOUTH—Harry Whitlow, track with a message for the engineer, when his arm was struck by the engine, sending him sprawling to the sidewalk. but fortunately he was not drawn under the train. into the cause of the death of Allen, a young farmer, who W dead 'yesterday morning holism. BEATRICE—Rev. John H. Bankson, pas- tor of the Methodist chuch at Swanton, Neb., and Miss Edn: married at Ellis Wednesda R. N. Orrill offielating. thelr home at Swanton, PONCA—Robert Beller evening. Rev He went ‘into the stable on the oppo side from which he was accustome him in: that several not broken. since, but it Is thought his injurles wil not prove serious of his Keep Chamberlain’s Liniment on hand 1t is an antiseptic liniment and causes wounds to heal In less time than by any Jother tresq — S. A. D. Smith, Black- smiths, Havelock; A. D. Smill, Typographi- federation will seek to scure an en- is being institute school reunion was Thomas Their seven aged 8, of Atlantic, Ia., and Anna Lowe, aged 49, of Valley Junction, Ia., were united in marriage in this city by Justice M. Archer. SEWARD—J. H. Davis, for many years manager of the Iowa-Nebraska Grain Kle- {6 the beginning of work on Tuder and family, members of the Hum- have arrived in this section to spend the remainder of the The X leaves next week for Kentucky to spend a few weeks at their Selena Sansome, one of the ploneer residents of this place, was united in marriage yesterday at the office Lee, a The bride was is nine bought the Missourl Pacific operator, stood beside the BEATRICE—The coroner’'s jury |nqlx:_lrlnn rank found t his home near Filley, returned a verdict last evening to the effect that death was due to alco- May Rathbun were hey will make was severely gushed by one of his bronchos yesterday: | ne cactie industry exper to go when feeding them and one horse pushed the side of the stall s0 hard ribs were cracked, if He has been unable to work Trrigation statistics for the yedr are not available, offictal reports in this field being complled biennially and this being the in- termediate year. Several hurgred thousand /| acres of land were broughtunder waler *| for the first timo during the year, included ,|in_the larger tracts belng 11,000 acres wilteredl by the: Wyoming Development company, 20,00 by the Shoshone govern- ment project, 2,00 by the Pathfinder gov- ernment profect, 20,000 by the Platte valley project and 15,000 by the Eden project. The greatest reclamation, however, was repre- sented by the many scores of smaller nor- poration or community projects and the individual projects. On the basis of the development In {rrigation dur- ing the preceding two years, it is probable that 1,000 miles of Irrigating canals, great and small, were constructed or begun dur- ing the year. The cost of irrigation works completed or begun during the year is be- tween $10,000,000 and $15,000,000. Notable irrigation developments during the year were the completion of the Path- finder dam, the source of the water storage as the resalt of which 260,000 acres will bear crops, the completion of the Shoshone dam, creating a reservoir for the reclamation of 150,000 acres, and the highest dam In the world, rising 216 feet above the bed of the Shoshone river, the reorganization of the Big Horn Basin Development company, owner of the Oregon basin project, which will reclaim 300,000 acres, the idleness of the Wyoming Central Irrigation company, which controls water rights sufficient for 20,000 acres, but which is delaying the development of a fertile section of the state through its fallure to construet works or the utilization of the water it controls, the rapld progress made on the James Lake system, which will reclaim 50,000 acres, the Saratoga Valley system, under which 8,000 acres will be reclaimed, the reorganization of the La Prele Canal and Ditch company and the enlargement of the scope of its system from 40,000 acres to 110,000 acres, and the completion of the Wyoming Development company’s supplementary system, under which 11,000 acres will be cultivated Elght Million Dollars in Wool. While the wool production of the state during 190 Increased to 40,000,624 pounds, of the approximate value of $8,676,133, this this state well of its nearest competitor for first In the American wool growing column, Montana, the second state, being several million pounds behind. The Wyoming pro- duction of the present year was an In- crease of about 3,000,000 pounds over that of 1%8. The sheep of the state in 1% sheared heavier fleeces than in the pr- |ceding year because of severer climatic corditions. It is not probable that the 1910 wool production will nearly approach i|that of 1909, as the number of sheep in the state has been greatly reduced since the last shearing season, by heavy shipments to market and storms, disease and preda- tory wild animals are decimating the . | flocks. "| During 10 approximately 1,800,000 head of sheep and lambs were exported from the state, returning to the flockmasters §7, 006,075 The total recelved by flockmasters from sheep and wool sold during the year was about $15,584,208. An interesting feature of the year In connection with the wool growing industry was the arrest and prosecution for the " | first time since range rivalry between cat- tlemen and sheepmen began of cattlemen who undertook to control certain sections of government range by force of arms. Profit ahead place ble Year for Catfle. nced a profit able year. Approximately 275,00 head of cattle were exported during the year, sell- ing at $8,600,000. This was an increase of about $3,000000 over the business of the | |preceding year At the end of the year there remain In the state probably 500,000 head of cattle. A change In the cattle raising ‘Industry was in progress during the year, the trend tlonal wells. HIL W Wheu, the Hill Colorado & that the bearing Wyoming. 1 Build Railroads. shortly Southern, it deal would on the raliroad situation Developments during well founded As a result of Colorado & Southern, the HIill palgn of rallroad construction Wyomi has known since bullt more than forty portion begun. and has alrea years ago, of their construction For the purpose of securing a direct route from Galveston to Puget sound, t Hill interests will build several connectl lines betwcen roads which they contr and will also rebulld portions of the ex- isting roads. The most important porti of this work will be done where the Colorado & Ington system. The construction now decided upon, a partly under way, will give the Burlingt Southern and Bui about 800 miles. of new trackage in Wyom- ing, and a total trackage in the state between 600 and 700 miles, more than the Union Pacific, which is present and has always been the state's greatest raflroad. The cost of the Bu ington work which has been laid down will be approximately $10,000,000. Work on Union Pacific. Aslde from those ‘associated with t Burlington-Colorado & Southern ‘combina- tlon, there have been few rallroad develop- in 1900 The Union Pacific, during this year, com- pleted thirty miles of double tracking be- ments of importance in the state tween Green River and Granger, and beg: work on an additional sixtcen tween Green River and Rock Springs. short branch s being bullt from Evanst to the coal mines at Almy, a distance about three miles. During the first half of the year t Unlon Pacific completed cutoff, which had also the financial stringency cluding about avolds Athol hill enne-Denver line at Carr, twenty south of Cheyenne, with the main line Borle, eleven miles west of the clty. been delayed This cutoff, sub-cut-off €onnects the main cut-off with on the main line five miles west Corlett, of Cheyenne, That the Union Pacific has not aban- doned its Intentlon to some day build cut-off from Chappell, Neb., to Medicl Bow, Wyo.,, by which its main fifty miles north of Laramle, is indicat by the several parties of surveyors which it had in the fleld during 1909 along t route of this proposed cut-off. During 1909 the Laramle, Hahn's Peak Pacific extended Its Laramie-Albany 1 southward toward Walden, Colo., and dur- ing the comink vear this extension will completed, glving the fine North Park dis- trict of Colorado its first railroad outlet and diverting a heavy business northward into Wyoming. Output of Coal Fields. The production of coal Is the branch of mining which has been sively developed In Wyoming, the value the coal output during the last year hav- than & score of times that of all other mine prod- Wyom- ing been more greater than ucts combined. Yet so vast are ing's coal areas that the 1909 production 6,600,000 tons, valued at $21,000,000, sents the development of only a fractl of 1 per cent of the coal flelds of t etate. While the coal output and its value dur- before the close of 1908, interests secured control of the was prophesied have an important the last half of 1909 show that the prophesy was the acquisition of ‘the interests have arranged for the most extensive cam- the Union Pacific was in" Wyoming, lines will be welded into a single considerably miles be- the Carr-Borie in- sixteen miles of trackage, and connects the Chey- miles line will be carried 100 miles north of Cheyenne and only exten- repre- ing 1909 is in advance of that of 1%8, no new mines of Importance have been opened in the state during the last year and sev- eral old mines have not been operated. The outputs of many of the major collieries, in| however, have been largely increased through more extensive development and the collleries of the state are now capable of @ iuch greater production annuaily than that represented by the 1909 output. An interesting feature of the year in coal mining was the abandonment last spring of the famous No. 1 mine at Rock Springs, the olest and greatest in the a | State, both from point of extent of work- ay | ings and from that of quality of product. No. 1 finally was driven so far that the expense of holsting the product to the he | Surface became prohibitive except through ng | @ vertical shaft. So the mine was closed, ol, | but subsequently the sinking of a vertical shaft was begun and in course of time the famous old mine will again be producing. Although Wyoming is bounded by states —Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana and South Dakota—which annually produce mil- lions of dollars of revenue from metal mines, this industry In this state s hardly in the first stages of its development, Ex- cept for the iron output: of the great mines of | of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company at Ironton and Sunrise, the metal output of at | the state during 160.may be considered an almost negligible quantity. State’'s Mineral Wealth, Accurate figures of the state’s mineral production during the year are absolutely lacking, there being ro public system of ng on ri- nd on ri- hy estimates olace the amounts as. follows: Coal, $21,000,000; iron, $500,000; gold, $75,000; copper, $10,000; bulld- ing stone, $0,000; copper, $10,000; oil, $50,000; miscellaneaus, $25,000; total, $22,020,000. Except for the work of that character which is performed in railroad shop plants, there is little manufacturing in Wyoming. There are small manufacturing plants scattered throughout the cities, but they are local In their character and business and the total of their output during the year is small. Probably the manufacturing industry during the year represented the expenditure of $1,00000, which is a de- | crense from the record of NS, when the Jarge rolling mills of the Union Pacific at Laramie were in operation for a portion of the time. Those mills were idle dur- ing the entire year of 1909. Sleigh Overturns. UTICA, Neb., Dec, 31.—(Special.)—Three accldents occurred last evening as a party of young folks were returning in a bob- of the atate,, but an A on of he by at A ne | where they had been entertained during the evening. As they were coming out of ed | ariving, did not notice that he was driv- ing off of the end of a culvert. The sled tipped over, but the horses stopped immediately. It was found that Miss & |Loute Boon suffered a fracture of the ne | right arm and ber right shoulder dislo- cated. Miss Caroline Rutenbeck received a few bruises by being thrown against a post, while George Leonard also recelved a bruise on his head. All attention was paid to Miss Boon, who was rushed to her home and doctors summoned. They re- duced the fracture and made her as com- fortable as-possible, but she is suffering great pain. of s A Golden Wedding. WAYNE, Neb, Dec. 31 and Mrs. L. R. Tharp celebrated their tleth wedding anniversary at their home of [in this city yesterday. Between hours of 2 and 4 p. m. many of them as- on [sembled and enjoyed the hospitality of he |the host and hostess, who were remem- bered with many tokens of esteem. In |the evenins members and their wives of he be being toward the elimination of the very keeping statistics of the industrial affairs ! tatally 4 lgled from the home of Henry Balster, | the home place Carl Caldwell, who was | Casey post, Grand Affny of the Republic, of which Mr. Tharp is a member, assem- bled at the home andpontinued the cele- bration. Mr. Tharp was alio the recipiant of a gold-headed cane' §t the hands of the post members. Governor Gets Makin’s“of L.unch Cronies at Alma Send Maferial for New Year's Celebra- tioi. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 31—(Special.)—From ‘“fammany Quarters” at Aima there came tocday addressed to Governor Shallenberger and Colonel Furse & box In which were dried beef, onlons, limbarger ch , crack- ers and two pint bottles of beer. Mrs. Shallenberger and Mrs. Furse are both ‘out of the city and Alma friends thought perhaps the two statesmen were not taking proper care of themselves and 80 sent along the edibles. The wet goods and the dry goods were sent by intimate friends of the governor and.old eronies of the secretary. Following the receipt of the box by Gov- ernor Shallenberger which contained the makins of a good lunch and the two bottles of beer Rev. Samuel Zane Batten called to see his excellency. The governor, However, was (ngaged, so Mr. Batten . left without having caught him red-handed. DEATH RECORD. 4l M. J. Ben J. Keegan Keegan. received word by tele- graph Thursday from Douglas, Wyo., of the death of his brother, M. J.' Keegan, and that the body would be sent to Omnha, Mr. Keegan was employed on some Irriga~ tion dam work near Douglas and was hurt by accident a few days ago, his death ensuing Thursday morning. The \&:ather. FOR NEBRASKA—Partly cloudy; colder In_west and north portions { FOR I0WA—Partly cloudy; Wikmer in southeast portion; colder in northiwest por- tion, Temperature at Omaba yesterday: Deg, 2) ta m.. 2m... 1p. Local Reéord. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Dec. 81-Officlal record of tem- perature’ and preeipitation compared with the corresponding period of the last three years: 190, 1908. 1907, 1905, Maximum tempernture .. 42 167 87 30 Minimum temperature ... 25 6 24 24 Mean temperature . #o..8 # Precipitation .00 0 00 00 Temperature and pretipitation départures from the normal'at Omaha since March 1 and compared with the last two year Normal temperature . 4 s 22 Ixcess for the day (12 Tota® deficiency sincs A Normal precipitation. ... 208 inch Deficlency for the day...... 3 inch Precipitation since March 1...,.34.06 inches Excess since March 1 4.83 Inches Deflclency for cor. perfod, 1908.. 4.5 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1%07.. 7.3 inches A. WELSH, Local Foregaster. March 1