Crawford Tribune from Crawford, Nebraska • 1

Tfce Crawford Tribune NUMBER 2 CRAWFORD DAWES COUNTY NEBRASKA JUNE 28 1912 VOLUME XXV LOST FRIEND AND OTTER SKIN COAT AT ONE TIME And All Miss Henderson Can Show for Them Is Big Green Frog HUNGERFORD REPLIES TO MAYOR McKELVEY Some Hot Shots in Response to the Few Jabs Under the Short Ribs CRAWFORD MERCHANTS ROADS Good Roads Demanded by Farmers and Merchants Good Results Expected Brower Swartzentroup Oa Wednesday June 20 1912 at Harrison Neb Ernest BroWer and Miss Bessie Swartzentroup were united in marriage Countv Judge Schnurr officiating The groom has been a resident of this city for several years past being employed at bridge work on the Burlington railroad and is an industrious young man of good habits The bride is the eldest daughter of Mrs As Rohrer bva former husband and a bright young lady wtio IS was born and reared in this vicinity where she has hosts of friends with whom the Tribune joins in wishing the young couple a happy and prosperous future A fair young women an immense green trog a pretended admirer and a ftWO fur coat figure in a case that is now corrugating the brows of County Judge Crawford Mayiue Heuderson strikingly pretty brought suit in county com against Furrier Aulabaugh of Omaha the Wells-Fargo Kx press company and a Lincoln hotel on account of the loss of her valuable garment and back of the action is a story of cruel deception The plaintiff left her coat with the Omaha furrier for repairs and later went to Lincoln On her way she met an acquaintance who had professed admiration for her on several occasions ami seemed bent on creating a favorable impression In the course of the conversation she casually mentioned the fact that she had left hereout in Omaha for repairs At the depot the attentive acquaintance offered his services as escort As they were passing a telegraph office he asked her if she would mind stepping inside a moment while he sent a message Aftei she arrived at her destination he left her and that was the last she saw of him On her return to Omaha she discovered that her coat made of the skins of otters from Hudson hay had been sent to Lincoln on the strength of a message received from a Lincoln hotel on the day of her arrival at the capital city Her fears that her pretended admirer had a hand iti the matter wete corroborated when she received a postal card from Kansas City On the postal curd was the pictu re of a big frog and the inscription: he not so green as I look to be!" Now the plaintiff seeks to recover the value of the lost garment on the grounds that more care should have I ern exercised to guard against the cunuiog fraud It appears that the attentive used her name without authority had the coat sent to Lincoln and then took possession of it without her knowledge AH parties handling the coat along the route of its disappearance are made defendants and Judge Crawtord is cogitating over which one is legally World-Herald On Wednesday according to arrangements made by Crawford Association about twenty-five citizens in five autos took a trip southeast of town to view the Squaw Creek road about which complaint has frequently been made The first stop was made about four miles from town at the 'Gene Stetson hill which is long and steep and would require the expenditure of from $800 to $1000 to grade down so as to be satisfactory After thoroughly viewing the ground it was considered best by the majority of those present to turn the road to the north on the east side of the loll and then due west to connect with the north and south road directly north of the school house Mr Stetson is very much opposed to changing the road and thinks that about $2(X) expended in grading down the hill would put the present road in good shape and especially is he opposed -to running the road straight west so as to pass north of the school house but favors turning entirely around the hill and back into the present road if changed at all Those who favor run ning the road straight west to pass directly north of the school house claim that by so doing a short sandy hill which is troublesome located near the corner of the junction of the north and south and east and west roads will be avoided The matter will be taken up by the business men and whatever is considered best will be done to improve the road After leaving the Stetson hill several short stops were made in Squaw Creek canyon to view defective bridges which were noted by County Commissioner Weber and which will receive proper attention at the hands of the county commissioners The next important stop was made near Squaw Mound on the Isaiah Stetson place Here there is apiece of rrd which is rough and hilly and almost impassible during the winter months which the farmers on the table want to abandon and have a road opened through one of Mr fields Mr Stetson objects to such a move and claims it will damage him to the tune of about $1000 but the matter will undoubtedly be taken up by the farmers and the business men will render all assistance possible to make a satisfactory road After viewing and considering the Stetson road the party went on east and dropped down into a canyon where water was obtainable and partook of lunch The lunch was provided by the Business Association and through some misuederstanding there was not sufficient to go around However the party were in good cheer and after lunch started out for the East Ash Creek road down which they headed for Crawford When near the Britton saw mill the Frank Hall auto which was in the lead struck a stump in the center of the road and was considerably damaged but not knocked out of commission The stump was dug out in a short time and all hands made good speed toward home arriving here about 3 The crops with few exceptions along the route traveled were in fine condition although a rain in the near future would prove of great benefit A man may he known by the company he keeps hut lie is certainly proved by the company he repels The former lie mac sometime deceive but the latter almost never All the world over the coward is the enemy of all the brave the liar the enemy of all the true All the world over there is no better proof of a virtue than that he should he persecuted by a loose woman no better evidence of a worth than that she should be slandered by a libertine When 1 see a man hated by a fo 1 know that he Is wise when I hear him disparaged by a braggart 1 know that he is honest When 1 hear him called by a nonentity that 1 know would skin a louse for his tallow 1 judge that his credit would be good with me Revenge is absured If one tries to brush aside the filth they only soil their own hands if it attacks you it will only bring itself into comparison with you and thereby show the world just how much dirt it is 1 choose my friends with care and select my enemies with caution My friends are a personal help to me but out in the world where unknown to me they go reviling me I consider my enemies my best asset Any man who stands out fearlessly for what he believes right is bound to have enemies it has been so since the world stood and will always continue so Ifyou would thwart the grafter from grafting the people the grafters want to wipe you off the map They will either attack you bodily or they will attack vour honesty They will try and show you up as a cheat an impostor and if they cun get enough embed les to switch with them they will try to show-the world that you the avowed enemy of graft are a grafter and it is surprising how many people they can get into their following For that 'reason it is very bard for a man nowadays to unearth the real gang of grafters The grafters all stand toge thtfjfHmtt another and get in as many good people as they can in one way and another it helps them to avert justice Mayor McKelvey writes in his letter to Editor Lin-deman that 1 pay my bills This is an absolute lie No man never comes into my office with a just bill that he get his check before he leaves if I am at home If I haven't the money I would rather pay interest upon the amount than to stand the bill off as many others do with me Mayor McKelvey knows absolutely that tnat is the principle I follow in business and knew when he uttered the inference that it was not true but that he could say nothing that would hurt my feelings more than that so regardless of any attempt at truth he tries to damage me in that way The business men of the city with whom 1 spend more perhaps every six months than has the mayor dealt out to them during the twenty-two years he boasts of having lived here can testify as to my promptness in paying bills If Mayor McKelvey could get you to thinking of my being an awful dead-beat he presumes that you would forget to ask him how many free tickets he got to the circus while you a tax payer the same and probably a great deal more than he had to pay yoiir way THAT CIRCUS BUSINESS The mayor would ha you think that the circus paid all it was entitled to pay That is not the truth The council insisted that they should pay $50 for the show at the park This they did after considerable bickering then the mayor came to me and asked if I would object to his giving them a free license to snow on the corner of Main and Second streets I told him plainly that I objected I told him that the cheapest he could let them in on the corner was $2 and from that to $5 Councilman Judson appeared at this juncture and I brought this matter up to him and told him the stand 1 had taken This conversation was right before the mayor and the showman who had been around with the mayor all the morning Councilman Judson said he stood with me on the matter and that the show oh the corner should be licensed The mayor and the showman left us then and I did not see them again until late in the afternoon when I met the mayor and asked if they had paid their license for the show on the corner He said they did not an all the other councilmen had consented that they should show without license I asked him if Councilman Judson had switched and he said he did When I later in the day met Mr Judson I asked him what had caused him to change his mind in the matter since he left me He said that Mayor McKelvey followed him over to his hotel a little while after we had been together up town that the mayor was accompanied by the showman that the showman said the other councilmed have consented to our showing on the corner without a license except you and now' will you give your Mr Judson said he turned to the mayor and said to him that right Brick have all the rest of the council and the mayor answered Mr Judson said that he then answered that if The New Burlington Depot Case The State Railway Commission held a session here on Saturday to hear evidence in the case of the city of Crawford vs tlieJC (J Co wherein the city is requesting the construction of a commodious passenger depot to be located in a safer place than the present death trap A half dozen or more witnesses were ex- amined on the part of the city and three witnesses on the part of the railroad company Commissioner Clark was the only member of thestate board present Mayor McKelvey represented the city and the railroad was repre sented by its regular attorney Land Office Notes From Alliance Times An American citizen who enters public lands in Canada and takes the oath prescribed to perform that act does not thereby necessarily expatriate himself from citizenship in the United States It requires an oath of allegiance to a foreign government to effect expatriation A citizen of the United States lokes his citizenship only by expatriation Certain civil and political rights may be forfeited because of an infamous crime but the status of citizenship remains with all the rights privileges etc of citizens in general except Buch as may have been forfeited or taken away Therefore a citizen of the United States who has been convicted of a felony and not pardoned is eligible to make a public land entry The judicial vacation of a patent to public lands does not of itself make such land subject to entry or any form of application until the former entry or patent is cancelled on the records of the General land office and the proper local office and no application will be received or any recognized until this action has been taken The segregative effect of an entry ii the Barne whether patented or un patented and the record must be cleared before any other application may be received The preference right of entry awarded to a successful contestant is not an absolute and uncondition al right to make entry regardless of ihe status of the land at the time of cancellation of the contested entry It is only the preferred right to the exclusion of other applicants which entitles the contestant within the preference right period to make entry if the land be subject to entry under such application as he shall present but he can only make such entry as may be appropriate consideration being given to the status of the land at the time he tenders application Motion for review made before the Commissioner will be treated as an appeal and forwarded to the Secretary This procedure is followed because the rules of practice do not in terms allow for a motion for a rehearing Repayment can only be allowed upon specific statutory authority Under the act of June 16th 1880 repayment is authorized where entries are canceled for couflict or have been erroneously allowed and can not be confirmed It was the purpose of the act of March 26th 1908 to afford repayment where moneys are covered into the Treasury any application to make auy filing location selection entry or and in the process of adjudication such application entry or proof is rejected and the party or his legal representatives have not been guilty of traud or attempted fraud in the transaction Belmont Items Best smithing1 coal at Foster Lumber Go the Situation at Baltimore Hot weather doing line Jim Phelps has gone for his bride so we were told Mr Wendt is on his way home from Lincoln with his new auto Earl Fosket is moving out on his farm west of Marsland Some are putting up alfalfa now and report it a splendid crop Ben Thornton has purchased anew cream separator Mr Pittis is visiting at the Walden home this week Mr Vetter of Crawford was in town Sunday Clarence McHenry has just got a nice shipment of furniture We all wish you much joy Clarence Fred Ellsworth is visiting his old home in Iowa Understand he spent a few days near Omaha Miller was in town Monday and we are glad to see him looking so much better Wilson Appears at Present to Stand the Best Chance Provived Billy Hat is Not Tossed in the Ring Just before noon to-day Friday the following long distance telephone message was received at the Crawford Telephone Co office in this city: The session was held all night The vote on candidates for president begins at 6:33 a Champ Clark is ahead on first ballot but is not likely to have enough votes to nominate him Result of Clark 440 Wilson 324 Unerwood 117 Harmon 148 Marshall 31 Baldwin 22 Bryan 1 Houltzen 2 Adjourned until 4 The following lines from this Denver Post indicate the situation at Baltimore: Bryan influences succeed in smashing the time honored rule of the democrats under which the states vote aB a unit in nominating a president Bryan league has been formed and many Bryan buttons are now seen on the delegates It is generally conceded that Bryan will be able to name the candidate for president William Randolph Hearst conies out strong for Clark but the Missourian appears to have lost the support of Bryan and Wilson stock is booming Murphy Taggart and Sullivan have combined to defeat any candidate named by Bryan Wilson forces win great victory on floor of couvention throwing out ten Clark delegates from South Dakota seated by the credentials committee and seating ten Wilson men in their place The vote was: Wilson 6392 Clark 437 not voting 5 absent 2 The entire New York delegation voted for Wilson on this ballot Mr Wendt is partitioning off the hall above his store and will make a dwelling house of it Charley Hale has finished plowing fire guards along the railroad each side of Belmont The Burlington want to be ready for fires when the grass dries up Mr and Mr Kern of Crawford are visiting at Wm this week They took three cameras with them and I suppose everything in the neighborhood will be shot Mr Kern never misses the mark CCNTINCEDON PAGE EIGHT.