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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
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VOL. 2S.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915.
NO. 41
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TEUTONS STILL BUN
A RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE
RUSSIAN FORCES IS KEPT
( UP.
ANXIETY IN BRITISH CIRCLE
English Press Declares Capture of
Warsaw or Seizure of Its Railways
Would Be Disastrous to Czar's
Troops,
WMlern N'epatff Union Stvn Sfr?lo.
London. Drlvpn back over their
own frontier north of Lcmberg and
In southeast Galicla, the Russian arm
forced to cross the rlvor Gnlln Llpa,
lea continue to rotreat before tho Aus
t' Germans along ii front of approxi
mately 250 miles, about equal to the
distance between Arras and the Vos
ges. The Berlin official communication
records progress by the Teutons in vir
tually the entire southeastern theater.
G'&i. von LInsingen's army is pre
sumably astride the railway running
from Hallos to Lemborg and Stanls
lau and doubtlessly is aiming at the
line which runs from Lemberg to
'VOdessa through Tarnopol.
Y It seems thnt Germany Is bent on
further punishment for the Russians
beforo relaxing tho intensity of her
Gallclan campaign, but, with the Rus
sians across tho frontier, the Germans
will have to rely almost solely on road
tn nsports, and their advance will
necessarily be slower.
The British press continues-to voice
the hope that the Russians will And a
tenable lino and deliver a counter
blow, but there is a note of anxiety In
nearly all their accounts, together with
the warning that either of tho railway
lines which supply it would be disas
trous to Russia and would surely be
followed by another general German
offensive in the west.
Notwithstanding the French attacks
around Arras, it is argued that the
Germans must feel comparatively se
cure In the west, or they would not
have risked their tremendous envelop
ing movement against the Russians.
The French are persisting in their as
saults in the neighborhood of Arras,
jhe situation.
ROBLES MEXICAN PACIFIST.
Villa and Carranza Want to Dlscuat
Terms.
El Paso, Tex. Jose Isabel Rob'fes,
minister of war in the cabinet of Eu
lallo Gutierrez, is authority for tho
declaration that the leaders of the
two larger warring factions have
agreed to discuss terms of peace, per
haps within a week. Robles made the
statement here to a newspaper.
Since the overthrow of tho Gutier
rez government, Robles has not been
Identified with either the Villa or Car
ranza factions, and was choson by
those anxious to end the war as an in
termediary, according to his story.
Robles lias not revealed any terms of
agreement he claims to have brought
about, but said that by the middle of
July Villa would be on tho border and
would be met by Obregon, the two
sanctioning the conference that then
would be held.
He lntimnted that the success of his
work had been hastened by fear cre
ated at headquarters, both of Villa
and Carranza, that tho revolution prp
ularly believed to Jiave been begun by
Huerta would so complicate tho gener
al situation in Mexico that tho Unltod
States might intervene.
.
Thaw Never Was Insane.
New York. Dr. Charles H. Bancroft,
head of the New Hampshire state hos
pital for the Insane, and a member of
he federal commission which exam
ined Harry K. Thaw during his sojourn
In New Hampshire, has testified that
in his opinion Thaw not only waB sane,
but always had been sane. Dr. Ban
croft testified aB an expert alienist
la the jury proceedings to determine
Thaw's mental condition. "Thaw's
act in killing Stanford White," Dr.
Bancroft said, "was not the product of
a systematized delusion such as char
acterizes the true paranoiac. The
killing of Stanford White," he said,
"appeared to us a passionate, Impul
sive act, growing out of a condition of
mind due chiefly to anger and jeal
ousy, which was the final culmination
of a series of circumstances that had
been bearing down on him a long time.
It did not seem a type of paranoia, but
was due to Jealousy of Mr. White, not
to a diseased condition of mind. Thaw
know that White had been antagonis
tic to him in an unpleasant way. Ho
wanted to get even with Whlto. His
act was the product of a sane mind,
which, after ho had indulged in cham
pagne, Buddenly lost hla control. An
other reason for my belief is that
Thaw expressed regret for his deed,
A paranoiac never expresses regret.
He continually tries to Justify the deed
and no amount of persuasion can con
vince him that he has done wrong."
Woman Given a Place.
Topeka, Kau. For tho Urst time In
its history Kansas is to have a wom
an member of the state board of cor
$t:tIons, as the result of tho appoint
ment by Gov. Capper of Mrs. J. M.
Miller of Council Grove as a member
of the board. Mrs. Miller Is president
of the State Federation of Women's
Clubs.
St Paul, Minn. Dry forces cap
tured three out of four counties vot
ing on local option In this state June
23th.
WILSON TAKES REST
DOCTOR WARNS PRESIDENT AS
HE REACHES SUMMER HOME
AT CORNI8H, N. H.
TOILS ON TWO PROBLEMS
Mexican Policy and Handllno of Brit
ish and German Issues Considered
Crowds Greeted Executive at Sta
tions, But He Refused Speeches.
t Cornish, N. H., Juno 28. Undor or
ders .from his physician to tako a com
plete rost President Wilson settled
down at the summer Whlto House on
Friday for a brief vacation to proparo
himself for tho arduous work ho is ex
pecting within tho next few months in
handling European and Mexican, prob
lems. Tho president brought fow official
documents. OfllclalB at tho Whlto
Houso in Washington had orders to
forward him only tho most pressing
business, but he plans to give much
thought, in tho seclusion of tho Cornish
hills, to tho next step in his Mexi
can policy, to tho submarine Issue with
Germany and to tho discussion with
Great Britain over interference with
commcrco between tho United States
and neutral nations of Europe.
Secretary Lansing will do, most of
tho actual work on tho note to Great
Britain now being prepared, but tho
president has already gone over with
him tho broad questions of policy in
volved, and will see the note beforo It
is ofllclally forwarded to London. Ho
read with deep interest during tho day
unofficial forecasts from Berlin that
there was a possibility of Germany's
submarine warfaro being modified, but
refused to comment.
Tho president arrived Friday after
noon after a trip through Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Vermont, marked
by frequent ovations from crowds
which gathered at all stations. Ho re
fused to make any speeches, but
smiled broadly at laudatory comments
from several hundred men, women and
chlldren,with whom he shook hands.
"You have been writing great lotters
to those foreign governments," said a
working woman as she clasped the
president's hand. He thanked her.
"Excuse the dirt," apologized a fac
tory employee, extending a grimy hand
to the president
"I don't mind that." tho president
replied as he shook hands.
Virtually tho entire population of
Windsor, Vt.. and this village were at
the station to greet the president as
ho stepped off his private car with
Miss Margaret Wilson and Dr. Cary
T. Grayson,- his naval aid and physi
cian. The president's Joy was evident In
the afternoon when his daughter, Mrs.
Francis B. Sayre, hor husband and
baby, arrived for a visit, Francis
Woodrow Sayre, the president's only
grandson, cooed with delight and cud
dled in his godfather's arms.
Mr, Wilson plans to devote nearly
all his vacation season to golfing, autc
moblllng, reading and resting.
GERMAN NOTE IS PEACEFUL
Will Not Sink 8hlps If Assured That
Merchant Vessels Won't Attack
Submarines.
Berlin, June 28. Germany will mod
ify hor submarine warfaro to meet tho
demands of the United States provided
It Is given assurances that merchant
ships will not attempt to sink the un
derwater craft which hall them. It
was learned on Friday that this Is ono
of the chief points in the preliminary
draft of the reply to the second Amer
ican note, which Is being drawn up by
Foreign Secretary von Jagow.
YALE CREW IS THE WINNER
Blues Capture Race From Harvard In
Easy 8tyle, Leading From Start
to Finish.
Regatta Course, New London, Conn.,
June 28. Yale defeated Harvard tn
tho annual varsity crew race on Friday
In easy style, leading from start to
finish. The Blue won by seven lengths.
Tho official timo was: Yale, 20:62;
Harvard, 21:134. Tho first race, tho
iccond varsity eight, waB won by tho
niue oarsmen, by about a quarter of a
length.
Allies Kill 1,300 Turks.
Cairo, Juno 25. Thirteen hundred
Turks have been killed In an oil-day
fight for a Turkish position at the Dor
ianelles, an official bulletin says. The
allied troops rushed tho Turkish
trenches and drovo tho enemy out.
Dutch Steamer Sunk.
Copenhagen, Juno 28, The Dutch
iteamer Ceres was sunk by a mine or
torpedo In the Gulf of Bothnia on Fri
day. Twenty-flvo members of her
:rew were saved.
Jap Prisoners Kill 8elves,'
Tokyo, Juno 29. Rather than suf
fer what they considered the dishonor
of being made prisoners, Major Naka
lma and Captain Nashlmoto, Japanoso
officers with the Russian army at
Lemborg, committed hari-kari.
Powder Depot Blown Up.
London, Juno 29. Bombs dropped
by British aviators near Roulors, Bel
glum, caused tho explosion of a large
ammunition dopot and also resulted
In tho killing of SO German soldiers
who were loading a train
FRENCH ADVANCES
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iSAlLKQADS
This map Bhows the location of t
French in tho Vosgcs region, northea
In Uppor Alsace, In tho valley of tho
LANSING IN CABINET
PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES HIM
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Former Counselor of State Department
Accepts High Position Many
Congratulations Come In.
Washington, Juno 25. President
Wilson offered Robert Lansing tho
post of permanent secretary of state
at a conforenco held at tho White
House on. Wednesday.
President Wilson authorized a state
ment relntlng to tho appointment of
Mr. Lansing. It follows:
"Beforo leaving for a brief rest In
Now Hampshire the president an
nounced that he had offered tho post
of secretary of stato to Mr. Robert
Lansing, the present counselor of de
partment' of state, and that Mr- Lan
sing had accopted tho appointment."
The news of Mr. Lansing's appoint
ment spread rapidly. Secretaries Gar
rlson and Daniels wont at onco to his
office. Secretary Tumulty telephoned
congratulations from tho White House.
Mr. Lansing, who Is a son-in-law of
former Secretary of Stato John W.
Foster, became counselor of tho state
department on the retirement of John
Bassett Moore, and has been openly re
garded as Presldont Wilson's mainstay
on questions of International law.
Mr. Lansing's homo is In Water
town, N. Y., and he is Just past fifty
years old. Slnco 1889 ho has practiced
law and began hiB first diplomatic
work for tho Unltod States in 1892,
when ' he became counsel for tho
United, States in tho BerlngySea arbi
tration. Soon afterward ho bocamo counsel
for tho United States Bering sea
claims commission and following that
was solicitor for the Alaskan boundary
tribunal, In 1909 he became counsel
In the North Atlantic coast fisheries at
The Hague.
His last work before becoming
counsel for tho state department was
as agent for the United States in the
Anglo-American claims arbitration.
TEUTONS DEFEATED BY RUSS
Austrc-German Forces Lose 8lx-Day
Battle on Dniester River Front,
Says Petrograd.
Petrograd, Juno 25. An Important
Russian victory over tho right wing of
the Austro-German forces in Gallclu
was announced on Wednesday In the
official statement from tho war office.
This statement says that the .Teu
tonic troops havo been defeated in a
six-day battle on the Dniester liver
front, tho 'Russians taking more than
five thousand prisoners.
3 ALABAMA MURDERERS HUNG
Two Negroes Are Executed at Bir
mingham and One White Man
at Annlston.
Birmingham, Ala., June 28. Len
Cartor, convicted of tho murder of
his wlto, and Syd Jones, who killed
a fellow convict In tho Bannor mines,
were hanged in the county Jail on Fri
day. Both were negroes. Tim Sharps
win hanged In Annlston for tho mur
der of two policemen.
England Releases U. 8. Ship.
Los Angeles, Cal., June 29. A prize
court at B'ytlio, England, has released
the American steamship Portland,
owned by a grain company of this
city, according to word received by
tho owners.
Summon Bulgarian Reserve.
Athtus. June 29 Bulgarian roeerv
1Mb In Greek territory have been
summoned by their government Tim
fp'ranct f llulnaila into the war at
an ?pr) date Is oti';dentl expevtel
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BRITAIN DEFENDS ACT
ENGLAND EXPLAINS SEIZURE OF
SHIPS TO U. S.
Avoids Answer to Chief Issues Raised
by Washington Government No
Relief Is Seen.
Washington, Juno 2C. Lord Crewe's
memorandum to Ambassador Pago,
dealing with tho complaint of deten
tion of American cargoes bound for
noutral ports, was made pUbllc on
Thursday by tho state department.
Stato department officials V6utd not
comment on the memorandum. In the
opinion of oxperts on international
law who have followed tho controversy
between the two governments, tho
memorandum Is not of a character to
afford much satisfaction. It holds out
little expectation of material relief to
American commerce from tho hard
ships Inflicted upon It by British regu
lations and Violation of tho principles
of International law as pointed out by
the Unltod States In its noto of
March 30. Consequently its effect,
It Is bollovod, will be rather to sharp
en the odgo of tho Issue between tho
twoi'ovornmonts.
In his note of transmittal, Ambas
sador Pago says that the memoran
dum Is not intended as an answer to
tho principles set forth In the noto
of March 30, but morely an "explana
tion of concreto cases and tho regula
tions under which they are dealt with."
Tho British 'memorandum mndo
public Thursday contains distinct de
nial of certain rights for which the
United States In tho note of March
3 contends. So to an extent at least
It muBt bo taken as .n answer to that
note. .
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
Rome, Juno 28. Montenegrin troops
are reported to have occupied tho Al
banian port of San Giovanni do Meduo
on the Adriatic sea.
London, Juno 25. An Italian fleet
has sailed from Taranto for Tenedos
to Join the Anglo-French squadron in
tho operations against tho Dardanelles,
according to the Exchange Tele
graph's Copenhagen correspondent
Valparaiso, Ind., Juno 26. Mrs. Dru
sllla Carr was given title to 143 acres
of land Just east of Gary, worth per
haps 11,000,000. Sho squatted thoro
40 years ago The case has boon In
courts over Ave years.
Washington, Juno 26. That the
Mexican population of 20,000 persons
at Guerroio practically Is starving was
reported to the American Rod Cross
hero on Wednesday with an earnest
appeal for relief.
Now York, June 25. Although tho
1,600 passengers who lost their lives
on the Titanic supposed there was
little danger of her sinking, soveral
were told by Mr. Andrews, ono of
the designers of the ship, that she
would not stay afloat moro than two
hours, was tho testimony in the action
to limit the line's liability to $98,000.
John R. Thayer of Haverford, Pa.,
whoso father, a vice-president of tho
Pennsylvania railroad, was ono of
those who perished, testified to this
effect.
Airship Sinks Submarine,
Berlin, Juno 28. For the first time
In history an aeroplane has sunk a
submarine Gorman airmen bombard
ed and sank a Russian submarine
In the Baltic near Gotland Island on
Ma7 31.
Pier Gives Way 100 Die.
Petrograd, Jun 2S. dispatch
from Karsn. in European Russia, 400
nlles hrhi of Moacow. ways more than
' liven li..vc 'iftii lost in dm col
1 fh of a rwr p.' 4 ut a pli-usure
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RESTA WINS BIG RAG
E
WORLD'S AUTO RECORDS GO
CRASHING AS ITALIAN LEADS
CHICAGO DERBY.
AVERAGES 97.60 AN HOUR
Victor Thrills Crowd by Clipping High
Mark for Distance 2G Minutes 28
Seconds Porporato Finishes Sec
ond Grant Never Stops.
HOW RACERS FINISHED
Car and Driver. Time. Av'ge.
Peugeot, Resta 5:07:27 97.60
Sunbeam, Porporato ...5:10:50
Maxwell, Rlckenbacher. 5:14:20
96.50
95.80
95.06
94.90
94.04
91.70
91.60
91.20
Sunbeam, Grant 5:15:35
Stuti, E. Cooper 5:15:59
Stutz, Anderson 5:19:00
Duesenberg, Alley 5:27:04
Delage, Chevrolet 5:27:15
Peugeot, Burman 5:28:55
Sebrlng, J. Cooper 5!30:10 90.30
Speedway Park, Chicago, Juno 29.
Darlo Restn, Italian motor racor, Is
tho speed king of the world. Ho drovo
an nutomohllo for COO miles at a pace
taster than It was ever driven boforo.
Ho shattered world records, won
prizes aggregating $23,000, fought his
way to supremacy ovor twenty rivals,
and crossed tho tape an easy winner
of Clilcngo's first auto derby, which
wns held on Snturday.
Tho pcrfornmnco opened tho fastest,
safest automobllo race track In the
world- -tho Chlcngo speedway.
In his Peugeot French rnclng car,
Resta traveled tho GOO mlloB In flvo
hours, seven minutes and twonty-Bov-sn
seconds. His average rate of speed
throughout tho raco was 97.C miles nn
hour.
Once, In a hair raising Bpurt thnt
spread tho sllenco of fear ovor 8C.00O
spoctators, ho circled tho two-mllo
courso at tho speed of 107 miles an
hour.
Every ono of tho ton .winning cars
that followed Resta to the finish lino
made bettor time than tho world's rec
ord established nt tho Indianapolis
Bpeedway on Memorial day by Ralph
Do Palma.
Porporato, another natlvo of tho
land that once held all tho high speed
chariot records, finished second. Ho
drove a hard raco In his" English rac
ing car, tho Sunbeam special. Travel
ing at the rate of 96.6 miles an hour,
ho devoured tho GOO mllos In flvo
hours, ten minutes and fifty seconds.
Ho won tho second prize of $10,000.
The first American to receive tho
checkered flag waB Rlckenbacher, who
sent his Amerlcan-mado racer, a Max
well speclnl, across the line for third
place. An average rata of 96.8 miles
an hour brought tho foremost Ameri
can racer $G,000 prlzo money.
Grant, In anotlnr Sunbeam car,
earned fourth plnco and prize with a
wonderfully maintained speed of 95.6
miles per hour. In making hiB remark
ablo enduranco dvlvo, Grant stopped
not onco at tho pits. This veteran of
the speed courso stopped neither for
gasoline, tires, repairs, water nor food.
With Ills gas tanks empty in tho
last half of the last lap of tho long
grind, ho coasted In ncross the lino
and smashed tho world's nonstop com
petitive record. Tho performance Is
startling to all motordom.
Earl Cooper nnd Gil Andorson, In
their Stutz bulldds, finished fifth and
sixth with respective averages of 94.9
and 94.4 miles per hour.
Tho Sobrlng, which wns thorTast car
In tho money, traveled the dlstanco at
an average speed of 90,3 miles an
hour, higher by a milo thanho old
world's record.
Neither death nor Injuries to elthor
racers or spectators occurred.
LIVE STOCK BAN IS LIFTED
Quarantine Against Cattle Disease
Lifted at Indiana Order Issued
by Houston.
Washington. June 29. Under the or.
dor Issued by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston on Saturday the foot-and-mouth
quarantine becomos only a
momory. as far as Indiana la con
cerned. Tho ordor makes the follow
ing announcement.
"Tho Belt Railroad stockyards at
Indianapolis is mado Treo aroa. the
state now being free."
Troops Guard Slaton Home.
Atlanta, Ga., Juno 29. Artillery, cav
alry nnd Infantry of the state militia
stood guard all day at tho home of
John M. Slaton, who reMred as gov
ernor of tho state on Saturduy, surren
dering tho office to Nat E. Harris. Dur
ing tho day twenty-six men were ar
rested by the militia near tho Slaton
homo.
Presenting tho seal, Mr. Slaton
said:
"Governor Harris, I know that dur
ing my term of offico this groat seal
of stato has not been dishonored."
Tornado Klls Two In Canada,
Rodcllffe, Albortn. Juno 29. -Two
persons wero willed, ton Injured and
proporty was damaged to the oxtout
of $500,000 by a tornado which swept
this section The town of Grass Ijiko
was virtually destrojed.
U. S. Collegians to Front.
No York, June 28 - -Two groups of
colloge men left hero on steamors for
I'-rxllpul fir relief arvl.r In I), a u-n
. - ..- - ..... tv ,u .a net.
1 l'c !arn-Kt c f ttm trroupR consisted of
priduat'-' o' ti. Harvard medical
RATE WORK IS NEARLY DONE
Expert Powell Reports That Inquiry
Into Passenger Tariffs Almost
Finished.
According to U. G. Powell, rate ox
port of the Nebraska Railway com
mission, who has luul charge of the
Investigations mndo by sovon stntoa
of tho middle west Into into charges
by tho railroads, work will bo com
pleted in timo for tho hearings which
aro called for July 6. The work 1ms
boon done in a thorough manner, tho
slates of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota,
Kansas, South and North Dakota and
Oklahoma being Interested nnd us
slstlng in Its prosecution. As many us
113 people havo been working at ono
timo upon tho Investigation and,
while tho Investigation of freight
rates was completed about n month
ago, Investigation of passengor rates
is still in progress.
On the small streams trlbutnry' lo
the Elkhom rlvor .about G00.000 dol
lars' worth of bridges havo been
washed out. Most of tho damago has
been to bridges across streams usu
ally dry nnd therefore- none of them
of very much value. Tho wuolo
amounts to n considerable total, ac
cording to Stnto Engineer Johnson,
who has Just roturned from a tour or
Investigation along tho Elkhom val
ley. Much of tho flood damago In tho
valley has been caused by tho crook
ed condition of the Elkhom, which
winds about ns If trying to tako up
us much of tho vnlley spaco as pos
sible nnd some of tho counties
through which it runs are contemplat
ing straightening tho stream.
Chief Hydrographer D. V. Wcoks
at tho utato engineer's office, who re
cently returned from tho south nnd
west part of tho state, whoro ho hod
been making measurements of water
In tho strenms in that section of tho
country, found no difficulty In locat
ing plenty of water nnd somo other
tilings not in his line of work. Ono
Jay while measuring tho wator In tho
Bluo river at ono point ho counted
fourteen hogs floating down stream.
Tho Bluo rlvor nt Falrbury waB so
high thnt It was running ovor tho
tops of the fences and the Republican
rlvor was from ono to tow miles
wide. Ir tho vicinity of Culbertson
com has bqon lUtod thrco times, ho
said.
Reports from county assessors aro
beginning to -reach the office of Secre
tary Borneckor of the Stato Board ot
Assessment. In most cases thoso re
porting show nn lncreoso. Thoso re
porting so far nro as follows:
1914.'
Chase $1,053,300
Dundy 1,532,17C
Koarnoy 4.203..930
Logan 660,340
Sioux 1,085,008
1915.
$1,043,785
1,580,363
4,322,409
581,694
1,714,204
Labor Commissioner Coffey, at the
request of the Dempster Mill Co. ot
Beatrice, has given a written opinion
ns to his Interpretation of certain pro
vision of the workmen's compensa
tion law, upon which the statute Itself
is not clear. Ono point is to tho effect
that tho fifteenth day after tho injury,
when the law says compensation shall
start, is the fifteenth calendar dny and
not thoflfteonth working day.
Duridy mid Chaso county assessors
are tho first to Ilia tax schedules with
tho stato board of assessment. The
total assessed valuo of property In
Dundy county hut. increased slightly,
(t Is nqw $1,580,307. It was $1,532,
912 last year. A slight decrenso Is re
ported by Chase county. Last year
it was $1,OG3,300. This year tho total
assessment or one-fifth value Is
$1,043,785.
Stato Superintendent Thomas told
a delegation of Lincoln business men
that tho Improvement In Nebraska
schools which ho Is working so hard
to bring about Is coming along nicely.
The consolidation ot country districts
is meeting with favor in many por
tions of the state, while other pluns
aro being brought out so that by tho
time tho tall terms begin there will
be quite a change.
The stato board normal has em
ployed J. II. Craddock to proparo
plans and specifications for ah audi
torium for tho Kearney normal. He
has mado sketches for an auditorium
to cost about $50,000, which Is to bo
built first, to bo followed by a gum
naslum to cost about $59,000.
Taxes In tfie Bum of $170,000, col
lected by W. G. Uro of Douglas coun
ty, must bo turnod ovor to tho stato
undor a writ of mnndnmiiB granted
State Treasurer Hall by the supremo
court. Tills was n test cane and Is
accordod victory for tho stnte.
Holt county lost over 100 bridges.
Many ot these structures ot a moro
or less temporary nature spanning
streams tributary to the Niobrara,
which nro dry most of tho summer.
The stnte englnoor Is recommending
lhat bonds bo voted and permanent
bridgoH built. It about $150,000 Is ex
ponded in this way the large amount
of ropalr work that tho county does
ohcIi year could bo reduced material
ly possibly by $10,000. Mr. Johnson
'k of tho opinion that It Is no moro
Imn right that posterity should holp
a for rermnnont Improvements.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Aurora Is to havo u now
aw $G0.00O
post office.
Stromsburg will hold a blgcolobro'
tlon July 3. "
A now school building Is to be built
nt Dowcose.
Tho town of Hazard will soon hnvo
a new opora house.
Ravages of tho Hessian fly near
Greenwood aro oxtonslvo.
Work has Legun on tho Lutheran
school houso nt Pierce.
A now homo will bo built for tho
Stromsburg Stato bank.
Fremont will hnvo over two miles
of paving Inid this summer.
Work will soon start on tho novr
Presbyterian church at Wnhoo.
The Hastings school budget for tho
coming year calls for $75,000. ,
Tho Stato Tennis tournamont will
bo hold nt Lincoln, July 26 to 31.
Tho Republican Editorial meeting
will be hold nt McCoolc July 9.
250 attended tho dedication ot tho
Free Masons' hall nt Columbus.
C. M. Barr has resigned as Buporin
tondent of tho Hastings schools.
During a recent storm tho dam at
Leonard Douts, near Harrison, wont
out.
Dates for tho annual Kearney Chau
tauqua havo been fixed from August
1 to 8.
A strange looking Insect' has been '
dlscovored In Hastings that attacks
dandelions.
Tho cornor stono of Broken Bow's
$10,000 Carnegie library building was
laid last week.
Tho CItlzona Stato bank of Poi;u Is
considering tho building of a now
bank building
Tho Bank ot Commerco and tho
Farmers' Stato Bank of Loulsvlllo
havo consolidated.
$1,000 has been raised by business
men of Alnsworth for repairing roads
lending into .that place.
Governor Morohend line appointed
Ralph West of Omaha ns public de
fender of Douglas county.
Voters of Sholdon will pass on an
$8,000 bond Issue for a municipal
electric light plant July 27.
Bridgeport will soon voto on tho
Issuing of bonds for the erection ot
a new. school building.
ErnestStokobranl, tho young NDo
wltt laiTwhd was struck by lightning'
during a Uiunder storm, died.
Figures compiled by Assessor Bar
not of York county show that thero
aro 909 motor cars In tho county.
The Great Western Sugar company
of Scot&bluft announces that they
will erect n sugar refinery at Goring.
Tho reorganized Exchange Hank
ot Steelo City will have a modern
homf. Work on tho now brick struc
lure is under way.
Damage that It Is feared will total
nearly $GSO,000 resulted through a
Iwavy rain and hall which struck
Kearney nnd vicinity recently.
Tho annual convention of the na
tional association ot farmers' unions
will be held in Lincoln during tho
aliUo fair weok, September 6 to 11.
Tho Rod Willow county commis
sioners will build a new plank bridge
ovor tho now channel created by re
cent floods In tho Republican river
south ot McCook.
Schedules havo been comploted for
special train service from nineteen
surrounding towns to tho first big In
dependence day celebration Hastings
has attempted In recont years.
James Murphy, formerly with tho
Stato Food commission, has been ap
pointed to the position of chief tilerk
in the office ot the State Banking
board, to fill a vacancy caused by tho
resignation of Mrs. Mamie Hefley.
A barn belonging to Pnul Buchholz
at Beatrico was struck by lightning.
Mrs. Buchholz and two children wero
In tho barn, tho former being stunned,
but not seriously Injured. A horse In
tho barn was killed by the bolt.
As result of heavy rains the llatetl
con: around Calloway Is covered with
mud to such a depth that It cannot
come thtough. Many farmers will tt
compelled to replant So far this
year nearly twenty Inches of rata lias
fallen.
Tho Chadron Commercial club
amusement committee, for the cele
bration ot July 3, has been successful
In procuring for that event tho latent
fad In amusements, tho auto pnlo
racers. Spoclal trains over northwest
Nebraska have been scheduled.
While Governor Morohead has been
distributing offices around to a few
lucky democrats, ono fell to tho gov
ernor rocently, ho being mado honor
ary vice president of tho Richardson
County club, composed of former res
idents of that county lWng in Lin
coln. Six direct descendonts of William
Hurry, who rang tho Liberty Bell pro
claiming the signing of tbo Declara
tion of Independence, will bo guwts
of tho Lincoln Commercial club July
9, whon tho bell stops In Lincoln on
Its way from Philadelphia to the ox
position in San Francisco.
Tho churches of FVomon havo
voted to hold a big revival meotlng
in January.
Georgo Rosentrator, whllq shelling
corn on Tallin table, near Callaway,
beenmo entangled In tho belt wheel
of hla gasollno engine and received
a broken arm and a crushed skull.
Tho Omaha Jitney ordinance, which
will go Into effect July 7, provides an
occupation tax of $60 a year for tho
ordinary five-seated car und requlreo
liability insurance to bo carried that
will cost the car ownar $165 to $1R0
year