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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
CONGRESS
OPE
li HIM SESIOI
A LONG AND DRAMATIC 3ES3ION
IS IN PROS
PECT. PEACE TREATY OF INTEREST
Its Consideration Promises to De
velop Into One of Hardest Fought
Contests In Congressional History
Republicans' In Full Control.
Washington, D. C Attontlon ol
America and of tho world la turned
upon tho now congress the Sixty
sixth In American history which haa
convened In extraordinary session,
callod by President Wilson from
Paris.
Tho npcclal sosBlon 1 expected to
open a now and Important chapter In
Amorlcan and world history, with its
long program of action, Including con
sideration of tho peaco treaty, the
proposed treaty for the military pro
tection of France and vital questlona
of domestic concern.
The opening day will bo taken up
with routlno buslnoss, Including or
ganization of senate and house by the
ropubllcana, who supplant tho demo
crats In control for tho first tlmo In
eight years.
Cummins President Pro Tern.
President Wilson's message, cabled
from Paris, was prepared for submis
sion to tho congress.
Organization by tho republicans
proposes election of Senntor Cum
mins, of Iowa, as prosldont pro tem
pore of tho senate, and of Roprosenta
tlvo Glllott, of Massachusetts, as
speaker. Tho republicans have a ma
jority of two In the sonato and of
about 40 In tho liouso. IIouso com
mittees will bo organized prepara
tory to beginning work immediately,
but sonato committco organization
will bo doforred.
Work of congress throughout tho
session will bo entwlnod with pre
parations for tho 1920 presidential
campaign. ,
Congress expects to turn Its atten
tion immediately to tho, seven regular
appropriation bills, including tho
largo army and navy measures, which
dlod in tho ropublical filibusters last
March, Passngo of Oicbo bills will bo
followed by consideration of rovonuo,
railroad shipping, woman suffrage,
prohibition and other legislation.
Plan Many Inquiries.
Tho peaco tronty Is oxpoctod to bo
submitted next month by Prosldont
Wilson In person. Ratification of tho
treaty, including tho loaguo of .nations,
promises to develop Into ono of tho
most dramatic and hard fought con
tests in congressional history. Ad
drcssos on ponco subjects aro expect
ed to begin soon in tho sonato.
Numerous investigations nro plan
ned! by tho republicans, principally
into ndmlnlstratlvo acts during tho
war. Many connnlttooa, it Is expect
ed, soon will be busy delving Into tho
affairs of popular intorest.
Tho oponlng dny's program as out
lined contompfyitcd organization of
both branohos of tho republicans. No
hitch in tho house program was in
prospoct, but sonato democrats nro
considering objections to the repub
lican organization plans with posslblo
blocking of them for tho day at lonst,
bocauso of cancellation liy tho ropub
llcana of "pairs" for absent members.
Fow loadorB cxpoct tho sosBlon
opening to ond boforo tho regular Do
comber session, which, it Is believed,
will contlnuo until tho national party
conventions and possibly bo resumed
Immodiatqly thereafter to contlnuo un
til tho Into fall ol 1920.
NICARAGUA PRE8IDENT DEAD.
Executive' Political Exploits Made
Him International Figure.
Now York. Gen. Josoph Snntos
Zolaya, prosldont of tho republic of
Nicaragua for 1G turbulent yoars, died
at his homo horo, after a long illness.
Gen. Zolny&'s political daring at homo
and abroad, his bold porsonullty, his
rapidly amassed fortune, his ambi
tious effort to sot up tho United
BtatoB of Central America, of which
ho was to bo head, all mado him an
International figure.
Bulgaria In Uproar.
London. Sanguinary encounters
havo occurred at Sofia betwoon
tho garrison and, revolutionaries,
who domanded tho resignation of
the govommont pud tho establish
mont of n soviet, according to a dis
patch from Vienna. All Bulgaria Is
reported to bo In un uproad. Hust
chuk, Phllippopolls and Vnrna aro
also said to havo buconio affected uft
er the revolutionary movomont.
Jtaty Makes Concessions.
Paris. Conferolieta on tho Italian
issue Imvo not succeeded In reaching
nn accord. Tho Italians mado u num
ber of concessions, including recogni
tion of FJumo as a free city unil tho
giving up of considerable portions of
Istrla, Including tho Important silver
district. Tho Italians, howover, aro
unwilling to yield Zarn or Sebonlco
on the Dalmatian coast. Tho Jugo
slavs aro not disposed to nccopt tho
Italian concessions us sufftoient, and
there aro prospects of n further ex
tended poriod of negotiations.
BRIG. GEN. S. D. BUTLER
m A. MlMtmmrf
BHp?ikS8pSiiJHI
Brig Gen. Smedley I). Butler, new
commander of Cntnp Pontnnezen at
Brest, France, photographed nt the
camp. General Butler Is known ns
the "Napoleon of the Marines." Ho
served In China during the Boxer up
rising, In the Nicnraguan campaign,
(he Haiti revolt, In the Philippines
mid nt Vera Cruz. During the Haiti
revolt he was military governor of
the Island.
REDS ARE DEFEATED
TEN THOUSAND BOLSHEVIK
TROOPS ARE CAPTURED.
Siberians Also Seize Large Amount of
War Material Drive on Pctro-
grad Planned.
Omsk, Siberia, May 13. Ten thou
sand bolshevik wnr prisoners, US guns
and 200 machine guns have been cap
tured by Admiral Kolchnk's Siberian
army In tho latest burst of fighting
west of Ufa, the Omsk government an
nounced. In nddltlon two nrmored trains, 50
loconotivcs nr.d 200 river craft of va
rious kind wero seized.
Tho bolshevik forces nro now being
nttneked along tho Volga-Bngulmnn
line.
London. May 13. Several French
and British warships aro reported to
Have arrived off Ilelslngfors, near tho
entrnnco to the Gulf of Bothnia, uud
all foreigners havo boon ordered to
leave tho city, said a dispatch from
Stockholm.
Ilelslngfors wjih ono of tho sea de
fenses of Petrogrud boforo Finland
revolted against Hussion rule.
Stockholm, May 13. Entente forces
nro preparing military operations, with
Ilelflingfora us a base, for an attack
upon Petrograd, according to n Ilel
slngfors dlspntch to the Afton Tldln
gcn. Fifty thousand troops are ex
pected to take part 'in tho operation,
according to tho dispatch, which Bnys
that French cruisers nre now lying
In tho Gulf of Finland off Ilelslng
fors. ASK U. S. RAIL OWNERSHIP
Farmers' National Council to Urgo
Legislation In Congrcso as Part
of Reconstruction Plan.
Washington, May 13. Government
ownership and operation of railroads,
pncklng plants nnd the war emergency
licet will bo ndvocntcd by tho Farm
ers' National council during the next
session of congress mh part of n "re
construction program," which It will
endeavor to havo ndoptert, according
to a statement given out by George
P. Hampton, managing director of tho
organization. Tho council also will
endeavor, Mr, Hampton said, to ob
tain the repeal of tho osplonngo net
nml to retain legislation levying tho
highest rates on Incomes nnd war
profits, nnd will opposo all legislation
designed "to glvo away nny more of
tho country's natural resources."
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FRANCE RECOGNIZES MEXICO
Minister Pan Presents Credentials to
Polncare After Long Walt
In Paris.
Paris, May 15. Alberto .1. Paul, the
now Mexican minister to France, pre
sented his credentials to President
Polncare. Scwrr Paul's withdrawal
frmn Franco was recently ordered by
tho Mexican government because, It
was stnted, of tho long period he had
been kept waiting In Paris without
having opportunity to present his cre
dentials. BRITISH SINK RED GUNBOAT
Vecsel Destroyed During Battle on tho
Dvlna River Allied Airmen
Bomb Enemy. .
Archangel, May 15. Ono bolshovlk
gunboat is reported to have been sunk
on tho Dvlna river Sunday during nn
engagement between tho British rlvor
flotilla and land batteries nml the
enemy fleet. Tho allied flotilla, aided
by airplanes, also conducted a brisk
bombardment along tho Vngn river.
Four Killed by Earthquake.
Las Pnlmns, Canary Islands, May 15.
Four persons wero killed In the
earthquakes which shook tho island of
i'uertavenura several days ago. Tho
bulk of the population of the Island
experienced the effects.
Wilson to Stay In Paris.
Paris, May 15. President Wilson
will remain In Paris until the pence
treaty t signed, but has innilo it plain
Hint tho Gennnns must not protract
jhelr discussions beyond June 15, Che
Echo do, Purls qtutoa.
II. S. WILL CUT
WHEAT PMC
Reduction Reach'mg From Pro
ducer to Baker Intimated by
Director Barnes.
IMMEDIATE ACTION EXPECTED
Statement Followo Prolonged Confer
ence With Representatives of Grain
Industry, Including Millers,
Jobbers and Bakers.
New York, May 10. An Immediate
reduction In tho price of wheat, reach
ing all down the lino from tho pro
ducer to the baker, la believed as
sured, according to n atnteincnt Is
sued by Julius Barnes, wheat director,
following a prolonged conference bo
tween Mr. Barnes and representatives
of the grain Industry, including grnln
handlers, millers, Jobbers nnd bakers.
Tho statement Issued by Mr. Bnrnes
snys :
"Thcro was a general ngrccment
that In order that all tho wheat pro
ducers of tho codntry should secure
cquol benefits, the various trades
could be bound by contracts to see
that wheat trading should bo only on
the guaranteed price and, If a lower
basis was Justified with tho develop
ment of world factors, as tho season
advanced, this lower basis should bo
made to reach the consumer by trade
agreements with millers and manu
facturing facilities, tho wheat director
making the readjusting basis effective
by the payment of tho difference as
allowed under act of congress.
"In return for protection against n
fall In price, after tho guaranteed
prlco had been mndo for wheat
bought, tho wheat director would re
quiro from tho various trades con
tract obligations by which their trado
practices nnd mnrglns of profit would
bo subject to review and control by
tho wheat director.
"It was suggested, for Instance,
that tho mills ugree that their total
gross operating profits between wheat
bought and the finished products sold
should not exceed an agreed basis
per barrel of flour manufactured, thus
assuring Immediate reflection to the
consumer of nny reduced prlco of
wheat supplied to tho mills.
"Tho Jobbers expressed n willing
ness also to contract that their han
dling mnrglns should not exceed the
prlco fixed ji nn agreed basis, thus
making Immediately effective n lower
retail prlco of flour when mado by tho
mills on n readjusted wheat basis.
"Tho bakers wero willing to enter
Into a contract by which they would
reflect nt onco In their products tho
lower price of Hour made effcctlvo by
tho mills. In this way, down to
tho retail trade there Is thought to bo
an assuranco that a reduced prico of
wheat should bo effective Immediate
ly all down tho line."
WHAT THE "NC" STANDS FOR
Name of the American Seaplanes Is
Derived From Navy-Curtlss
Not Nancy Boats.
Trepa8sey, N. P., May 15. Don't
call tho American seaplanes "Nancy
boats" nny more If you want to keep
in tho good graces of nnvy aviators.
Everybody In tho air service, espe
cially tho crows of tho Atlantic flyers,
objects emphatically to such effemin
ate nomenclature. There Is nothing
Nancylsh nbout tho big mnchlnes nnd
tho popular title Is deemed n lubberly
misnomer for these big he-man planes.
Tho 6fflelnl designation INC is de
rived from tho full name Nnvy-Curllss
seaplanes, but If that's too largo a
mouthful, you may call theai "Ency
.plnnes," as tho pilots do, and no serv
Ico man will object but you might ns
well call a doughboy a "Sammy" ns
to call ono of tho trnns-Atluutic flyers
a "Nancy."
SENATOR CUMMINS ELECTED
Iowa Solon Chosen President Pro
Tempore of Senate at .
G. O, P. Meet.
Washington, May in. Senator Cum
mins of hiwu, favored by tho progres
sive group, was chosen unanimously
fur president pro tempore of the sen
ate at tho organization conference of
Republican senators.
Senator I.odgo of Massachusetts was
re-elected party leader and discussion
of tho controversy over conimltteo
chalrmanvhlps for Senators Penroso of
Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming
was poi-t pnned.
Forty Sub Chasers Reach U. S.
Charleston, S. C, May ir Forty
Amorlcan naval sub chasers with their
mother ship nnd four ocean going tugs
arrived hero from Kuropo by way of
Bermuda.
Raid University; Seize Whisky.
Noshvllle, Teiin., Mny 10. Police
raided the medical laboratory at Van
derbllt university and seized two pa
trol wagon loads of whisky and other
Intoxicants. Four students wero ar
rested. Dutch Hold On to Ex-Kalser.
Tho Hague, May 10. Tho Hutch
government denies that It has decided
to surrender former Emperor Wlllluiu.
Tho question ut present, It contends,
concerns only Germany' nud tho entente.
E. MARVIN UNDERWOOD
B. Marvin Underwood, general so
licitor of the Seaboard Air Lino rnll
wny nt Portsmouth, Vn., who has re
signed and will become solicitor of tho
United Stutes 'railroad administration
at Washington.
BIG MILK STRIKE ON
CHICAGO DRIVERS WALK OUT
AND TIE UP HUGE SUPPLY.
Producers in Illinois, Indiana and
Southern Wisconsin Ordered to
Stop All Shipments.
Chicago, May 15. Milk distribution
In Clilcugo was paralyzed when
tho associated dealers and wngon
drivers ended wage negotiations nnd
a strike was declared at midnight.
Strike disorders were reported and
Chief Gnrrlty Immediately ordered
largo reserves of police to suppress
violence nnd disperse assembling strik
ers nnd others.
Telegrams were sent 1 Tuesdny to
milk producers In Illinois, Indiana
and southern Wisconsin to stop ship
ping milk Into Chicago nt once. Tho
order will divert 1,000,000 quarts of
milk nnd cream from the Chicago mar
ket. Nearly 1,000,000 quarts of milk in
milk trains from the surrounding coun
try, tho dealers asserted, will remain
in the cars and probably will spoil.
The strike enmo without warning
to tho public. The drivers voted on
Mny 1 to strike If tho dealers refused
to Increase their wages to $5 a day,
effective at midnight Mny 13.
According to tho drivers their men
reported for work at midnight and
were told that thclncrenso in wages
would not go Into effect.
"Our 2,800 drivers wero locked out,"
W. A. Ncor, secretary of the drivers,
declared.
The milk dealers' Ssoclatlon nnmed
n committee to hnndle tho strike.
According to statements of both '
drivers nod denlers, tho men were
paid n minimum of $20 n week for
distributing on their milk routes.
The drivers stnted that their de
mand Is clenr they want $5 a day,
and say nothing nbout bonus or com
missions In excess.
15,000,000 "V" BONDS SOLD
Largo Number Purchased Victory Loan i
Notes Over-Subscriptions to
Total Billion.
Washington, Mny 13. Over-subscriptions
to tho Victory loan will total at
least $1,000,000,000 treasury officials
predicted. With none of tho 12 federal
reserve districts having yet submitted
completo figures, tho war loan organ
ization was unable to give any definite
Idea of the amount of over-subscriptions
nnd it Is not likely that the offi
cial total will be kno'wn before May
10. Officials estimated that 15,000,000
Americans bought Victory notes.
DAVID TOD; MAGNATE, DIES'
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Multimillionaire Succumbs to Typhoid
Pneumonia at Home In i
Youngstown, O. I
Youngstown, O., May 35. David Tod,
aged forty-two, multimillionaire man-;
ufuetnrcr, banker, politician nnd j
sportsman, died at his home hero of '
typhoid pneumonia. Mr. Tod was .a
candidate for governor of Ohio In 1911,
running against former Gov. Frank U. j
Willis for tho nomination. Ho wns a
former state senator from this district
ami nail boon prominent In local and
state politics for many years.
Yanks Play Soccer Bal).
Coblonz, May 1-1. Tho world's '
longest soccer football game was J
played Here on haturday when tho
Sixth division won tho army chain
rionxhlr from tho Fifth division In n
three-hour struggle. A team from the
Third division, headed by Lieut. Paul
of Boston, won tho tennis champion-
ship of tho Third Amerfenn nrmy.
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Ice Price Goes Up.
Chicago, May 10. An Increase Ui
tho prlco of Ice ranging from 40 to
60 per cent was announced by Chicago
dealers. Tho shortage In the natural
Ice crop last winter Is held responsible
for tho new price.
Soviets Confiscate Castle.
Vienna, May 1.1. Tho magnificent
cnstlo of Prince Tnssllo, which con
tains art gems valued at many mil
lions, Iuib been confiscated and 'closed
by tho Hungnrlan soviet government.
It will be couvcrted Into n sanatorium.
FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
Reports of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines' for Quick
Perusal.
Nebraska soldier nnd sailor dele
gates to the convention of tho Ameri
can Legion at St. Louis, expressed
themselves us well pleased with the
meeting, especially its refusal to re
ceive delegates from tho soldiers and
sailors tcouncII, known ns nn I. W. W.
organization, and the stand taken for
deportation of conscientious objector.
A representative of the recent legis
lature poured out his bitter feeling
over tho proposed referendum of tho
governor's code bill to friends ut Lin
coln the other day and said ho was
nbout mad enough to start a referen
dum on the new cnpltol bill.
People In all parts of Nebraska nro
Fending petitions to Washington nd.
dressed to President Wilson, asking
for a pardon for Louis Gibson of
Ansley, who Is serving n two years'
sentence In n French prison for sleep.
Ing while on duty.
The Wnr department at Washing
ton announced that Lieutenant Clifford
F. Phillips, before tho wnr an attor
ney of Falls City, died In u hospital at
Archangel, from wounds received on
the Onega front In Russia.
Over 100 hall losses wero reported
to the state ball Insurance board dur
ing a single day last week. About 75
per cent of these losses were from
Phelps county, while the remainder
came from Dawson nnd Butler.
J. W. Pagan, former bnndmaster at
the Geneva Industrial School, who
was sentenced to a year In prison for
administering n drug to nn Inmate of
the Institution, hns appealed the case
to the state supreme court.
Tho Lincoln Telephone nnd Tele-,
graph company has tiled application
with the Nebraska railway commission
for nn Increase In rates In sixty-four
of Its 111 exchnnges In the South
Plntto district.
Omnha has subscribed to Liberty
Loan bonds nnd to nil other war activ
ities the sum of $57,107,093, nn nvcr
nge of about $275 for each man, wom
an and child In tho city.
The Gage county board of supervis
ors lias awarded the contract for the
Beatiice-Falrbury aid paving. About
twenty-nine miles of paving Is Includ
ed in the new district.
Memorial services In honor of Major
A. D. Fettermun, who died while with
the Americnn Army of Occupation In
Germany, were held at Hynnnls.
Wilbur boasts of having about the
fastest ball team In Nebraska, nnd Is
prepared to prove Its contention to
amateur teams In tho state.
With the exception of one or two
Kcctlons In tho state winter wheat In
Nebraska Is In the pink of condition,
according to crop experts.
Tho Scotia school district, which em
braces nbout 50 sections of land, Is
planning a new school building to cost
from .$75,000 to $100,000.
The Omahn Federal Land bank
loaned $11,000,000 this spring, break
ing nil previous records, nccordlng to
President It. P. nognn.
C. II. noper of Lincoln was re-elected
president of tho Omnha-Lineoln-Denver
highway, nt tho O. L. D. con
vention at Holdrege.
North Bend will pave eight blocks
In the business section of town, the
city council hnvlng voted to make tho
improvement.
A special election will bo held nt
Sidney June 2 to vote $40,000 worth
of bonds to be used to erect a modern
grade school building.
Eight or ten units of tho Eighty
ninth division of tho American army
sailed from Brest, France, during the
past week.
Supervisors of Cass and Otoo coun
ties have contracted for 31 miles of
federal aid road to be built in tho two
counties.
Two Omqhn contractors decided n
tie bid on a $53,000 Frcmont-Ceresco
road building project by the toss of n
coin.
In Lancaster county a petition for
n $",,000,000 road paving bond issue is
being circulated exclusively among
tho farmers.
Members of tho Farmers' Union of
Keith county havo pledged $15,000 for
the construction of an elevator nt
Ogullala.
Hamilton county fnrm land hns ad
vanced In prlco about $25 per aero
during tho past six months.
A movement is on foot to build a
Memorial building at Center In honor
of Knox county's soldiers.
Platte Center, this state, Is getting
the reputation of being tho most pa
triotic town In the United States-, be
cause of lis spleudld showing in fur
nishing men for ho war; In tho five
Liberty Loan drives and other war ac
thltlos. The exocutlvo cominltteo of the Ne
braska State Teachers' association Is
nlrendy making plans for the sUito
meeting of tho association to be held
in Omahn in November. They expect
to expend more than $4,000 on the pro
gram for tho convention.
A movement Is on foot to pavo tho
Lincoln Highway from Fremont to the
Douglas county line, n distance of
about eight miles.
Evelyn Mulronoy, 7 years old,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Mill
roney, died from burns received while
playing about n bonfire near tho fam
ily homo at Norfolk.
Citizens of Newman Grovo nro ar
ranging for n reception for returned
poldlers of tho district. The affair
will tnko place June 5, the day having
been sot asldo as n holiday so cvoryuno
i.v nttnnil.
John Stevens of Beaver will head
the state A. O. U. W. for another Mar,
having been re-elected grand master
wnrden nt the election held In Lin
coln. An attempt to move ho-ulquar-ters
from Grand Island to Lincoln
lost by n small margin.
Unable to gain satisfactory proin.Vfcv
lses of a brunch Burlington line- from
Benkelmaii, Dundy county, to Cham
pion, farmers of the district are plan
ning to raise tho money and build tho
road themselves. It Is estimated that
the project would cost ubout $500,000.
Letters for Nplirnskn snlillor.s land
ing In New York should bo mulled to
Nebraska Headquarters, New York
City, and should carry tho man's rank,
name of his company, full name of
the organization as well as tho dll
slon, according to word received by
Governor McKelvlo.
Jefferson county gets twenty miles
of federal state road, entering from
tho east near Hnrblnc, extending west
through Jansen to Fairbury. This road
calls for un expenditure of approxi
mately $40,000, work to begin prior to
June 15 this year.
At the request of Nebraska mem
bers of congress, Secretary of War
Baker has taken nn Interest In tho
case of Louis Gibson of Custer county,
who wns sent to prison in France for
sleeping on post after several days'
fatiguing duty.
Plans for the consolidation of the
Blue Springs and Wymore school dis
tricts aro being discussed by the
school boards of the two towns. A
building to cost from $150,000 to $200,
000 will be erected, if tho scheme
goes through.
Five thousand dollars' damage was
done nt Lexington as the result of n
terrific hall storm that swept over the
district. After tho storm the ground
was covered with four inches of hail
stones.
The Dodge county branch of the
American Legion lias launched an at
tack on ten wealthy Fremonters, near
ly all retired farmers, for failure to
subscribe, to tho Victory loan.
The 341st mnchlne gun hnttnlLon
made up almost exclusively of Ncbrns
knns will bo one of the last units of
the 89th division to sail from Brest ac-'
cording to Washington advices.
Dr. IL P. Ilammon, formerly pastor
of the Methodist church at Kearney,
died at Pasadena, Cal. Ho was wide
ly known and admired throughout tho
southern part of Nebraska.
United States Senntor Hitchcock of
Nebraska, has been asked to Join e
Presldent Tnft, Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw and others, In n speaking tour
for the lenguo of nations.
Business and homes throughout Buf
falo county havo established the old
time. Tho movement wns started by
the farm bureau and endorsed by tho
county supervisors.
This state Is represented in the
trans-Atlantic seaplane flight under
taken by Uncle Sam, by Lloyd R.
Moore, of Grand Islnnd, bontswaln in
N-C-3.
A syndicate hns been "formed and
plans already mado for construct Ihg a
$1,750,000 building at Omaha to house
tho Douglas Cpunty Medical associa
tion. An oil company Is starting In to
drill a prospect hole In tho vicinity of
Potter. Hopes that oil will ovontunljy
be found In the district nro very good.
Six hundred delegates o Eastern
Star chapters in Nebraska, represent
ing 32,485 lodge members, attended
the annual convention nt Lincoln.
A special election Is to be held In
Douglas county next month to vote
on a $3,000,000 bond issue to puve tho
county roads.
Crete is planning to pavo the Lln-coln-Crete-Dorchester
road now tho
O. L. D. east of Crete to meet the pro
posed paving from Lincoln.
For the past two or three weeks
there has been u persistent rumor In
western Nebraska that oil has been
found in tho Banner county oil well.
Plnns are being made to give Ne
braska soldiers of tho S9th division
public receptions nt Omaha and Lin
coln. Appropriations made by the last
legislature will nmount to $15,714.
440.82, according to figures given out
by Stnte Auditor Marsh.
Alliance Eagles linve plans nearly
completed for their new homo. Tho
new structure will be one of the finest
of the kind In tho state.
Paving will soon commence In
Crete, preliminaries having been fin
ished for district No. One.
A farm of 200 acres, six miles south
east of Mlnden, sold tho other day for
n consideration of $32,150, $115 an
acre.
Winter wheat In Nebraska is ex
pected to yield on an average of 20.2
bushels to the acre.
Reports from Washington Indieate
thut Nebraska will get one-third of Its
nrmy truck allotment for good roads
work within tho next thirty days. The
one-third allotment will mean 100
trucks for the Nebraska good roads
program.
Figures compiled by tho state agri
cultural department shows that Ne
braska bad 1,039,000 horses on fiirms
of the state tho first of 11)19. d -j to
the fnct that thousands won n.ui
during the past four year ( r w ,r
purposes.
A now dormitory to cost nbout
$S0,000 Is to be built nt Kimball to
house rural pupils of the county while
attending high school.
Tho state senim plant at 1ho Uni
versity Farm, near Lincoln, Is now
ready to distribute anti-Iiog cholera
serum. It will be sold to farmers at
cost.
A new potash company, with a cap
ital stock of $4,000,000, Inu; been or
ganlzed in Lincoln under the nnme of
the American Potush company. The
now company hns two plants. In tiu
-astern part of the .slate.
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