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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
GERMAN
BUKMDE
SOON AT AN EID
-M
AS SOON AS THE ASSEMBLY O.
K.'S THE PACT IT WILL
BE LIFTED.
MEANS MUCH TO UNCLE SAM
Senate Will Have Unlimited Time, for
Discussion of Peace Treaty Race
for Share of Business with Former
Foe Will Be Lively One.
Paris. Tho official notification to
Germany that tho blockade will not
bo raised until tho treaty Is ratified
by Germany waH In tho form of n
resolution adopted by tuo council of
four and presented to tho Gorman
delegation before Its doparturo for
Dorlin. Tho resolution follows;
"The Buperlor blockade council Is
Instructed to base Its arrangements
for rescinding restriction upon trado
with Germany on tho UBsumptlon that
tho nlllod and associated powern will
not -wait to ralso tho blockado until
tho completion of ratification, ns pro
Tided for at tho end of tho troaty
with Germany, but that4lt Is to bo
raised Immediately upon receipt of
information that tho treaty of peuco
has been ratified by Germany,"
Conditioning tho raising of tho
blookado upon Germany's ratification
of tho troaty Is regarded in confer
once clrclos as a sure plan for secur
ing a npoody ratification because of
Germany's food and ruw material
needs.
As Russia was practically blockad
ed as a rosult of tho blockado against
tho eontral powors, tho opinion is
held that when tho blockado against
thorn coasos thoro will lie no block
ado against Russia.
What It Means to U. S.
"Washington, I). C. Tho uuporlor
blookado council has been Instructed
to bo-proparod to ralso tho economic
blockado of Germany imtnodlatoly up
on ratification by tho Gorman natloual
assembly of the peace troaty.
This announcement was mado In a
dispatch to tho Htato department from
Paris.
Tho action of tho council, officials
hero explalnod, mcana that upon rati
fication of tho troaty by Germany all
restrictions "upon trade with Gormnny
may bo ro'morod. Without requiring
individual ratification by tho nlllod
and associated powers, H of tho nn
lions arrayed ngnlnst Gormany in tho
war may have an squat start In tho
raco for Gorman trade.
WILSON CANNOT ACT.
Wartime Prohibition Will Not Be
Lifted Until After Demobilization.
Washington, D. C i'resldont Wil
non has decldod ho cannot lognlly lift
tho war tlmo prohibition ban boforo
tho wintry goes dry, but ho oxpoctH
to do ho ua soon thoroaftor na his
power has boon mado clear by tho
completion of demobilization. In a
cablogram mado public at tho White
House, tho president Bald ho wnB
convinced after consultation with IiIh
logal advisors that ho had no nuthor
it to act at this tlmo. "Whou de
mobilization Is terminated," ho con
tinued, "my power to net without con
groflslonnl action will bp oxerclsod.''
'J'ho moHsaso ovnroiiseil no opinion an
to tho authority of tho prosldont whon
ho raises tho ban to mako his nctlon
applicable to boor and wlno.
To Attempt Lono Flight.
Washington. D. C. Tho Ilritlsli dlr
Igible R-31 Is oxpocted to arrivo In tho
united States on July 5 or C on n
round trip flight ncroBs tho Atlantic
to bo undertaken by a lighter than
Ir craft. This nnnouncomont wan
mado horo by tho British air attache,
who requested that Amorlcnn nier
chant uhlpH on tho norfch Atlantic
radio wenthor roports to Cnpt llaco
, for both the outward and roturn voy.
ago of tho dirigible. Tho lt-34 will
land at Long Inlniid and will remain
only long onough to replenish Its fuel
nnd gnn supplies.
National Bank Resources.
tlonal banks reported under tho call
nnannn " W.r nnoue " I20.82C,
000,000 an Increase of J807.000.000
since March 4, and nearly J10.000.00l)
In tho last six years.
In Behalf of Welfare Workers.
Iarls.-I'rosldont Wilson has direct
ed Nowton D. Raker, secretary of war.
to facllltato tho roturu to America of
welfare workers.
Prussian Government to Stand
norlln. The Prussian government,
having received a vote of contldouco
in tho diet, has decldod to romaln In
office.
$600,000,000 For Navy.
Washington, D. O. Agreement upon
tho naval appropriation bill fixing tho
personnel for noxt year at 170,000 of
fleers and men, with a proviso authoriz
ing tho president In caso of an amor
gency to increase this number to 101,.
000, was reached by house and senate
couforees. Tho bill now provides nu
appropriation of $611,000,000, an In
cro of $10,000,000 over the amount
voted by the house. Tho conferoos cut
the sonajo appropriation .of J35.000.000
for (ho naval nlr service .to $2&,000,000.
FRANCESCO NITTI
' Fiuiiecsco Nlltl Is tho new premier
of Italy, succeeding Orlmtdo. lie wan
, firiiurly minister of the treasury.
DRASTIC U. S. DRY BILL
IRONCLAD LID FRAMED IN THE
HOUSE AT WASHINGTON.
Measure Provides $3,500,000 Fund for
Enforcement of Prohibition
Punishment Is Severe.
Washington, June 27. Drastic leg
islation for the strict enforcement of
both war-time and constitutional pro
hibition was completed by the house
Judiciary committee. With only slight
modifications the bill Chairman Vol
stead will submit to the house Is tho
same as that proposed by the ultra
dryf.
An appropriation of $.'1,000,000 Is
provided to carry out the net. The
lMilii provisions of tho bill nre:
Any beverage containing more than
olio-half of 1 per cent of alcohol Is
"Intoxicating liquor."
When the war-time prohibition act
or constitutional prohibition goes Into
effect, It shall be unlawful to "manu
facture, sell, barter, give away, trans
port, Import, export, deliver, furnish,
rucolvo or possess any Intoxicating li
quor except as authorized by this act."
The only exceptions nre for medicinal,
scientific or sacramental purposes, or
where liquor Is stored In private
homes before prohibition goes Into ef
fect, for private use.
Punishments for violations oro as
follows :
A fine of not less than $100 nor more
than ?SO0 for the first offense, and a
lino of not less than $200 nor more
than $1,000, with Imprisonment from '
!t() to 00 days, for the second offense.
A fine of not less than $.100 and Im
prisonment from six months to two ,
years Is provided for tho subsequent
offenses. In addition, courts may re- j
qulro bonds as security that violators ,
will not again break tho law for one
year.
Enforcement of the prohibition law
Is lodged with tlie commissioner of In
tnriml revenue and the department of,
Justice,
Patent nnd proprietary medicine
manufacturers must prove to the com
missioner that their products cannot
be used in place of Intoxicating liquor.
TO LICENSE WHEAT DEALERS
Wilson Order Puts Trade Under Regu-
latlon Small Bakers nnd
Farmers Exempt.
Now York, Juno 2(1. Julius Humes,
United Stntes wheat director, an
nounced (hat President Wilson has
signed n proclamation putting under
license of tho wheat director persons,
firms, corporations nud associations
duallug In wheat, wheat flour or bak
ing products', manufactured either
wholly or partly from wheat Hour.
The only exceptions are retailers, far
mers and small bakers.
SENATE ASKS ABOUT SIBERIA
Resolution Adopted Requesting Presl.
dent to Give Information as to
Policy In Russia.
Washington, Juno 28. Hy unani
mous vntoxtho senate adopted tho res
olution of .Senator Johnson, Itepubll
run, of California asking the president
for Information us to the administra
tion's policy In respect to Siberia and
as to the maintenance of United
StuteM troops there.
To Name First President.
Ilelslngfors, Finland, June 28. The
new constitution adopted by the d'et
provides that tho first president shall
bo elected by the diet, ills term of
olllcu will bu six yours.
Poles to March on Bandits.
Purls, Juno HO. The council of four
has granted Poland permission to use
Gn. Waller's army or any of Its other
troops In restoring quiet to eastern Cla
lli'lu nnd drlxlnii ouIIuwh from the
country.
Austrian Ex-Kalter Is III.
Geneva. Juno !I0. It Is reported
from Prunglns. where former Emperor
Charles of Austria Is slaying, thaj his
health is causing anxiety. ut, mg m,j
lefj tho liouso for a week, Hi'll' At.
tended li"n Swiss doctor. '
SPECIAL FUND TO
CURB ALIEN REDS
Senate Committee Provides $2,
000,000 for Use of De
partment of Just'cc.
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN IS NEAR
Sundry Civil Bill Also Provides for
Continuing Permanently tho
War-Time Regulations of
Explosives.
. Wnshlngtoil, Juno 30. The senate
began consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill which, us reported
out of committee, carries provisions for
u vigorous cnnipolgn by the depart
ment of Justice against nnurchlsts.
In addition to $300,000 as a spe
cial fund to be devoted to tho round
ing up and deportation of dnngerous
aliens, the committee recommended an
Increase of from $1,100,000 to $2,000,
(XX) In tho nmount to be used by the
department of justice In general sup
pression of crime.
Tho bill also provides for continuing
permanently wnr-tlnie regulations as
to purchase, storage, manufacture, sole
and distribution of explosives, under
the direction of the bureau of mines.
Tlio nnval appropriation bill wns
passed In the sennto virtually as. re
ported by the committee, and now goes
to conference. Its totnl of about $644,
000,000 Is $41,000,000 more than the
house bill provides, nnd a stilt fight
In conference Is anticipated.
The proposed appropriation of $35,
000,000 for aviation Is $20,000,000 more
than the sum proposed In the house
bill.
Provision Is nlso mado for an enlist
ment strength of 191,000 men from
September .'10 to the end of the year,
as opposed to the house plan for a
force of 170,000 after January 1. en
fulling an Increase of pay of $12,000,
000. JOBS FOR MANY SOLDIERS
Positions Have Been Obtained for
70 Per Cent of Returned Yanks
Says Colonel Woods.
New York, Juno SO. Seventy per
cent of tho soldiers discharged since
the armistice have positions a'wnltlng
them, Col. Arthur Woods, assistant to
the secretnry of war, who Is In chnrge
of obtaining employment for dis
charged service men, announced.
"Unlisted men are being discharged
at tho rate of from 00,000 to 70,000 a
week," Colonel Wood snld, "and only
a comparatively smnll percentage aro
unable either to return to their old
positions or to obtain now positions
through tho various agencies. The
principal centers of unemployment nt
tho pres'ont tlmo nre New York, Chi
cago, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Hos
ton. Colonel Wood ngaln cniplinsizod
the fact that one of tho dllllcultles Is
tho unusual demnnd among discharged
servico men for clerical labor and tho
reluctance of tho average man to per
form farm lnbor.
SEVEN BROTHERS GO TO JAIL
Operated Twenty-Seven Stores In Chi
cago and Elsewhere $500,000
Involved.
New York. Juno HO. -Seven broth-
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rrn, .tvijiiiiiuiii, viiut tun, i.hii, ruim,
George, John nnd Joseph Solomon,
Were sentenced by United Stares
Judge Kuox to serve two years eiv)
In tho Atlanta penitentiary after
pleading guilty to conspiring to swin
dle merchants out of goods valued at
more than $500,(X)0.
The seven operated a wholesale
business In wearing apparel, conduct
ing 27 Ntores In Chicago, Iloston, Phil
adelphia, Haltlniore, Trenton, Newark,
Now York and other plueos.
EARL DEAR S .HANGED
Slayer of Chicago Chauffeur Pays
Penalty for His Crime on
the Gallows.
Chicago, Julio :i0. Karl Dear, the
Immune; Karl Dear, the robber, the
automobile bandit, tho murderer of
Rudolph Wolfe, chauffeur for Dr.
Philip Donne, was hanged here. It
was the sixty-sixth olllclal hanging in
Chicago.
CLOSE ENLISTMENTS JULY 5
J
Recruits for Service In A. E. F. Will
Not Be Accepted After Midnight
Week From Saturday.
Washington, Juno 30. Enlistments
for service In thu A. K. F. will not
be accepted after mlunlght July i the
way department announced.
Robbers Get $40,000.
St. Louis, Juno !I0, Robbers held up
ollkiuls of tho Middle-Fork mine, near
Hrutou, 111., and obtained $10,000 ac
cording to advices received, here. Two
of tho robbers were reported to huu
been killed by a posso which pursued.
Wllklns Found Guilty.
Mliieuln, N. Y., June SO. Dr. Walter
Keene Wllklns, charged with li ivlng
killed his wife, Julia, at their Long
Houch home, February 27, wns found
guilty of murder In tho first doj-.ieu by
a Jui'i ..t th 'Ukt oiinroiD'
MRS. ALICE LONGWORTh
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A new photograph of Mrs. Alice
Itoosevelt Longworti, daughter of the
Into President itoosevelt and wife of
Hepresentntlve Nicholas Longworth of
Ohio. Mrs. Longworth Is now taking
an nctlve Interest In politics, being
associated with Mrs. Medlll McCor
mlck In the Itepubllcnn women's na
tional committee.
SEIZE INDIANA MAYOR
MUNCIE EXECUTIVE ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF SWINDLING.
Prosecuting Attorney of Delaware
County Also Taken on U. S.
Warrant.
Muncle, Ind Juno 27. Horace G.
Murphy, prosecuting attorney of Del
aware county, nnd Dr. Itollln II.
Hunch, mayor of, Muncle, were arrest
ed In connectidn with operations by nl
leged swindlers who made their head
quarters In JIuncIo.
'The arrests were made by United
States Marshal Mnrk Storcn on war
rants Issued on federal grand Jury In
dictments. Both men gnve bonds for $10,000
each. The government's allegation Is
that they provided protection from ar
rest to the alleged swindlers, victims
of whom' are snld to reside In several
states.
Mayor Hunch denied any connection
with the men recently arrested and ac
cused by tho federal authorities of
having swindled ut least 34 wealthy
men .by means of fake prizefights and
wrestling matches. Ho asserted he
was the victim of splto work.
Prosecutor Murphy was elected In
1010 on a reform ticket and re-elected
In 1018.
It has been charged that tho alleged
gang obtained moro than $200,000 In
Its work. Thirteen men previously
were arrested.
HUNS" BURN FRENCH FLAG
Violate Armistice Terms by Destroy
ing Emblems Seized In the
Fr'anco-Prusslan War.
Paris, Juno 20. Word of the burn
ing of certain French bnttle flags by
the Germans has been received here.
Pcacp conference opinion Is apparently
unanimous thqt this Is n distinct vio
lation of the pence treaty, Innsmuch
as that document stipulated that tho
flngs should be returned to Franco by
Germany. It Is probable that a com
mission will be appointed to consider
taking nctlon In the matter.
Presumably the foregoing refers to
French bnttlo flags taken by the Ger
mans In the war of 1870-71. Article
215 of tho peace treaty, In the original
draft, stipulated that within six
months after the treaty should take
effect Germany must restore to Franco
tho trophies, works of nrt, etc., carried
from France by tho Germans In the
Franco-Prussian wnr, "particularly
tho French lings."
MUST PAY FOR SINKING FLEET
Allies In Note to Germany Demand
Reparation and Punishment of
Those Responsible for Act
Purls, Juno 27. Germany hns been
notified In u note sent by tho allies
that they possess the right to punish
the persons responsible for live de
struction of tho German tdilps and to
collect reparation for the loss. Tho
sinking of the fleet Is denounced ns u
violation of the armistice nnd u de
liberate breach in advance of the con
ditions of peace.
Nat's Liquor Brings ,$6,000.
New York, July 28. Approximately
$0,000 wif paid for the private liquor
stock of the late Nat C. Goodwin, actor,
when It was put up ut auction.
Veterans Urge $120 Bonus.
Aurora. III., Juue 28, The World
War Veterans, In their first national
encampment here, adopted resolutions
condemning bolsliuvlstn and calling
upon congress to voto nn additional
$120 bonus to all men.
Killed by Liquor Runners.
CofToovllle, Ivan., June 28. P. S. Pe
ter, deputy sheriff .of Lafayette coun
ty, -Kansas, was fatally shot by liquor
runners near Chetopa, Kan. The
Hjiuur haulers were In nu automobile,
flailed for Oklahoma.
FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
Reports of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines for Quick
Perusal.
Dean O. W. Hastings of tho Uni
versity of .Nebrnskn college of law
announced at Lincoln tlr.it ho hnd
been retained by the German Luther
an synod of MKsourl and Jlohemlnn
societies of Omalia ns counsel In their
fight ngalnst the validity of the pa
rochial school law of the last legisla
ture. He also ninde tho announce
ment lfc hnij been employed by tho
German-American Alliance several
yenrs ago to prepare tho Mockett law,
requiring the teaching of foreign lan
guages' In Nebraska schools on peti
tion of patrons.
NebrnslMi lawmakers who voted for
tho measure nt tho last session of tho
i legislature which provides for the
"lection of delegates to tho constltu-
, tlonal convention on n non-purtlsnn
' ballot uro not alarmed over the report
of a committee of Illinois lawyers
holding thnt such nn act under tho
constitution of Illinois which Is tho
same ns Nebraska's would be Illegal.
The threat of County Attorney Ed
gerton of Hamilton county to prose
cute Miss Mary Itegler, who operated
n school near Henderson in which
Gerninn was taught In the study of
lessons from tho bible, resulted In tho
discontinuance of tho school.
Governor McKelvlo says bo expects
to hire nn efficiency expert to help In
stall new departments of tho statq
administration reorganized after the
federal cabinet system by the code
hill of thejust legislature.
The extension department of the
state university Is preparing to Intro
duce a number of new features In
connection with their exhibit at the
Thayer county, fair to be held In
Deshler, August 20-20.
The transcontinental flying circus
which will travel over the country for
the purpose of Interesting young men
In the possibilities of tho air service,
will visit a number of Nebraska cities
In August.
More than two score Nebraska com--munltles
hnyo asked for the assist
ance of Mtes Louise Murphy, tho
state's first public health nurse. Miss
Murphy began her work the first of
July.
The farm of Edward Jordan, near
Wilcox, an Interned German alien,
has been ordered sold by the alien
property custodinn to satisfy a
j$10,000 alimony judgment obtained by
Mrs. Jordan.
Unless drastic action Is tnken at
once to destroy cutworms working on
Douglns county alfnlfa crops, a great
loss may be experienced by farmers,
according to County Agent Mnxwelb
The agricultural department at
Washington reports thnt crops in Ne
braska, counting the entire field nnd
comparing to the ten-yenr average aro
In 112 per cent condition.
The proposition to erect a modern
rural high school building nt Ellis,
fulled, as, two of the districts In Lin
coln township voted against erecting
the proposed nev building.
Tho Colorado and Wyoming division
of the Sons of Veterans has Indorsed
Lieutenant Governor Harrows of Ne
braska fotvconimander-ln-clilef of the
national organization.
A statue to cost about $.100 Is to
bo erected on tho Thayer county fair
grounds nt Dcshler.ns a memorial for
the soldiers of the county.
Petitions aro In circulation for more
than threo miles of paving In Aurora.
It Is not likely that any construction
work w 111 be done until next spring.
Voters of Douglas county upprovod
n ?.t,000,000 paved road bond proposl
Hon at a special election by n major
ity of threo to -one.
Nearly two miles of the grading on
the federal and stato aid road project,
between Fremont and Ceresco, has
been completed. '
A contract has been awarded for tho
laying of forty blocks of brick paving
at Wahoo. The contract price Is $3.48
a squnro yard.
The Nebraska Epworth Assembly
will be held nt Lincoln during the ten.
day period between July 20 and Au
gust 7.
Dawes County Development Associa
tion hns decided to spend $ir00 adver
tising the resources of the county.
In some sections of Thayer nnd
surrounding counties there Is a short
age of carpenters nnd laborers.
Hogs sold .for $21.10 per hundred
on the South Omaha market the other
day, the highest on record.
Miss Ethel Mollltt, aged 1.". daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mollltt,
old residents of western Nebraska,
lost her life by drowning In the Far
mers' canal ut ScottsblufT.
Replies to Governor McKelvle's In
quiry to stuto .senators and represen
tatives relating to the advisability of
calling the legislature In speclnl ses
sion to net on the suffrage amend
ment lndlento that a tnnjorlty of tho
members nre In favor of the move,
nnd some advise that the codo law
bp Included.
Peter O'Shea of Scott.bluff is suing
the North American Hotel company
for .f.'t'i.OOO, charging that the com
pany bought threo lots from him In
Scottsbluir, stating that they Intended
to build a hotel on the property and
that they have never finished tho ho
tel nor paid him for the lots.
There will bo no paving of tho Lin
coln highway through North Platte
this year. A petition signed by two
thirds of the property owners on tho
street ..through which tho highway
runs, bus registered sentiment against
tho project. '
A large number of motor trucks for
use in building' roads In Nebraska
have been received by the state ungl
neor at Lincoln from the government.
Nebraska's allotment will be about
400 trucks. These trucks are not to
be apportioned out to the different
counties, but will bo placed where
they will bo needed nnd used the
most
Following tho report from Kansas
that I. W. W. agitators In that state
are threatening to destroy whent
crops ns a protest against wages
being paid farm hands, both the gov
ernor's oflice nnd the state lire war
den at Lincoln report that no com
plaints or warnings In that direction
liavo been given them.
According to State Horticulturist
Weber, Nebraska's fruit crop this year
will run about as follows: Apples,
30 to f0 per cent over the average for
preceding years ; cherries SO per cent
nbovc the average; pears, 20 and ber
ries 70 to SO. Tho peach crop will
about equal that of 1018.
A number of Chndron business men
nre about, to begin tho construction of
a pipe lino from the extensive oil
fields north of Lusk, Wyo. This, It is
believed, will give Chndron a cheap
fuel and greatly assist tho growth of
the city.
The legal department of Adnmsr
county and Hastings have agreed that
Sunday baseball is illegal In Hnstlngs.
Consequently, It Is said, no attempt
will bo mado to engage In the nation
al pastime in the city or county on
tho Sabbath this season.
Lincoln voted two million dollars-
J"or new school buildings at u special
bond election. The vote was very
light, standing 1,301 for nn 410
against. Of tho votes enst for the Is
sue f20 wore by women of the city.
An effort will be nuide by a Fre
mont committee to secure the serv
ices of Gen. John J. Pershing, Amer
ican commander In France, for tho
piincipnl address on Fremont's home
coming celebration, August 15.
W. T. Thompson' of Lincoln has
been chosen chairman of the execu
tive committee of the New-Nebrnska
Federation, an organization started to
help elect certnln dclegntes to the
state constitutional convention.
Daylight saving wns abandoned by
the vlllago of Dunbar last Monday.
The scheme was too Inconvenient for
the people to wait for tho repenl of
the law In October, so the old order
of things was adopted.
The government army motor track
train which Is to cross tho continent
to stimulate Interest in u transconti
nental highway, will leave Washing
ton July 7 nnd will pass through Ne
braska early In August.
Paving to cost around $30,000 will
be laid at Laurel, a contract having
been let for the work. Nearly $13,000
worth of new water mains are nlso,
to be laid In the town.
A violent hail storm, covering n
strip four miles wide nnd thirty-three
miles in length, caused several thou
sand dollars' damage to crops in cen
tral Thayer county.
Wheat harvesting has commenced
In some sections of the southern part
of the state, nnd some dlfliculty Is
being experienced In securing help.
All high price records for Hoono
county farm lnnd were shattered
when Col. Dan Fuller sold his 100
acre farm nonV- Albion for $00,000.
The William Lehnhoff farm, near
Louisville, consisting of 100 acres,
was sold for $300 per acre, a' record
price for land In the vicinity.
August 15 Is the date selected for
home-coming celebration for Dodge
county soldiers and sailors. The af
fair will bo held at Fremont.
Property nnd crops In. western
Douglas county were severely duiii-,
aged by a terrific wind and hall storm
that swept the district last week.
The board of directors of the Hast- -ings
Chamber of Commorco unani
mously voted for the return of the
railroads to private ownership.
Old settlers of tho southwestern
part of tho state soy that tho signs
of prosperity on all sides were never
so bright as at presenL
A number of corn nnd wheat fields
In the vicinity of Fremont were badly
blown down when a young tornado
visited the district.
Elmwood Is planning 'a home-coming
celebration for her soldier boys.
August 31 is flic date set for tho
grand event.
State olllclals are making prepara
tions to re-nppralse school hinds, In
Custer. Sheridan nnd other northwest
counties.
The Fremont Commercial club has
decided to secure suitable grounds for
tho landing of aeroplanes.
While bathing in the Elkhom river
near Heemer, Sam Hlch, Jr., 18. lost
his life by drowning. '
A fust amateur baseball' club has
been organized by citizens of Wahoo.
A good sized funsj has been raised by
public subscription to support tho
tenm.
According to rnllrood crop experts,
condition of wheat, corn, oats, hurley,
sugor beets and other crops In Ne
braska Is the best. Winter wheat
threatened by rust, h safe, It is sald.
An average crop oC rult Is reported.
The slate board of agriculture has
reported that the spring wheat acre
age In Nebraska totals approximately
S12.000 acres.
Statu Engineer Georgo Johnson has
nppolntcd the following .superintend
ents of the five divisions of the stato
under which tho system of road build
lng will bo carried on: First district,
E. II. Morey of Lincoln. Second (lis
trlct, M. F. Hlaek of Norfolk. Third
district. Harold Cochran of North.
Platte. Fourth district. 11. O. Green of
Hastings. Fifth district. J. II. Mc
Le or Hrldgeport
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