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THI8 WEEK.
RAIL BILL IS BEFORE SENATE
Long Fight In Prospect Over Moas
urc'B Antl-Strlko Provlolon Roadn
Not Likely to Go Back Until New
"Law la Effective.
"Washington, D. C Tho Mexican nit
'Uatlon ovorshadowo nil iucHtlons Hko
y to corno beforo congress this vook.
Tho sonato foreign rolatlonH com
mittee will meet to glvo further con
sideration to a resolution roquostllnu
I'roBldont .Wilson to break off diplo
matic relations with Mexico nml to
withdraw recognition ot tho Carrnnr.a
govornment.
Senator Fall, republican, of New
Moxlco, author of tho resolution, talk
' ed over tho situation with tho presi
dent, and It hnd been oxpeotod that
Prcsldont Wilson would glvo somo ex
pression of opinion on tho proposal in
ndvanco of tho mooting, 8bnator
Fall Hitld, howovor, that tho president
linrt not definitely promised any ro
Bponno. Work Enough Ahead.
Anldo from Mexico thoro Is work
enough to keep tho sonnte and houso
busy until tho holidays, and Uttlo
probability that tho Oorman pence
treaty will bo taken up In tho sonato
meanwhile Indued no action1 on the
treaty beforo next month has boon
expected.
Semite leadors still hopo to get a
voto this week on tho Cummins bill,
designed to moot conditions with ro
turn of tho rnllroada to private oper
ation and control, but with tho long
fight over tho bill's anti-strike provis
ion thoro may bo no final enactment
until next month. President Wilson
announced last spring that tho roads
will bo turned back tho first of tho
year, but many sonntorn bollovo now
that ho will wait until tho now law Is
effective.
Sterling's Sedition Dill.
i
Senator" Sterling, of South Dakota,
will attempt to have tho house pass
thin week his sedition bill, penalizing
attempts to pvorthrow tho govorn
iment. -
Tho coal strike And other Industrial
troubles will bo considered at a special
mooting ot tho sonato labor commit
tee Chairman Konyon hopes that
congrosn In some way may bo ablo to
assist In settling tho strike, possltily
by providing; an adjustment tribunal.
A resolution calling upon tho govorn
ment to tako over and oporato the
coal mtnos as an omorgoncy also Is
'being discussod, and tho commtttoo
will consider tho resolution of Sonator
Jones, republican, of Washington, pro
posing congressional Investigation of
the coal strike.
NORTH DAKOTA MINER8 RETURN
'Go to Work Under Schedule Calling
for 14 Per Cent Advance.
Mlnot, N. D, Lignite minora in this
stato wont to work undor a wago
Hchedulo -calling for 14 per cent In
crease, authorized by Fuel Adminis
trator 'Garllold.
' TJio ngroemonta granting this ad
"voice was signed nt Burlington bo
tw6n representatives ot North Dako
ta Coal Operators' association and
mlntrs' -representatives from tho four
1aryo mining districts In tho state. It
,is ifffocllvo Immediately.
'Jlio prjqo of Ilgnlto nt the mines
will bo Increased 2R cents n ton, to
.yu ai mo mines, tno maximum flxod
"by tho fedoral fuel administration. This
Mill mako tho retail prlco ndvanco to
$2G hero, un ndvanco ot 8& per cont.
Cold Wave Sweeping Rock Mountains
Donvor, Colo. A cold wavo Is sweep
ing down upon tho Kooky mountain
region. Heavy buow was predicted
tr Utah and snow has boon falling a
fircwitor part or the day In Wyoming
and parts of Colorudo. The snow
bolt, according to the local weather
bureau, will extend as far south as
Arizona. Tho storm Is bringing torn
p train res ot G to 3C dogroes below
a Iro to tho northern plain states.
Soldier Homo from Siberia.
San Francisco. -Eleven hundred
mterlcnn loldlors arrived from Siberia
I tcontly on tho transport Sheridan, A
flbjsn on tho Bhlp'B aldo road: "Uelshoy
Jsts, bowaro! We nro coming homo to
Join tho American Legion."
Wets Grab at "Straw,"
Washington, D, 0. Mandamus pro
ceedings to oompol Socrolnry Lousing
to cancel the state dopartmont proo
clamntlon announcing ratiflcaton of thu
prohibition ameudmont to the consti
tution has been filed In the district
supreme court hero by Robert A.
Wldemanii of Btony Point, N. Y who
contends that ratification ot the nec
essary number ot states has not beon
completed hocnueo cartttin of tho
KtatOB fauvo roservod a refurondum.
Justice tilts took th,o nmttor undor
advlwihiont.
SEES PEACE DELAY
AS UNREST CAUSE
President Wilson So Declares in
Message Read Before Both
Houses of Congress.
BUDGET SYSTEM IS URGED
Necessity of Increased Production to
Help Decrease Cost of Living
Imperative Need of Definite
Program Concerning La"bor.
Washington, Dec. 2. President Wll
son'H message, which was read to both
houses of congress today, only Inci
dentally mentioned tho pcaco treaty,
blaming tho delay In ratification as
one of the causes of nation-wide un
rest. Tho president said:
I hope that congress will bring to a
conclusion at this (tension leglilatlon look
ing to thu establishment of a. budget sys
tem. That thero should bo ono slnglo au
thority rcsponslblo for the making of all
nppropilatlons and that appropriations
should be made not Independently of each
other but with rofercnpo to ono slnglo
comprehensive plan of expenditure prop
erly related to the nation's Income thoro
can be no doubt. I belluvo tho burden of
preparing the budget must, In the natura
of the case, If tho work Is to bo properly
done and responsibility concentrated In
stead of divided, rest upon the executive
The budget so prepared should be sub
mitted to and approved or amended by n
single committee of each house of con
gress, and no single appropriation should
be made by the congress, except such as
may have been Included in tho budget
prepared by the executive or added by
th particular committee of congress
charged with tho budget legislation.
Another and not less Important aspect
of tho problem Is the ascertainment of
the economy and efficiency with which
the moneys appropriated are expended.
Under existing law the only audit Is for
the purpose of ascertaining whether ex
penditures have been lawfully mado with
in the appropriations. No one Is author
ized or equipped to ascertain whether
the monoy has been spent wisely, eco
nomically nnd effectively.
Taxation Question Taken Up.
I trust that the congress will give Its
Imtncdlato consideration to tho problem
of future taxation. Simplification of tho
incomo und profits taxes has bocomo an
lmmadiate necessity. Those taxes per
formed Indispensable service during tho
war. They must, however, be simplified,.
not oniy to save tne taxpayer inconven
ience and oxpenso, but In order that his
liability may be made certain and definite.
With reference to tho dotalls of the
revenue law, tho secretary of tho treas
ury and tho commissioner of internal rev
enue will lay before you for your consid
eration certain amendments nocessary or
desirable In connection with tho aumlnls
tratlon ot the law rocommondatlons
which have my UDDroval and sutmart
It Is of the utmost Importance that In
dealing with this matter the presont law
should not bo disturbed so far as regards
taxes for tho calendar year 1!0, payable
In tho calendar year 1921. Tho congress
might well consider whether the higher
rates of Income and profits taxes can In
peace times be effectively productive of
revenue and whother thoy may not, on
tho contrary, be destructive ot business
activity and productive ot waste and In
efficiency. There Is a point at which In peace times
high rates of Incomo and profits taxes
discourage energy, remove tho Incentive
to new enterprise encourage extravagant
expenditures und produce Industrial stug.
nation with consequent unemployment
am) other, attendant ovllii.
The messugo then discussed the fa
Torablo balauco of trade and tho need
of adjusting our economic life to tho
changed conditions and of abandon
ing the policy of Isolation. In tho
matter of recognition and relief for
returned soldiers tho president re
puted the recommendations In his
last message. Ho also urged tariff
revision to protect our chemical und
dyostuff Industries. He continued:
Farmers Are Praised.
During the war tho farmer per
formed a vital and willing service to
the nation. By materially Increasing
the production ot his land, he supplied
America and the allies with the In
creased amounts of food necessary to
keep their Immense armies In tho field.
11 indispensably helped to win tho
war. But there Is now scarcely leas
need of Increasing the production In
food and the necessaries ot Ufa. I ask
the congress to consider means of en
couraging effort along those linos.
The Importance of dolnr everything
possible to promote production along
economical llnosi to lmprovo marketing
and to make rural life moro attractive
and healthful, Is obvious. I would urge
approval of the plans already proposed
to the congrcus by the secretary of ag
rloulturo, to secure the essential facts
required for the proper study of this
qusstlon, through the proposed en
Urged programs for farm management
studies and crop ostlmates.
I would urge, also, the continuance
ot fedoral participation In the building
of good roads, under tho torros ot ex
isting law and under the direction of
present agencies; the need of further
action on the part ot the states and the
federal government to preserve and
develop our forest resources, especially
inrougn tne practice or better forestry
methods on private holdings and the
extension of the publicly owned for
ests: better support for country schools
and the more definite direction of their
courses ot atudy along lines relatod to
rural problems; and fuller provision for
sanitation In rural districts nnd the
building up ot needed hospital and
medical facilities
Blames Government for Unrest.
1 would call your attention to the
widespread condition of political rest
lessness In our body politic. The
causes of this unrest, while vorlous
and complicated, are superficial rather
than deep seated. Uroadly, they arise
HOME OF THE CIRCUS.
A school teacher was reading an ex
citing story to her group of young
sters about tho Jungle. In order that
each child might understand clearly
what tho story was about, she B?ld:
"Which ono of you can toll me what
the Junglo Is?" Ono bright Uttlo boy
waved his hand In tho air and tho
teacher told him to give his definition.
Lie stood up before tho class with a
great deal .of Importance and Bald:
"The Jungle l whero the circus lives."
from or are connected with the failure
on the part of our government to ar
rive speedily at a Just and permanent
peace permitting return to normal con
ditions, from the transfusion of radical
theories from seething European centers
pending such delay, from heartless
profiteering resulting In the Increase of
the cost of living, and, lastly, from the
machinations of passionate and malev
olent agitators.' With the return to
normal conditions, this unrest will rap
Idly disappear. In the meantlmo It
docs much evil.
It seems to mo that In dealing with
this situation congress should not h!
Impatient or drastic, but should seek,
rather, to remove the causes. It should
endeavor to bring our country back
speedily, to-a. peace basis, with ameli
orated living conditions under the min
imum of restrictions upon personal lib
erty that Is consistent with our recon
struction problems. And It should arm
the federal govornment with power to
deal In Its criminal courts with those
persons who by violent methods would
abrogate our time-tested Institutions.
With the free expression of opinion
and with tho advocacy of orderly polit
ical change, however fundamental,
thoro must bo no Interference, hut to
ward passion and malevolence tending
to Incite crime and Insurrection undor
guise of political evolution thero
should be no leniency.
Should Extend Food Control,
I renow and strongly urge tho neces
sity of tho extonston of tho present
food-control act as to tho period of
time In which It shall remain In opera
tion. Tho attorney general has sub
mitted a bill providing for an exten
sion of this net for a period of' six
moriths. As It now stands It Is limited
In operation to tho period of tho war
and becomes inoperative upon tho
formul proclamation of pence. It Is
Impor.-xtlve that It should be extended
nt once. Tho department of Justice has
built up extcnslvo machinery for the
purposo of enforcing Its provisions; all
of which must he abandoned upon the
conclusion of peace unless the provi
sions of this act are extended.
During this period tho congress will
havo an opportunity to mako similar,
permanent provisions and regulations
with regard to all goods destined for
Intorstato commerce and to exclude
them from Interstate shipment, If the
ronulrements of tho law aro not com
piled with. Somo such regulation Is
imperatively necessary. The abuses
that have grown up In tho manipula
tion of prices by the withholding of
foodstuffs and other necessaries of life
cannot otherwise be effectively pre
vented. There can bo no doubt of
either tho necessity or the legitimacy
of such measures.
The president renewed his recom
mendations that n law be passed reg
ulating cold storage and that nil
goods destined for Interstate com
merco should be marked with the
price nt which they left the hands of
the producer. Ho also urged the fed
eral licensing of corporations engag
ing In Interstate commerce. Coming
to tho question of labor, the message
said :
Labor and Capital Peace Renewed.
No ono who has observed the march
of events in the last year can fall to note
the absolute need ot definite program
to bring about an improvement In .the
condition of labor. Thero can be no set
tled conditions leading to Increased pro
duction and a reduction In the cost ot
living If labor and capital are to be an
tagonists Instead ot partners.
Sound thinking and an honest desire
to servo tho Interests of the whole na
tion, as distinguished from the Interests
of a class, must be applied to the solu
tion of this great and pressing problem.
The failure of other nations to consider
this matter In a vigorous way has pro
duced bitterness and Jealousies and an
tagonisms, the food of radicalism. Tho
only way to keep men from agitating
against grievances Is to remove the griev
ances. An unwillingness even to discuss
these matters produces only dissatisfac
tion and gives comfort to the extreme
elemonts In our country, which endeavor
to stir up disturbance In order to provoko
governments to embark upon a course of
retaliation and repression. The. seed ot
revolution Is repression.
The remedy for these things must not
bo negative In character. It must.be con
structive. It must comprehend the gen
eral Interest, Tho real antidote for the
unrest which manifests Itself Is not sup
pression but a deep consideration of the
wrongs that beset our national life and
the application of a remedy,
Eight-Hour Day la Big Step.
Congress has already shown Its will
ingness to deal with these industrial
wrongs by establishing the eight-hour
day as the standard In every field ot
labor. It has sought to find a way to
prevent child labor. It has served the
whole country by leading the way In de
veloping the means ot preserving and
safeguarding Uvea and health in danger
ous Industries. It must now help In the
difficult task of finding a method that will
bring about & genuine demonstration of
Industry, based upon tne full recognition
ot the right ot those who work, In what
ever rank, to participate In some organlo
way In every decision which directly af
fects their welfare.
It Is with this purpose In mind that I
called a conference to meet In Washing
ton on December 1 to consider these prob
lems In all their broad aspects, with the
Idea of bringing about a better under
standing betwoen these two Interests.
Rights of Labor Are Cited.
The great unrest throughout the world,
out of which has emerged a demand for
an Immediate consideration of the diffi
culties between capital and labor, bids us
put our own house In order. Frankly,
there can be no permanent and lasting
settlements between capital and labor
whloh do not recognize the fundamental
concepts for which labor has been strug
gling through the years. The whole
world gave Its recognition and Indorse
ment to these fundamental purposes In
the League of Nations.
To analyze the particulars In the de
mands ot labor Is to admit the Justice of
their complaint In many matters that lie
at their basis. The workman demands
an adequate wage, sufficient to permit
him to live In comfort, unhampered by
the fear of poverty and want In his old
ace. II demands the right to live and
the right to work amidst sanitary sur
roundings, both In homo and in workshop,
surroundings that develop and do not re
tard his own health and well-being; and
the right to provide for his children's
wants In the matter of health and educa.
tlon. In other words, It Is his desire to
make the conditions of his life and the
ITF.MS OF .INTEREST
In Pennsylvania every worker losen
on an average six days a year duo to
sickness. '
A now coffeo strainer can be tau
tened Inside any pot by wires Inserted
In the spout.
Nets for recovering golf balls thnt
may bo driven Into water havo been
Invented In England.
For motorists who smoke n pew elec
tric torch Is equipped with a cigar
lighter on one side.
lives of those dear to him toivrable ana
easy to bear.
Collective Bargaining Right.
Governments must recognlzo the
right of men collectively to bargain for
humane objects that have at their base
the mutual protection and welfare of
thoso engaged In all Industries. Labor
must not be longer vemted ns a com
modity. It must be regarded as the
activity of human beings, possessed of
deep yearnings and desires. The busi
ness man gives his best thought to the
repair and replenishment of his ma
chinery, so that Its usefulness will not
bo Impaired and Its power to produce
may always bo at Its height and kept
In full vigor and l lotion.
No less regard ought to be paid to
the human machine, which, after all,
propels the machlnory of the world
and Is tho great dynamic force that
lies back of all Industry and progress.
Return to the old standards of wage
and Industry In employment aro un
thinkable. The tcrrlblo trngedy of war
which has Just ended and which has
brought the world to tho vorge of
chaos and disaster would be In vain If
thero should ensue a return to the con
ditions of the past.
Labor not only Is entitled to an ade
quate wage, but capital should receive
a reasonablo return upon Its Invest
ment and Is entitled to protection at
tho hands of tho government In every
emergency. No govornment worthy of
tho namo can play theso elements
against each other, for there Is a mu
tuality of Interest between them which
the government must seek to express
and to safeguard nt all cost
The right of Individuals to strike Is
Invlolato and ought not to be Inter
fered with by any process of govern
ment, but there Is n predominant right
and that Is tho right of the govern
ment to protect all of Its people and to
nssert Its power and majesty against
tho challengo of any class. The gov
ernment, when It asserts that right,
seeks not to antagonize a class but
simply to defend tho right of the
whole people as against the Irreparable
harm and Injury that might bo done by
the attempt by any class to usurp a
power that only government Itself has
a right to exorcise as a protection to
all.
Hour of Test and Trial.
This Is the hour of teBt and trial for
America. By her prowess and strength
and the Indomitable courage of her sol
diers, she demonstrated her power to
vindicate on foreign battlefields her
conception of liberty and Justice. Let
not her Influence as a mediator be
tween capital and labor be weakened
and her own falluro to settle matters
of purely domestic concert bo pro
claimed to the world.
There aro those In this country who
threaten cllroct action to force their will
upon a majority. Russia today, with Its
blood and terror, Is a painful object les
son of the power of minorities. It makes
little difference what minority It ls;
whether capital or labor, or any other
class; no sort of privilege will ever be
permitted to dominate this country. We
are a partnership or nothing that Is worth
While.
Wo aro a democracy where the ma
jority are the masters or all the hopes
and purposes of tho men who founded
this government have been defeated and
forgotten. In America there Is but one
way by which great reforms can be ac
complished and the relief sought by
classes obtained, and that Is through the
orderly processes ot representative gov
ornment. Those who would propose any
other method of reform are enemies of
this country.
America will not be daunted by threats
nor lose her composure or calmness in
these distressing tlmcB. We can afford,
In the midst ot this day of passion and
unrest, to bo self-contained and sure.
The Instrument of all reform In America
Is the straight road ot Justice to all
classes and conditions of men. Men have
but to follow this road to realize the full
fruition of their objects and purposes. Let
those beware who would take the shorter
road ot disorder and revolution. The
right road Is the road of Justice and or
derly process.
General Pershing as a Grammarian.
General Pershing, nccordlng to" Ever
ett T. Tomllnson, parsed himself into
the United States army. In "The Story
of General Pershing" wo are told
that: "Eighteen applicants took the
examination nnd Pershing won, though
by only a single point, and that was
given only after he and his comp6tltor,
Hlggtnbotham, had broken the tie by
each diagramming the following sen
tence: 'I love to run.'
"Hlgglnbotham's solution :
" 'I' subject.
" 'love" predicate
'"to run' Infinitive phrase qualify
ing the meaning of. the verb,.
"Pershing's solution wus us follows:
" T subject.
" 'love predicate
"to run' Is the object
"The commission preferred Pershing's
diagram, and thus by a single point
he won tho competitive examination
and received tho appointment.
Police Dogs Latest Fad.
Beige Is tho first European-born dog
to accompany an American Y. W. 0. A.
secretary to her home In the United
States.
American army officers started the
fad of bringing French or German po
lice dogs back with them. Beige Is a
Belgian police dog who was presented
to Miss Marlon Alchln of Lynn, Mass.,
by an ofllcer of the nrmy of occupa
tlon.
Miss Alchln was nsslgncd to the Y.
W, C. A. hostess house In Coblenz
when she first made the acquaintance
of Beige, a handsome, black nnd white
puppy, with a long pedigree which won
him n high place In the dog show held
In Coblenz. II o Is four mouths old.
Giant Air Bus Built.
M, Blerlot has completed the build
ing of a giant nerobus, which recent
ly went through Its trials at Buc ner
dromo In Paris. Twenty-eight pas
sengers can bo curried.
Saturday Half Holiday.
The custom of having Saturday aft
ernoon as a holiday Is supposed to
havo originated In Scotlnnd. It ap
pears that by a council of William,
king of Scotland, A. D. 1203, It was
determined that Saturday, after the
twelfth hour, should be kept holy,
that every one might attend Vespers
In preparation for Sunday.
Big Ben's Big Bell.
The hell that strikes the. hours for
Big Ben In London, largest flock In
the world, weU'Jis 14 ton
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of tha State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
Public schools nt Omaha, Lincoln,
Nebraska City, Crete and numerous
other plnces In the state have been
closed because of the coal strike. Thea
ters have been closed at Omnhn nnd
business generally curtailed; the state
university nt Lincoln wns ordered
closed Inst Monday. The drastic regu
lations issued by the government for
bidding fuel U) nil Industries save es
sentials, nro expected to cause n gen
eral paralysis of business In this state
nnd to close virtually nil schools and
places of amusement until after the
holldnys nt least.
Hastings Is tightly closed by tho
fuel order. Theaters nnd the library
nro shut down. All meetings, lodge
gatherings and public entertainments
arc prohibited. All school nnd college
activities havo been suspended. Coal
deliveries arc limited to 1,000 pouti'ds,
to bo made on ofllciul permit only.
In a field of eight contestants for
tho privilege of submitting plans for
the new Nebraska $5,000,000 state cap
Hoi, John Latenser & Sons of Omaha,
Ellcry Davis of Lincoln and John nnd
Allen MacDonald of Onmhn, presented
plans thnt were selected by the capltol
commission In Lincoln.
A municipal wood yard was started
last week by DO business men at Su
perior. They contributed .$25 each as
n working fund. It Is reported 3,000
londs of wood can be got by tho wood
choppers along the Itepubllcan river
to help cut the coal shortage.
In the book of estimates for the fis
cal year ending Juno 30, 1010, Secre
tary of the Trensury Glass asks for un
appropriation of $102,500 for the Ge
neva Indlnn school, and $1,000,000 for
tho North Platte reclamation project
in Nebraska.
L. C. Christie, county ngent for
Dodge county for the last two years
has resigned nnd will go to Seward
county to take up simllnr work. Mr.
Christie has leased a farm of 52 acres
near Seward, which he will operate
along lines lie advocates In his work.
Tho republican state central com
mittee will take no part In the contests
between Individuals In the republican
primaries, nccordlng to a statement Is
sued by Kobert Devoe, chairman of
the republican state central committee
at Lincoln.
Land values In Saunders county are
Increasing. Sir years ago Ell Kelser
bought 40 acres of unimproved lnnd
north of Ashland for $0,000. Three
years ago he erected a modern home,
and has Just sold tho property for
$25,000.
Formation of co-operative associa
tions throughout tho state soon will
be started. Governor McKelvIe Is hav
ing printed some pomphlets containing
the laws regarding the forming of as
sociations of this kind which will bo
distributed to the public.
Two hundred "buck privates," who
served under General Pershing over
seas, will meet him at the Nebraska
state line and escort him to Lincoln
when lie arrives in December to spend
Christmas In tho Capital City.
Business men of Beatrice have
shortened business hours from 10 a. m.
to 3 p. m. All display signs nnd resi
dence street lights have been turned
off. Many people are reported burn
ing wood with their coal.
With three of Inst year's team back
In school nnd some excellent material
to choose from, Midland College at
Fremont, will have a fast baBket ball
team to represent It In the conference
games this your.
A Mnrsland colored boy was ar
rested for robbing the bank at that
place and locking the cashier In tho
vuult. The money stolen from the In
stitution was found In the boy's pos
session. Governor McKelvIe directed Adju
tant General Paul to take charge of
the enrollment of Nebraska volunteers
for work In the coal mines, pursuant
to his proclamation for such service.
It Is estimated that approximately
6,000 packing house workmen at South
Omaha will bo benefited by the In
creased wago scale announced i
Judge Alschuler of Chicago,
Timber along Muddy Creek Is bolus
used as fuel by the people In Stella
and vicinity. The coal supply was
exhausted last week.
Actual suffering from lack ot fuel
wns reported to the Nebraska Hallway
commission In u telegram from i
gore, which said the village hat' icen
without coal for ten days.
The statement that farm women ure
driven to hospitals for Insane by coun
try life gains no support from facts
announced by Jl O. Ilaukln, of the Ne
braska College of Agriculture at Lin
coln. From every 100,000 of their poji
ulntlon, the rural communities oml
11.1 persons to asylums, while the ru
les send 80, or more than twice us
many.
Loss ot stock, snowbound mails, and
suffering among the poor resulted in
Arthur county from the blizzard last
week.
A handsome Cartridge Wyandotte
cock, owned by Fred Karre, of Cotes
field, was awarded the sweepstake
prise at tho Omaha Poultry "show. Tlu
bird Is valued at $3,500.
The contract for 41 blocks of lirJct.
pavement In David City has been lei
to nn Omaha firm, "nt, n total cost f
I1S0.000. When this Is ompleteil.
David City will have 05 blocks of good
pavement.
George E. Johnson, secretary of tho
Nebraska department of puMie works,
told delegates to the state coavcntlon
of county clerks, registers at deeds
CQUimissolners, suporUsors nnu "Wi,,
way commissioners nt Omaha that t;fr I
ery county In tho state will have stato
old roads next year. He said his de
partment has 220 trucks and 50 trac
tors for the work.
Tho suddenness of the blizzard
which swept over northwestern Ne
braska early last week caught many
ranches of Hookor and surrounding
counties without sufllclent brushwood!;
and cobs to last through the baa"
weather. One rancher Is reportud to
have torn down n half mile of fence In
order to get the posts for fuel.
Bnrtos Brothers, Wilbur, attorneys,
charged with illegal practices In their
profession during the war, have filed
nn answer In the supremo court In Lin
coln deminsr all chnriros. TIn com.
rplnlnt was filed by tho county attor
ney of Saline county with the Idea
of having them debarred.
A Hooker comity rancher offered
$20 a ton for coal the other dny at
Mullen, but wns obliged to go homo
with an empty wagon. Two cattle
cars, remains of n wreck, at Mullen
three weeks ngo, nro bare skeletons,
every bit of-reinovnblo lumber having
been torn off.
At a special meeting ot tho county
board in Kearney, Chulrmnn George
Conroy was authorized to sign n lease
with the Union Pacific railroad for
50 feet of their right-of-way through
Buffalo county for use as n federal and
stato aid highway.
Since farm bureaus of tho stato havo
been so successful in combating hotf
cholera, grasshoppers and other de
structive pests, attention Is now turned
to ridding Nebraska of the gopher pest,
which Is threatening alfalfa produc
tion. Several deals relating to a tract ofi
land In Platte county, chronlclod re
cently In a Columbus paper, abows
that tho lnnd wns bought thlrty-nlna
years ago for $3,150, and was sold tho
other day for tho sum of $180,000.
Gravel Is to be used as surfacing on
the latest federal and jBtnte aid road
project designated for Buffalo county.
This Is the Lincoln Highway, work on
which will bo started in tho spring and
completed beforo fall.
The War department nt Washington
refused Governor McKelvIe's request
to cut national guard companies from
100 to 03 men, basing Its contention
that tho latter would be too small ttyc,
a peaco' time state military unit A-w
Nebraska Is the largest potash pro
ducing state In the union, according to
the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The
state produced 28,854 tons of tho 64,
5G2 tons of potash la the United States
In 1918.
The state department of finance hau
bought seventy twelve-foot graders
for road construction in the depart
ment of public works, paying $48,790
on a contract calling for deliveries by
March 1.
Futher F. B. Tomanck dedicated tha
new Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch,
which was immediately opened under
tho supervision of tho Sisters of St
Benedict from St. Vincent hospital, '
Sioux City.
The annunl convention of the Ne
braska State Laundrymen's associa
tion, scheduled to be held in Fremont
last week, was Indefinitely postponed
because of the fuel shortage.
Geo. A. Williams, head of tho statt
bureau of markets, plans to tour tha .
stato to encourage .formation of co
operative enterprises, as a means ot
reducing living costs.
That Sarpy county land prices have
not yet reached the top was evidenced
when the Olderog ICO-acro furm near
Gretna was sold nt referee's sale for
$50,000 cash.
William Krleger Post No. 328, Am
erican Legion, has been organized by
over 100 ex-servlco men In Butler
county with headquarters at David
City.
The will of the late Frederick Krujfj
pioneer Ombaa brower, filed In county
court at Omaha, shows he left an es
tate valued at $500,000.
Tho annuul convention f the Ne
braska Farmers' Educational and Co
operative union will bo held In Omaha
January 13 to 15.
Formers in the vicinity of Imperial
and Belfast nro reported to be burn
ing ear corn, duo to tho Inability to se
cure coal or wood.
Tho Lincoln Commercial dub sent
a request to the government urging tha
use of tho army and volunteer labor to
work coal mines.
c Members of the midwest retail im
plement dealers' usoclatlon will meet
nt Omaha January 0 to 8.
Tho first ulrpluue tnxl line in tha
world Is the claim of Lincoln, whera
1 tho Ensign compuny, pioneers in tox
ical) service in that city, have purchas
'. ed a plane, hired u driver nnd selected
a landing field for the new branch of
their business.
Shortage of coal has led to the pos
sibility of the state bourd of control
beginning a wood harvest cm some of
the trees near the Soldiers Home at
Mllford. A natural growth of timber
along the Blue river will Insure tha'
Institution suflliflbut fuel to keep tha
veterans warm.
farmers' unions all over Nebraska
and Iowa ure preparing' to combat tha
reduction of hog prices, sny members
of various organizations In tills stato.
Weather records In u number of Nk
liruskn cities show thnt tho last few
days of the pnst mouth were the cold
est for November In more than tea
years.
Lester Kltterlng, who returned la
Juno from France, was killed at Grand
Inland by the cxploslou of a boms
which he picked up on tho battlefields
ot Franco and brought beck with him
as a trophy
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