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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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DRASTIC LI 10
CURB II REDS
HOUSE BILL 18 MORE STRINGENT
THAN THE SENATE
ACT.
CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY
Capital Punishment, However, Must
Carry with It tho Recommendation
of the 'Jury Aimed at tho "Parlor
Bolshevist"
Washington, D. C. Speedy enact
ment of a strlugest sedition bill by
congress was presaged when, follow
ing passago in tho ncnato of tho
Sterling bill, announcement was made
that tho houso judiciary committee
had agreed upon a similar measure
and probably would report it at once,
Ono of tho purposes of the bill was
Bald to bo eradication of "parlor bol
Bhovlki." Tho houso mcasuro, a combination
of Attornoy General Palmer's original
bill, introduced by Representative
Davcy, of Ohio, and revisions mado
by 'Uoprouentatlvo Graham, of Penn
sylvania, contains cxtromoly stringent
ponnltlcs for violutlons of tho sedition
lows. Included is tho doath ponalty,
which tho bill would have Inlllcted,
upon tho rocommondation of u Jury,
on persons whoso activities against
tho gpvernment led to destruction of
life. Tho measure also would closn
tho mails and express companies to
seditious literature, prohibit tho ex
hibition of a rod flag in connection
with mass meetings, deny persons tho
right to refuso to give testimony on
tho ground that It might tend to In
erlmlnato them, and provide in cer
tain cases for disfranchisement and
importations.
Death Penalty Clause.
Tho section of tho measure which
provldou for tho death penalty fol
lows: "That whoover incites, seta on foot,
assists or engages in any Insurrection
or robelllon against tho United Stutes
or tho authority or laws thorcof, or
whoever, sots on foot or aBslats or
engages In tho uso of force or vlo
lenco with Intont to destroy or cuuso
to bo destroyed or change or cnltso,
to bo changed or to overthrow or
couoo o bo overthrown the govern
ment of tho Unltod States and tho
death of any persons or porsons Is
caused by rosults directly therefrom,
shall bo guilty of a folony und on con
viction shall bo punished by (tenth, or
shall bo Imprisoned not more than
twenty years or fined not moro than
$20,000, or both, and shall forovor bo
dobnrred from holding offlco under
tho Unltod States, however, that tho
doath penalty slinli not bo prcssod un
less rocommondod by verdict of tho
Jury."
BERQER AGAIN DENIED 8EAT.
House' Acts Quickly After Socialist
Presents Himself,
Washington, D. C Victor Uorger,
Mllwuulcoo socialist, ro-olectod from
the fifth WIbcoiihIu congressional dis
trict uftor Jio hnd boon refused mom
borship In tho houso "bocause ho gavo
aid and comfort to tho enomy," wus
denied hiu uout again by ti voto of
328 to 0.
Tho houso voted In a llttlo moro
than an hour attor Bergor prosented
himself to bo sworn in.
Chairman Dulllngor, of tho elections
committee, which hold Borgiir inollgi
bio tho first time, prcsentod u reso
lution barring Uorger and rovl'uwod
tho reasons why llorgor was oxcludod
at tho special session, ltoprosonta
tlvos Munn, ropubllcan, of Illinois;
Volgt, ropubllcan, of Wisconsin; liar
rold, ropubllcan, of Oklahoma; Sher
wood, domocrat, of Ohio; 8chull, dom
ocrat, of Illinois, and Sessions, demo
crat, of Mississippi, supported Bur
ger's right to a seat,
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS.
Domestic.
Dry an continues his efforts in bo
half of tho poaco treaty.
String of runaway freight cars
plunges Into a passenger train.
Coal wngo commission to gather In
formal session.
Nutlonal unrcat to bo combated
through tho "movlos."
Foreign.
Moxlean quako ruluod many towns;
COO killed In Uarrancu Grando.
Washington.
Sonato committee has ovldenco of
rod plots In Mexico.
Houso antleedltlon bill provides for
tho death penalty.
Congress to tueklo a big bunch or
now legislation.
Bombs Thrown Into Irish Barracks.
Dublin, Polico barracks six mlloa
from tho village of Tuam, Gahvuy
county, woro nttackod Thursday eve
ning by a party ot about 100 men, ac
cording to reports reaching this city.
During tho fight two or three bombs
were thrown, ono wnll bolug domol
Itibed and ono polico sergoaut bolng
xiightly wounded. Tho occupants of
tho barracks returned tho ilro of tho
nlsht RSBnllauts. Four constables who
wore patrolling tho neighborhood
heard tho explosion or tho bombs and
listened ) tho scone.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
.!
Sharp Differences of Opinion May
Result in Split in Demo
cratic Party.
WILSON FOR POPULAR VOTE
Strongly Advocates That the People
Should Cast Their Ballots on
Peace Treaty "Commoner"
Would Compromise.
Washington, Jan. 8. A direct, shnrp
difference of opinion between Presi
dent Wilson and William J. Bryun
over whether the Lenguo of Nations
should he made an Issue nt tie com
ing election marked the Jackson day
deliberations of tho Democratic party
chiefs.
President Wilson, In his message
reud to the diners, snld that the "clear
and single way out" was to submit tho
question to tho voters as "a grcnt and
Milenm referendum."
Mr. Bryan hold that the Democratic
party could not go before the country
on the Issue, because It Involved a de
lay of fourteen months, and mcntlt
success only If the Democrats cup
tured u two-thirds mujorlty of the
senate.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S LETTER.
Congratulating tho party upon tho
opportunity offered to he of service
to tho country In tho matter of tho
League of Nutions, Inasmuch us Its
"ideas best lit It for the task of leader
ship In such a work," the chief execu
tive wrote practically as follows:
"Tho United States enjoyed the spir
itual leadership of tho world until tho
senuto of the United States failed to
ratify tho treaty by which tho bellig
erent nutions sought to effect the set
tlements for which they had fought
throughout the war.
"It Is Inconceivable that at this su
premo crisis und final turning point
In the International relations of the
whole world, when tho results of the
great war urc by no means determined
and are still questionable and depend
ent upon events which no man can
foresee or count upon, tho United
Slates should withdraw from tho con
cert of progressive and enlightened na
tions by which Germany was defeated
nnd nil similar governments (If tho
world bo so unhappy ns to contnln
any) wurned of tho qertuln conse
quences of any attempt of n Hko In
iquity, und, yet that Is tho effect of tho
course tho senate of tho United States
has taken with regard to tho treaty of
Versailles.
"We Are Still at War."
"Germany Is beaten, but wo are still
nt war with her, and tho old stage is
reset for a repetition of tho old plot.
It is now ready for tho resumption of
tho old offensive and defensive alli
ances' which mado settled peace impos
sible. "Without tho covenant of tho league
of nations there mnv bu ns mnnv hi-
cret treaties as over, to destroy tho.
Liviimaiivi; tu jaiVUI IIIIlt'IUH in CaCIl
flflllllllilllilii nP .a...... 1 a
other, ami their validity cannot bo
questioned. None of tho Objects wo
professed to bo lighting for lias been
secured or can bo mado certnln of
without this nation's rutlflcntlonof
the treaty. ...
World Peace Depends on U. 8.
"Tho question Is whether this coun
try will enter and enter whole-heartedly.
If It docs not do so the United
States and Germany will play a lono
hand In tho world. Tho maintenance
of tho peace of the world and tho ef
fective execution of tho treaty depend
upon tho whole-hearted participation
of tho United States. I am not stat
ing it ns a mutter of power. Tho point
lo that tho United States Is tho only
nation which hnssulllclent moral forco
with tho rest of tho world to guaran
tee the substitution of discussion for
war. If we keep ,out of this agree
ment, If we do not give our guaran
tees, then another attempt will bo
mado to crush the now nations of Eu
rope. Believes People Desire Ratification.
"I do not believe that this Is what
the people of this country wish or will
be satisfied with. Personally, I do not
accept tho notion of tho sonato of tho
United States ns the decision of tho
notion. I have asserted from the first
that tho overwhelming majority of the
people of this country deslro tho nitl
llcutlon or the treaty and my Impres
sion to that effect has recently been
confirmed by tho ttnmlstakablo evi
dences of public opinion given during
my visit to seventeen of the states.
"I have endeavored to mako it plain
that If tho Rcnnto wishes to say what
the undoubted meaning of the leuguo
Is, I shall have no objection. There
can bo no reasonable objection to in
terpretations accompanying the net of
ratification Itself. Hut when tho treaty
Is uctiMl upon, I must know whether It
means that wo huvo ratified or 're
jected It.
"Submit Treaty to People."
"Wo cannot rewrito tills treaty. We
must tako It without changes which
alter Its inclining, or leavo It, und then,
afler tho rest of tho world has signed
II, wo must face tho unthinkable task
or uuiklng another umf separate kind
of treaty with Germany.
"If tliero Is any doubt as to what
the people of tho country think on
this vltul mutter, tho clear and sin
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CLASH ON LEAGUE
gle way out is to submit It for deter
mination at the next election to tho
voters of the nation, to give the next
election tho form of n great und solemn
referendum, a referendum us to the
part tho United States in to play In
completing the settlements of the war
and In the prevention In tho future of
such outrages ns Germany attempted
to perpetuate.
No Moral Right to "Retreat."
"We have no more moral right to
refuso now to take part In tho execu
tion and administration of these settle
ments tlian wo had to refuse to tnla
part In tho fighting of the Inst few
weeks of the war, which brought vic
tory and made It possible to dictate to
Gtrranny what the settlements should
bo. . . .
"The world lias been mnde safe for
democracy, but democracy has not
been finally vlndicntcd. All sorts of
crimes are being committed In Us
name, nil sorts of preposterous per
versions of Its doctrines and practices
are being attempted.
"This, In my Judgment, is to be the
great privilege of the democracy of the
United Stntcs, lo show that It enn lead
the way in tho solution of the great
social nnd Industrial problems of our
time, and lend the way to u happy set
tled order of life as well ns to political
liberty.
"The program for this achievement
wo must nttempt to formulate, and in
enrryiug It out we shall do moro thun
enn lie dono In nny other wny to sweep
out of existence the tyrannous nnd
arbitrary forms of power, which nro
now masquerading under the name of
popular government."
MR. BRYAN'S POSITION.
William Jennings Bryan, in that
part of his address which had to do
with the party's position on the
League of Nations, said:
"A democratic president wiis the
spokesman of tho United Stntcs In
holding out to a warworn world tho
hope of universal peace, and he
brought back from Paris the covennnt
of n Lenguo of Nations that provides
menus for sottllng International dis
putes without a resort to force. He
did the best ho could, nnd succeeded
better thnn wo had uny right to ex
pect, when wo remember that ho
fought single-hunded ngulnst the selfish
Interests of the world.
"TIiq Itcpubllcnu party, In control of
tho senate, Instend of ratifying at once,
or promptly proposing changes that
it deemed neccssnry, has fiddled while
civilization has been threatened with
conflagration. It could have adopted
Its reservations as well five months
ago as later, but It permitted endless
debates while suffering humanity
waited.
Compromise or Issue at Polls.
"Tho Democratic plan hns been re
jected, nnd wo must fnce the situation
us It Is. Wo must either secure such com
promises ns mny be possible, or pre
sent the issue to the country. Tho lat
ter course would mean a delay of at
least 4 months, and then success only
In enso of our securing n two-thirds
mnjorlty In tho senate.
"Wo ennnot nfford, either ns citizens
or ns members of the purty, to share
with tho Republican party responsibil
ity for further delay; wo ennnot go i
before the country on tho issue that
such nn appeal would present.
"Tho Itepubllcnns have a mnjorlty
In tho senate, nnd thcrforo enn by
right 'dictate tho senate's course. He
Ing In the minority, we cannot demand
tho right to dccjde the terms upon
which tho senate will consent to rati
fication. ,
"Our nntlon hns spent 100,000 pre
cious lives nnd moro thnn $20,000,000,
000 to mako the world safe for democ
racy, nnd tho ono fuhdnmentnl princi
ple of democracy Is tho right of the
majority to rule. It applies to the
sonato and to the houso as well as
to tho people.
"According to tho Constitution, a
treuty Is ratlllcd by a two-thirds vote,
but tho Pemocratlc party cannot af
ford to tako ndvnntnge of tho Consti
tutional right ot n minority to prevent
a ratification. A majority of con
gress can declare war. Shnll we mako
It moro dlfllcult to conclude a treaty
than to enter a war?
"Neither can, we go beforo tho coun
try on tho issue raised by nrtlcle X.
If we do not Intend to Impair tho
right of congress to decldo tho ques
tion of peace or war when the time
for action nrlses, how enn wo Insist
upon a moral obligation (to go to
wnr which can huvo ijo forco or value
oxcept ns It does Impair tho Inde
pendence of congress? Wo owe It to
tho world to Join In an honest effort
to put nn end to war forever, and
that effort should b'o mado at tho earli
est possible moment.
Should Raise Voice for Justice.
"What plan can a Democratic
pnrty huvo other than ono that con
templates tho popular election of thoso
delegates who, In tho influence, they
will exert, will bo next In Importance
to tho president himself?
"And what policy can tho Democrat
ic party hnvo within the League of
Nations other than ono of absolute in
dependence und impartiality between
the lenguo members and tho lenguo?
"Our nation's volco should at nil
times bo raised In behalf of equal and
exact Justice between nntlons ns tho
only basis of permanent peace; It
should be raised In defenso of the
right of self-determination und In
proclaiming n spirit of brotherhood as
universal us tho peuco which wo ad
vocate. "Wo have- domestic problems also
which offer' nn opportunity to render
largo service, nnd ono objection to
thrusting tho treaty Into the cam
paign Is that it would divert atten
tion from questions demanding imme
diate consideration,"
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION NOTES
Lincoln. It Is generally believed in
convention circles that the new consti
tution will contnln an amendment
dealing with libraries under control ot
tho slate. A committee of librarians
from outsldo of Nebraskn has been
'lllled Into tile nt fn mnL-n n atirvnv
of the libraries under control of the
stnte, with n view to recommending u
constitutional provision. It is hinted
that tliero Is u possibility that the vis
iting survey committee mny recom
mend the taking of the present state
library from the cnpltol and consoli
dating It with one supported by tho
stnte nt tho university. State Libra
rian Lindsay In charge of the library
nt tho capltol proposes to make a fight
to retain the library now housed In
the capltol.
Wilson of Dawes submitted nn amend
ment which would change the time of
election of governor mid other ow.
cutlve ofliclnls and legislative members
to Uic odd-numbered years, nnd hold
legislative sessions In the even num
bered, extending the term of those
ofliclnls elected in 1022 one yenr. This
would nbnndon the present biennial
election, nnd cnll for nn election each
year. Other stnte officials, Including
Judges, university regents, railway
commissioners, congressmen, senators
and county ofliclnls would be elected In
oven years. Initiative or referendum
propostitions would then be submitted
nt the election any year.
Henry Lehman of Hitchcock pre
sented to the convention a proposal
whoso provisions pave been misquoted.
The proposal does not prohibit the ex
emption of agricultural, horticultural
or Cemetery association property from
taxation, but permits tho legislature
as at present to puss laws exempting
such property. Tho real object of the
proposal is to prohibit the tuxutlon of
property used exclusively for school
and religious purposes. The present
constitution says tho legislature may
exempt such property from taxation.
Mr. Lehman's proposnls says church
and school properly "shall" be exempt
from taxation.
John Leo AVebster of Omaha, presi
dent of the constitutional convention
01875, addressed members of the
present constitutional convention Inst
Thursday nnd wus given a most cordial
greeting, lie made a plea for a consti
tution which would not be unduly re
strictive, but at the same time declared
a need for abiding by standards of true
representative government, so distin
guished from socialistic tendencies,
nnd for nn independent and free ju
diciary. Under a proposnl offered by Fred A.
Nye of Buffalo, the governor's pardon
power would be limited. The amend
ment proposes that the governor bo al
lowed to issue pardons, reprieves, com
mutations, paroles nnd furloughs, pro
viding tho judge of the district court
In the county In which the nppllcnnt
was convicted shall recommend clem
ency after holding n public henrlng and
taking evidence.
Two proposnls affecting the time
of legislative feesslons nnd tho pay ot
niUmbcrs have been offered by Dele
gate' Svoboda of Howard county. Ono
ndvunces the dnto for tho convening of
the legislature from the first week in
Jnnunry to tho third Tuesday In No
vember, following the election. The
other raises the puy from $G00 per
session to $10 per day for not more
thnn 100 days, or $1,000 In nil.
John Wiltso of Itlcbardson submit
ted two proposals last week, one for
the recall of public offlcluls except
Judges, tho legislature to provldo the
legal machinery, nnd nnotlier which
would require the payment of all fines
and licenses to counties or to cities
and villages instend of to the school
funds of the district In which the fines
or licenses nro Imposed.
The committee on education hns de
cldod to recommend to the convention
the rejection of nil proposnls relating
to compulsory education or tho teach
ing of foreign Inngungns In public
schools, deeming sufllclent the supreme
court's recent ruling that tho present
legislature hnd ample power.
Considerable merriment was mani
fest among convention members when
n proposal submitted by Norman of
Douglas county, providing for the ro
movnl of tho stnto cnpltol to Omnhn,
was read. So far as Is known the
amendment has very little backing.
Proposal 215 Introduced by Delognte
J. G. Beeler of Lincoln county would
deny tho rights of nliens to acquire
land In Nebraskn either by title or
lease. If adopted It would not divest
those aliens now holding such rights.
President Weaver of the convention
Is said to be trying to devise a plan to
refer till' proposals for tho election of
public ofliclnls by districts to one con!-
mlttee.
Among tho amendments sulunltted
In the convention Is one by Relegate
Rankin of Kearney, ono of tho few
ministers In tho convention, which pro
vides tlmt "technicalities shnll not bo
permitted unreasonably to delay pro
cess of trials, nor defeat the ends of
Justice, nnd no attorney shall under
take to causo tho miscarriage or de
feat of Justice by uso of his knowledgo
of and skill In tho prnctlco of law to
clear tho guilty." Members did not tnko
the proposnl seriously when It was
reud,
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
Omaha was chosen for the next
meeting; resolutions urging the gov
ernment to Increase farm loans from
a mlxlmum of S10.000 in S2.-. onn. ncir.
ing the constitutional convention at
Lincoln to Incorporate several amend
ments in tno new constitution directly
of Intercsto to farmers, and several
other proposnls of far-reaching Im
portance mnrked the nnmml conven
tion of the Nebraska Farmers Con
gress nt Onwhu. Those who nttend
ed claim it wns oi of the best gather
ing of farmers held In the state for
some time.
Awnrds for members of the lunlor
pig clubs In Nebraska for 1910, an
nounced by the college of agriculture
at Lincoln, show thnt Wnlter Brlggs
of Seward county was champion pig
raiser of the stnte. Lo Itoy Bowlln
of Elm Creek wns second nnd Earl
Viuik of Sutton wns champion Junior
Hampshire raiser. Brlggs won as
prizes ono plnque and a free trip to
the Stnte Fnrm nt Lincoln next spring.
Bowlin's prize was n bushel of nlfnlfa
seed nnd Vnuk won n September gilt.
At the opening of the Mousel Bros,
sale of Hereford cattle at Cambridge,
fifty head of stqck were sold nt an
average of more than $5,100, shatter
ing all sale records in Nebraska. One
bull, Superior Mischief, sold for $22,
000. Buyers from nil pnrts of the
country attended the snle.
Stnto Engineer Jjnhnson in his nn
nunl report to the governor reports n
total of 1,403 miles of state ronds have
been siu-yeyed, 100 projects huvo been
submitted to the federal government
nnd eighty-two have been approved for
Nebraskn.
Following several nttneks on O. O.
Smith of Kearney, president of the Ne
braska Farmers Congress, at tho
recent convention nt Omnhn for his
ndvocacy of the state county agent
law, the convention Indorsed him as
"100 per cent American."
Bonstlng a paid secretary at $200 a"
month, and a G-yonr lense on a new
club room, besides spending $2,500 on
furniture and rugs, the newly organ
ized Community club nt Ord numbers
116 members.
McCook citizens sent n petition to
the stnte railway commission nt Lin
coln, signed by 80 citizens, requesting
that body to order a new Burlington
depot there in place of the present
wooden structure erected In 1882.
Commercial clubs representing near
ly nil the towns on .the Burlington
branch, running from Aurora to Bur
well, have mnde complaint to the stnto
railway commission asking for better
train service.
Fire caused by n defected furnnef?
gutted the enterlor of the Methodist
church nt Pawnee City. All furniture
fixtures nnd a $2,000 pipe organ were
destroyed.' Damage to tho building
amounted to nbout $5,000.
Beatrice Fnrmers' Union voted fn
fnvor of the establishment of n general
store In the city by tho Farmers'
Union Stnte exchnngc. Three stores of
the kind are to bo operated In the
tho state.
A huge snowplow, which Is pushed
by two tractors und pulled by twelve
horses, hns been constructed by the
Commerclnl club of Venango for tho
purpose of keeping the roads, open.
Licenses were granted diirlng 1919
to 28,150 lnsurun.ee agents nnd 408
.Insurance companies were granted
authority to do business In Nebraska
by the state Insurance burenu.
Several men have been arrested In
connection with the robbery of the
Fnrmers' Stnte bnnk at Benson, n sub
urb of Omnhn, of cash nnd bonds to
the amount of $115,000.
Nine men nnd one woman, nllegcd
members of the communist party of
America, were arrested at Omaha dur
ing the nntion-wldo round-up of radi
cals over the country.
The arguments on the validity of the
referendum petitions on Goxruor Mc
Kelvle's code bill will be heard by the
supreme court nt Lincoln, February 2.
Fremont firemen announced they
would tako a 15-plece band to tho
stnte firemen's convention nt Scotts
bluff, Jnnunry 20 to 22.
Voters of McCook nt n special elec
tion put over n $15p,000 school bond
proposition by n big mnjorlty.
Stanley K. Ilnln, Post No. 154 of the
American legion, has been organized
at Blair with 47 charter members.
Nebraska will be wqll represented
at n meeting nt Denver, Jnnunry 20,
cnlled by farm organizations of several
western stntes to devise wnys and
means to fight tho so-called sugar
trust.
Dr. W. E. J. Gatz o.f St. Paul Metho
dist church of Lincoln has incepted
the appointment tendered him by the
Nebraskn conference of the Epworth
lengue ns dean of the institute, which
will be held In Lincoln, July 20.
It Is rumored In western Nebraska
that tho Union Pacific Is to extend Its
line west from Gering this year.
Tho new consolidated school budd
ing at Holmesvlllo, Gnge county, erect
ed nt a cost of $S5,000, hns been com
pleted and turned over to tho school
board.
Nebraskn owners of slot weighing
mnchlnes must pny annual license nnd
Inspection fees of $3 Immediately, or
the mnchlnes will be confiscated nnd
owners subjected to lines. Chief !
George A. Williams of the stnte bu-
renii of markets announced.
Forty-eight boys nnd girls, members
of junior pig raising clubs of 1010,
won freo trips to the Stnte Fnrm nt
Lincoln the coming spring. They nro:
Sibyl Harris, Clarence Hnslk, Butlor
county; Homer Lytic, Lloyd Russell,
Fillmore; Clnrcnce Elliott, Cart
Weber, Saline;. Bay Barrett, Harold
Ledlngham, Scotts Bluff; Bonnie Ack
ermnn, Boone ; Esther Grosch, lied Wil
low; Itupcrt Lowensteln, Kleth; Ha
rold Miller, Cuming; Byron Bartllng,
Washington: Cyril Winkler, Dawson;
Ilarry Knnbe, Cass; Norvol Clark,
Sownrd; Beulnh Morrison, Phelps;
Theodore Grnu, Douglas; Mnnls Long,
Polk; Dale Eberly, Madison; Otto
Rlsch, Colfax; Emll Urban, Valley; Lo
Boy Bowlln, Buffalo , Everett Stein-
bach, Saunders : Emerson Tlnlrnr TTnw.
"nrd; Earl Daubert, Dodge; Harold
uunusen, Kearney; Earl Vnuk, Clay;
Elvln Lawrence, Adams; Roland
Owens, Frontier; Charles Beerman,
Kathleen Daly, Dakota; Sarah New
ton, Cednr; John Fleer. Wnvim? vm
Rice, Ferd Welnrlch, Pierce; Wesley
ocnruiu, uixon; unll Ellington, Ante
lope; Leonnrd Kuhl, Knor; Marshal
Friend, Holt; Martin Wiley, Otto Dil
lon, -Nuckolls; Floyd Robinson, Web
stcr; Wllber Avery, RIchnrdsou; Ray
mond Wilson, Franklin; Glen Thomp
son, Harlan; Roy Bradley, Gago; Ken
neth Vcrnlmont, Fillmore. The expense
of the trips are to lie borne by tile
Stock Exchange at South Omaha and
the stock yards companies at Sioux
City nnd St Joseph.
Beatrice post of tho American
Legion has been nnmed Billing-Norman
post No. 27 In honor of Arthur
Bltllng, who was killed In action In
France, nnd Andrew Norman, who
died nt his homo In Beatrice soon af
ter his return from oversens.
Rev. Jnmes L. Leonnrd, chaplain of
the Nebraska department G. A. It., died .
nt ills homo In University, Plnce, a
suburb of Lincoln. He wns 78 years
or age ana nad been u Methodist min
ister In Nebraska for nenrly 40 years.
Sugar beet growers in the vicinity of
Kearney have virtually ngreed not to
sell their crop during 1020 unless the
American Beet Sugar Refining Co.
pays moro than $9.50 per ton, the price
paid last year 'for the product.
At a lively meeting of the Scrlbner
Community club the other day a reso
lution was udopted favoring a bond
Issue of $1,200,000, to bo voted by th
county this spring, for permanent high
ways in Dodge county.
Nebraska will be represented by an
exhibit nt the, western potato exposi
tion In Denver, January 20, 21, 22 and
23, according to Secretury Werner ot
the Nebraska Potato Improvement us
socintlon.
Emergency telephone rates author
ized by the State Railway commission
for the Lincoln and the Bell telephone
companies during the wnr period are
to remain In effect another yenr.
According to figures made public by
the stqtc auditor's office, $8,108,916
worth of bonds have been registered
during"tlie period from November 30,
191S, to January 1, 1910.
The paving bonds voted by the
citizens c Falrbury nt n recent elec
tion will give the city seventy more
blocks of paving. The city now has
twenty blocks of paved streets.
Expenditure of more thnn $200,000
for a now municipal light plant and ex
tension of the muny wnter plant, a
sewer system and paved street Is plan
ned for Spencer this year.
Forty-eight persons were killed and
thlrty-threo Injured In twenty-six Ne
braska railway grade accidents In the
last year, according to tire state rail- ,
way commission's report.
Organized 'agriculture ncetlng9,
which will bo held In Lincoln Janu
ary 19 to 24, nre expected to draw the
largest crowds in tho history of better
agriculture.
Athletic authorities of the Universi
ty of Nebraska nt Lincoln have de
cided to mako a bid towards getting
back Into tho Missouri Vulley confer
ence. Needs of a new hospital nt Sidney
nre boing keenly felt nnd leading
citizens of the city hnve the question
of erecting nn up-to-dnto hospital un
der consideration.
Geo. Sawtell, Dodgo county poultry
raiser, reports he sold $28 worth of
eggs in n slnglo month from a flock ot
thirty young pullets.
Work Is expected to begin In n few
weeks on several blocks of paving nnd
a now sower system nt Gibbon.
It is reported that Lincoln schools
are feeling the effects of n general
tencbor shortage.
Governor McKclvie snys conl profit
eers in Nebraska nre to be prosecutod
under the Lever net.
Steps hnve been tnken at nebron to
organize u post of the Amcrlcnn legion.
The Smith theater nt Tccumseh has
been lonsed for meeting qunrters for
the local post of the American Legion,
The big feature of the nnntinl meet
ing of tho' Nebraska Fnrm Burenu
federation nt Lincoln, January 22 and
23, will bo the nppenranco of J. It.
Howard of demons, la., president of
the American Fnrm Burenu federation.
The Beot Growers' nssoclntion of
Lincoln county has appointed u com
mittee to confer with tho Grcnt West
ern Sugar Co., in rognrd to Its Inten
tions concerning the building of a
sugar beet factory at Hershey.
Adnm McMulIen of Beatrice hni
filed papers with the secretary of
stnto for tho republican nomination for
governor, no is first in tho field.
Living quarters have become so
senrce ut Kearney that new-comers to
the city aro told that the only hope ot
finding a placo to live Is to build.
William Decknlger, Richardson
county farmer boy, 11 years old, has
demonstrated that cotton enn be raised
In Nebraskn. From the crop raised in
the family garden In 1018, ho got the
seed to plant the 1010 crop, and raised
107 plants.
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