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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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OKLAHOMA SfUHK!
KILLS FIVE PEOPLE
WIDE
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TOWN
DEVASTATED NEAR
OF CHEL8EA.
NEWS FROM SCENE MEAGER
Bearohlng Parties Leave for Stricken
Area Seeking Victim Eight Are
Known to Be Badly Hurt.
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Muskogee, Okla. Five persons are
known to have been killed nnd at least
olght badly hurt in n. tornado which
wept tho countryside north of Choi
on. Tho storm, according to reports
from Chelsea, originated about one
mllo north of that town and swept
woi4t and north. Rcscueni had not
traversed moro than two mlloa of tho
stricken area.
With Iho exception of Madden, all
of tho known dead tiro fanners, who
wore killed when their homes were do
stroyed. Madden was riding horse
back along a country road when tho
tornado struck him.
Othor reports told of a tornado at
KuBta, Okla., several miles cast of
Chelsea and about twclvo mllou north
west of Chotau, Okla. AH tolephone
and telegraph wires to nearby towns
nro1 down, but pnBBcngcrs aboard
trains which have passed through tho
stormowopt area declared that from a
dluUnce thoy had scon houses picked
up by tho wind and dashed back to tho
earth.
Threo miles north of Chelsen, Otis
Itagan, living with his threo children
In brick farm house, torriflod by tho
roar of tho storm, gathered his chil
dren about him and they huddlod to
gother In a cornor of a room, wulttng
for tho tornado to strike. The farm
houso was demolished. As tho walls
woro lifted tho four fell outaido Into
tho yard. Debris showered down up
on them. All are badly hurt.
Almost the entiro population of
Chelsea watched tho storm uh it swept
Its path of destruction almost a mllo
from town.
As many of tho injured as could bo
brought to town aro baJng cared for In
a Chelsea hotel.
Tho opinion was expressed In Chel
sea that daylight will greatly add to
tho death list. Only a small portion
of tho devastated area had boon
trnvorsod by searchers, it was said.
Many narrow escapes were reported.
Among thouu who woathored tho
storm safoly woro Wnltor Sutherland
nnd eight friends who woro riding in
a wagon with Sutherland when they
oaw tho storm approaching. Suther
land hitched his team to u telephone
polo nnd the party ran a few yards
ahead and fell face forward In u ditch.
Tho strotn passed ovorhend without
injurlug any of them. Tho hnrsos und
wukoii woro carried nwuy.
' Searching parties toft Chotnu seek
ing victims of tho Btorm In that dls
rtict. ,
Eight Million Celebrate May Day.
Eight million workors uro estimated
to have participated in Croat Britain's
observance of May day by taking tho
day off, parading and speech making,
but there wore no interruptions of
tho nntoln's easentlnl public services,
probably partially duo to the fact that
Saturday Is normally a half holiday.
Tho move to impede railway traffic
"through tho work of tho rulos" poli
cy proclaimed by tho London and
Liverpool rallwuy nion's locals proved
a fiasco.
Poles Rout Russians.
Warsaw Polish cavalry Is reported
to havo reached tho outskirts of
Kiev. .apltnJ of tho Ukraine The
bolshevik command has moved east
ward to Kharkov. Tho Infantry is
reportod to be coming up rapidly
toward Kiev, Tho uowspapora pay "a
Slowing tribute to the cavalry's lead
in part In tho offonslvo. In several
Inutancos tho cavalry divisions are
two days In ndvunco of tho Infantry.
Another 8elzure of Sugar.
Omaha, Neb. Federal agents seized
a car of sugar containing 80,000
pounds as it was about to be sent
to Dos Moines. Thoy said tho BUgar
was sont from Hun FranclBco on
March 22 to a San Francisco firm
and dlvortod at Savannah, 111., to
Omaha. Tho sugar belonged to n
Hugar brokerage concern. SuUuroa
hero now total 2G0.000 poundds.
Family Found Dead.
Itoandup, Mont. Tho bodies of Joo
West, n ranch workor, his wife nnd
tholr two children, aged 8 and a years,
woro found In-their home by relatives.
Authorities said tho indications woro
that Wost killed hltn&olf after shoot
ing his wife and chlldiun.
Columbus cltl.oiiK nro Jubilant over
n roud building Imrguln entered Into
between Platte county nnd the slate.
The original deal was a rural paving
project extending from Columbus
n cross thu valley of the Loup river,
which Is subject to overflow. The
original cost of the project was to be
$150,000, of which the state was to
pay $00,000. Platte county being un
able to raise the funds, three-fourths
of a mile of the road was cut off, cut
ting the expenses to about $85,000.
Iiut the expense was all cut off the
Pintle county end, the Htnte being still
expected to pay $00,000 to Platte coun
ty's $2.r,000.
The death of former governor Silas
A. Holcomb In Kelllugliam, Wash., re
cnlls, that In tho pnHt live years seven
Judges nnd former Judges of the Ne
braska supreme court havo passed
away. They are : Conrad Hellenhcck,
January 151, lOlfij Mmionli II. Iteese,
September 128, 1017; Francis O. Ilamer,
August 10, 1018; Thomas O. C. Harri
son, May. 21), J01I); Samuel II. Sedg
wick, December ur, 11)11); Albert J.
Cornish, April 18, 1020; Silas A. Hol
comb, April 12.", 1020.
Tho llrst genuine action by the gov
ernment to curb hoarding and profi
teering In Nebraska, occurred at
Omaha last week when agents of the
Department of Justice, nfter a hasty
Investigation, seized 108,000 pounds of
sugar stored In two warehouses by re
tail dealers. More raids on sugar
hoarders In Omaha and other cities In
tho state are expected, und the guilty
are to be prosecuted, government of
ficials at Omaha state,
A movement Is under way to bring
one of tho regional tractor demonstra
tions and Indoor shows of the National
Implement nnd Vehicle association to
Omaha for this year. The outdoor
show would bo held sometime In July,
probably, and the Indoor exhibit In
February or March of 1021.
The two Nebraska synods of the
Lutheran church mid the advisory
committee of Midland college have set
asldu May 2.'l as "Midland College
Day," when sermons will lw devoted to
the school and u drive made for funds
mid students.
Funeral services over the remains of
Stlns A. Holcomb, forincr governor of
Nebraska, member of the state su
premo court and state board of con
trol, were held at ltrokeu How. Judge
Holcomb died at tho home of a daugh
ter at Ilelllngham, Wash, Ho was 02
years old.
It Is reported that the Sinclair Oil
und Itellnlng company, the largest In
dependent company In the country, Is
seriously considering Alliance us the
site for ono of the largest rellnerles
In tho west, to care for Its large pro
duction In Wyoming.
It Is reported that Second Lieuten
ant J, T. Logan of Howard, former
lluanco ofllcer of Camp Knox, Louis
ville, Ky., who disappeared four
mouths ngo, was approximately short
Sia.OOO In his accounts when ho left.
No trace of him has been found.
Mrs. O. O. Ityan of Grand Island,
federal fair price commissioner for
Nebraska, has re-established tho war
tlmo licensing system for sugar distri
bution in ait effort to cope with the
present situation.
A stalo wldo drive for funds to erect
mi auditorium on tle camputj of thA
state university at Lincoln to the
memory of (he soldier and sailor dead
of tho war will bo launched In Nebras
ka on June 0.
Several hundred delegates are ex
pected to attend tho first con vent Ion
of tho Nebraska league of Women
Voters, which will be held In Omaha
In June.
Funds for a $:i,000 budget are being
asked business men of Teetiinselt by
the llnaneo committer of the Tecum
neb Community Hub.
At the end of last week lluptlsts
vero leading till other denominations
In the Inlerchurch cnmpalgn for fluids
In Nebraska.
O. H. .Miller of llluo Springs has col
beted bounty on 10 wolf skins from
the county clerk ut Ilea trice.
Saunders county banks announced
that hereafler payments of f per cent
will be made on time deposits.
Tho twenty-story American Stale
Hank building to bu erected at Ouutba
will be tho largest structure between
Chicago and Seattle, It Is said.
Thus far Ibis year 2.1JI0 motor ve
hicle licenses have been Issued to Ne
maha county automobile Owners, It
Is estimated that more than $25,000
has been taken In from this source.
John O'Connor, county assessor of
Dodge county, has adopted it method
of advertising assessment returns In
the newspapers In order to cntclt tho
tax shirker and equallza the tax burden.
Hunting a Slacker with Hounds.
Wlthco. Wis. A lurifn iidhha nlilnrt n
hv lilnndhnumtH. niivnlnno.! n ,,, 1 CnilC tills SOUHOII
near;hero In search of Loula Kruegor,
for oighteen months a fuglttvo from
Justice on a charge of draft ovaslon.
Brought to bay at tho homo of hia
mother, Mrs. Louise Krucger, thu man
escaped by leaping through a window
ftaid a fuslllado of bullotB from posso
men, and took refuge In thu swamp
ear by. A cordon ut deputies waa
thrown about tho swamp immediately
and it Is believed ho U ulllt withlu the
ulrclo of deputies
Farmers of flagtt county are plan
ning to sow ti large acreage of sugar
Governor McKclvIo has Issued a
proclamation calling upon the people
of Nebraska to observe Monday, May
D, as "Mother's Day."
Hall count)' sugar beet growers were
given a pleasant surprlso the other day
when they received u letter from the
American Beei Sugur company enclos
ing a $1 per ton bonus for all beets
they raUed during tho last h-umoii.
There was no obligation on tho pail of
tho sugar company to grant fits bonus.
A considerable stir has im-mi cienied
In Lincoln and especially among slate
olflclnlH over Lieutenant Governor liar
rows' pardoning Kay Snudlovich, 20,
of Lincoln, sentenced to the state pen
ItonUary for two years on June It),
1018, for receiving stolen automobiles,
narrows' action was caused, It is said,
because the prisoner turned state's evi
dence, for which lie was promised
clemency by the prosecuting attorney
nnd which was denied by the district
Judge who sentenced lilm. Governor
McKelvic was In Chicago at the time
nnd Itnrrows was acting governor.
A movement is well under way In
Nebraska to erect on the campus of tho
State University ut Lincoln n $1,000,
000 structure as a state memorial to
the 00,000 Nebraska soldiers who
fought In the world war, veterans of
the civil war, the Spanlsh-Ainorlcnii
and the Mexican wars and those who
battled the Indians in the early days.
Citizens of Gretna have asked the
Stute Hallway commission for an or
der requiring the Burlington to move
Its depot on the opposite side of the
truck to the side nearer the town,
claiming (hat such a move would elim
inate danger of nccldents, many of
which have occurred at the road
crossing.
Following the 'nnouncement that
Harry Whllcslitu had been appointed
chief of the paid flro department at
Beatrice four members of the depart
ment quit their Jobs because I hey
thought that another man should havo
been named chief. The plnces of tho
striking firemen were soon tilled.
Miss Emma Moservey of Fremont
who was tied for the democratic nomi
nation for state representative with
Peter J. Bauer, n farmer, retains the
distinction of being Nebraska's first
woman candidate for the place. The
nomination was decided by n draw,
Miss Moservey winning.
An extensive and elaborate program
has been arranged for the forty-fourth
annual encampment of tho Nebraska
G. A. K., Ladles of the G. A. It. W. K.
C, and Sons and Daughters of Veter
ans to be held at Fremont, May 17
to 10.
Tho Nebraska delegation to the re
publican national convention ut Chi
cago expects that headquarters room
for a week will cost $(500 and that tho
Individual delegates will have '.o pay
from $15 to $25 a night for their sleep
ing accommodations.
The first road building camp for
penltentlnry prisoners bus been open
ed by the state one mile west of Te-
cuinseh. Seventeen prisoners are In
the camp and others will be set to
work later In Seward county and at
Table Hock.
A report Ls-sued by W. 15, Meyers,
receiver of the Farmers' State bank,
at Halsey, shows that claims approved.
duo to depositors and preferred credit-'
ors amount to $:!0,'ino.2:i, all of which
must be made good by the state.
The Lincoln county Agricultural as
sociation Is moving the fair buildings
over to the grounds leased by the asso
ciation at North Platte. They aro
planning to double their grandstand
seating capacity.
The slate of Nebraska litis pur
chased sKty-tbree acres of gravel
laud along the Platte river near Ash
laud, in order to bo In a position 'to
furnish its own gravel and sand for
road work.
Complaints have been received by
Governor McKelvic from a number of
western Nebraska farmers that losses
occurring against the state hall Insur
ance department have not yet been
paid.
The American legion band at Lin
coln, sixty strong, voted to alllllato
with the muhiclaus' protective union of
the city and become n strictly union
organization.
All Nebraska posts of the American
Legion are to take an active part In
the nation-wide cnmpalgn May 17 to
22 to add 1,000,000 new members to
tho organization,
A rate of one and one-third fare bns
been obtained by the G. A. H. over all
railroads for the Grand Army encamp
ment which meets in Fremont Mav 17,
18 and 10.
Four olllcers on the Omaha police
force have been stripped of their
badges and discharged for Improper
conduct In the past three weeks.
Commissioners of Madison county
hnve appropriated $5,000 for life ex
penses lor Charles Young In n lxiuls
hum leper colony.
A great deal of damage was doiio
at Waterloo when the Klkhnrn river
overflowed last week and flooded a
part of the town.
Telephone operators and relief girls
In Stromsburg went on a strike last
week for Increased pay.
Mrs. Kllzabeth Donovon, 0-1 years
old, of Geneva, Is probably the oldest
woman Mder In Nebraska to cast a
vote at the recent primary election.
Sho went to (he polls unassisted.
Delayed by the spring rnlns in their
planting of seed potatoes, Holt county
fanners are guarding their cellars with
shotguns against possible thefts, ac
cording to reports from O'Neill.
According to railroad crop reports
Nebrasktt soil Is lit splendid condition
for planting, and the winter wheat hi
practically made, providing the usual
warm weather follows.
The annual conference for tonrSiem
nnd those Interested In vocational edu
cation will be held nt the university
stale furm, Lincoln, Mny 31 to June 5.
County roads aro nigh Impassable In
eastern ut well as western Nebraska,
because of tho continued rains, reports
say.
Attorneys for O. W. Langley of
Cortland, found guilty of murder In
tho hocond degree for slaying Justice
Chris PfelfTur and sentenced to 20
years In the Nebraska penitentiary,
havo dropped the case and Langley
must serve hi sentence.
Another Royal Suggestion
MUFFINS and POPOVERS
From the NEW ROYAL COOK BOOK
BREAKFAST is too
often eaten as a duty
rather than a joy. The suc
cess of the dayrnay depend
upon the spirit of break
fast The Royal Education
al Department presents
some breakfast dishes that
will send the children to
school with a hip hip hur
rah and his majesty man
to his daily daties with the
"up and doing" feeling
which knows no discour
agement. Muffini
a caps flour
3 teaspoon Royal Baking
Powder
1 tablespoon sugar
teaspoon Bait
I cup milk
leggs . . .
1 tablespoon shortening
Sift together flour, baking
powder, sugar and salt; add
milk, well-beaten eggs and
melted shortening; mix. well.
Grease muffin tins and put
two tablespoons of batter in
to each. Bake in hot oven 20
to 25 minutes.
Eggless Mumns
S cups flour
4 teaspoons Royal Baking
Powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
B tablcspoond shortening
Mix and sift dry ingredients,
add milk and melted shorten-
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BAKING
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Abmmlutmly Purm
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Bake in greased muffin tins
la hot oven 20 to 35 minutes.
Cora Muffin
cup com meal
IK cups flour
i teaspoons Royal Baking
Powder
teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup milk
I tablespoons shortening
legg
Sift together corn meal, flour,
baking powder, salt and su
gar; add milk, melted short
ening and well-beaten egg;
mix well. Grease muffin tins
and drop two tablespoons of
mixture into each. Bake about
35 minutes in hot oven.
Foporera
1 cups flour
H teaspoon salt
a eggs
2 cups milk
Sift together flour and salt.
Make a well in flour, break
eggs into well, add milk and
stir until smooth. Four into
hot greased gem pans and
bake 25 to 35 minutes in a
very hot oven. If taken out
of oven too soon they will
fall.
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