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PER MAKERS, CHARGED.
PRESENT PRICES EXCESSIVE
Senate Committee Recommends that
Juttlce Department Bring Suits
Under Anti-trust Acts.
Washington, D. C Holding that
scarcity of nowa print paper vhlch
has handicapped American newspa
pers to be "more the result pf arti
ficial obstruction than of natural
laws," the senate commlttoe which In
vestigated the paper situation recom
mended that the departmont of Justice
instltuto proceedings undor the Sher
man and Clayton acts agalnt print
paper manufacturers.
Manufacturers were charged by tho
committee with "unjust, Illegal and
discriminatory" practices. Presont
prices for news print paper were held
by tho committee to bo "excessive and
unwarranted."
Other recommendations mndo by
the commlttco Include:
Establishment of a federal nows
print board to "supervise the manu
facture, and distribution of print pa
per" should government efforts to
maintain a reasonable price fall.
Amendment of tho Lover food con
trol) act to ponallzc profiteering In
nows print paper.
Imposition of an exclso tax of 10
cents on Sunday newspapers weigh
ing moro than 1.28 pounds a copy, so
a to limit such editions to eighty
ages until an ndequato papor supply
can bo secured.
Appropriation of $100,000 for tho
purpose of experimenting with substi
tutes for wood pulp.
Establishment of a rate of 1 cont
a pound on shoot print paper to any
part of tho country when sent by par
cels post without increasing tho pros
ent limit of seventy pounds provided
under tho postal regulations.
The commlttco nlso recommended
that consideration bo given by tho
government to tho establishment of
a news print paper mill to supply thu
government's needs with nny surplus
paper to be sold to small consumers.
Tho report which was submitted to
tho sonate Just boforo adjournment
aB based on extenslvo hearings hold
by tho committee at -which tostlmony
trom nowspapor and periodical pub
lishers and paper manufacturers,
donleru nnd Jobbers was given.
Publishers of small newspapers
wore declared by, tho roport to bo In
tho hands of "unscrupulous profiteers
and exploiters" whllo oven tho largo
newspaper publishers aro at tho
mercy of tho manufacturers.
Clash with Negroes Costs Four Lives.
Atlanta, Ga. Four mon wero killed,
ono Injured and nine arrested hero
as the result of a police raid on a
boubo In tho negro auction of tho city
where It is alleged gambling was in
progress. Claude Jameson, a dotoc
Uvo, who was shot four times, and
thre,o negroea who barricaded them
selves In a room wore klllod.
Car 8trlke Threatened.
Lincoln, Neb. In an effort to avert
a threatened strlko of Omaha and
Council Dluffs Street Hallway com
pany employos tho Btato railway com
Blsslon was asked to tako Jurisdiction
and fix a scale of wages, union em
ployes, through President Short, agroo
lng to abldo by the decision of tho
commission.
Troops Requested for Lower California
Caloxlco, Cal. A recommendation
that 5,000 Mexican troops be sent to
tho port of Enzenaba, Lower Califor
nia, was telegraphed from hero to
Gen. Alvaro Obrcgon at Moxlco City
by Baldomero A. Almadu, Moxlcan do
facto appointee to tho governorship
of tho northern district of Lower Cal
ifornia. Tells of Jap Victory.
Honolulu. Nikola Evsk has boon
captured by the Japanuso, tho military
and naval forces co-oporatlng In a
short, decisive battlo, In which tho
bolshevik! woro either driven out or
captured, according to a Toklo cable
to tho Nlppu JIJI, JapanoBo languago
sewspapor here, qoutlng war depart
went advlcos.
Coach Rolls Down Mountain.
Durango, Colo. Ono person was
kllld, twenty Injured, of whom somo
may dlo, when Denver & ltlo Grando
passengor train No. 116 was wrocked
at Toltec. A parlor car rolled 150
Net down the mountain aldo. The
dead roan is Albort Schutlcs, of Du
rango. Eleven Dills Smothered.
Washington, D. C Eleven bills and
resolutions passed by congress In tho
cloning days of Its session, Including
tho water power measuro nnd the
Joint resolution ropoallng most of tho
wsrtimo laws and proclamations, wero
killed by Prcsldont Wilson through a
"pocket veto." Flfty-olght moasuros,
Including the merchant marine bill
and that providing for tho exclusion
and expulsion of allons from tho Unit
ad States who aro members .of nn
archlstlc organizations wore approved,
MAKES
REPORT
I June Bugs
PRESIDENT WILSON AGAIN
EMPLOYS HIS VETO POWER
House Acts Quickly In Effort to Over-
ride President's Action, but
Vote Is Nine Short.
Wellington, D. C. Prcsldont Wil
son vetoed tho bill establishing a na
tional budget system and an unsuc
cessful uttempt was mado In tho
houso to pass tho measure 'over his
veto.
Tho vote was 178 to 103, or nlno
less than the required two-thirds ma
jority. Thirty-flvo democrats Joined
with tho republicans in voting to pass
tho measure.
Thu vote came when tho motion to
ovcrrhlo was defeated and leadors
wore unUechlod what would bo tholr
next move. Supporters of tho moas
uro were expected, howovor, to urgo
It !)G amended to mcot tho president's
objections and repassed.
Tho measure was hold by the presi
dent to bo unconstitutional because
it took from tho chief oxocutlvo tho
power to remove tho comptroller gen
cral and tho assistant comptroller
genera, offlcors who would bo ap
pointed by him with tho advlco and
consent of tho senate
Tho president said ho returnod tho
measuro without his approval with
"tho greatost regret" bocauso he was
"In entlro sympathy with Its objects."
He added that ho returned It at tho
"earliest poaslblo momont with tho
hopo that tho congress may find tlmo
boforo adjournment to remedy this
defect."
Both sonato and houso hold long
sessions In a final effort to clean up
n congestion of minor legislation and
ono or two Important bills boforo
final adjournment. Tho soimto ap
proved, tho conferenco roport on tho
morchnnt marine bill as nmondod to
meet houso objections, nnd It was
later passed by both branchoa, and
then ground out a numbor of private
pension measures. Botwoon times It
wont Into oxocutlvo sosslon to con
firm tho nominations of about GOO
postmastors. Somo COO others romaln
10 bo acted upon.
Tho houso sent tho merchant
marlno bill back to conforonco for
nmondment and took up tho measure
as rovlscd so It could ho passed and
sent to tho prcsldont In tlmo for his
consideration boforo congross ad
journed. Whllo tho houso was busy with tho
morchnnt marlno conforonco roport It
rocolved Prosldont Wilson's voto of
tho bill to establish a national budgot
systom. leaders said an nttompt
would bo mado to pass tho moasuro
ovor tho veto, but thoy wero not pro-
pared to forecast tho fato of tho
measuro should tho nttompt fall.
Great Wheat Crop In India.
Wnshlngton, D. C A dispatch to
tho dopartment of agriculture from the
International lnstltuto of ngriculturo,
Itomo, Italy, snld tho 1020 production
of wheat In British India would bo
34,900,000 bushels, or 130.1 per cent
of tho 1910 production and 103.4 por
cont of tho, flvo-yonr nvorngo, 1914
1918. Tho 1920 production of corn In
Argentina was estimated at 258,92,000
bushels, or 115.4 per cont of tho 1919
production nnd 132.1 por cont of a flvo
)uiir nvorngo, 1911-1918.
Urge Special Meeting of League.
London, Tho Persian promlor again
has tolcgrnphod Prlnco Mlrzu to nsk
tho league of nations to hold a special
mooting to consldor tho action of tho
bolBhovlkl In Persia. It Is understood
that n speclul mooting of tho leaguo
council will bo held In London.
Appeals Filed In Three Cases.
Washington. D. C. Tho government
filed In tho supromo court threo ap
peals from federal couit docrecH ren
dered recently In Michigan doclarlng
Invalid. portions of tho Lover act relat
ing to profiteering.
Railway Labor Board to Rule.
Chicago, United Statos Railway
Iabor board, which adjourned public
session, preparatory to going Into ex
ocutlvo session, doclarod In a state
ment that a decision on tho domnnds
of railroad employes for wago In
creases would bo reached at tho onrll
oat poBslblo moment. "Tho board has
not yet reached a doclslon In tho de
mands for n temporary award," tho
itatement said, "but tho wholo mat
ter will bo takon up In oxocutlvo sos
lion and will continue until a decision
Is reached."
SENATE TURNS DOWN THE
MANDATE OVER ARMENIA
Leaders Plan to Adopt Jt Without
Changs Thirteen Democrats
Join Republicans.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son's ploa for an American mandato
over Armonla was rejected In tho
senato by a voto of moro than 2 to 1.
Thirteen democrats cast tholr votes
with tho united republican member
ship on the final roll call and tho
rosolutlon "respectfully declining" to
grant congressional authority for tho
mandate was adopted, 52 to 23, in tho
form drafted by tho republican
loaders.
The resolution will bo sent to tho
houso and tho loaders there plan to
adopt It without chango. Thoy, say
thoy hopo for as decisive a majority
as the measuro was given in the
sonate.
In tho debato the democratic lead
ers counseled delay and tried In vain
to nut tho decision over until tho
noxt sosslon of congress. Scarcely al
volco was raised In out and out ad
vocacy of accepting tho mandate, and
on motion to amend the resolution so
that tho roquosted authority be given,
only 13 senators, all democrats, voted
in tho affirmative. Recorded against
tho motion were thirteen democrats
nnd thirty-nine republicans.
In tholr effort to ward off action,
which they arguod was advisable be
causo of tho peaco treaty deadlock,
tho minority loaders had bettor re
sults. Tho rosolutlon to send , tho
resolution back'to tho commlttoo with
Instructions that it be "reported after
tho ratification of a poace treaty with
tho contrnl powers" mustered almost
solid democratic support, but was
lost, 43 to 311
Women Stir Up Congress.
Washington, D. C. Both tho sonato
nnd houso woro thrown into an uproar
by an outburst of women sympathizers
with Irish freedom. There wero evi
dently two parties to tho demonstra
tion, which startod first in tho senato
during delivery of a speech by Sen
ator Brandegeo, republican, of Con
necticut, opposing accoptanco of a
mandato over Armenia. Later, a
woman oluded guards at tho house
chambor door, and with friends In tho
gallery shouted a challenge to mem
bers to dony their appeal In behalf of
Ireland. Answering a- demand from
tho floor that thoy bo thrown out and
lockod up, tho women doflod the en
tlro house to nttempt It, nnd as guards
started attor thorn thoy raced around
tho gallory, creating great dlsordor un
til thoy finally wero subdued and
ojoctod. Although tho offenders wore
escorted to tho cnpitol guard room, no
charges woro lodgod against them and
thoy woro permitted to go.
Flood and Ruin at Homer, Neb.
Sioux City, la. Homor, Neb., was
nearly wiped off tho map whon it was
engulfed In tho flood waters from
Omaha crook, which wont on a ram
pago following a rainstorm which
lastod for about flvo hours and at
tlmos assumed tho proportions of n
cloudburst. Every resident of tho
town was forced to floo to high land
for" safety, ovory houso and building
In tho vlllngo being flooded. About
a dozen residences woro swopt away
by tho torrents which mountod 3V4
foot higher than tho disastrous floods
of a couplo of weoks ago.
Miss Taft to Wed F. J. Manning.
Now Haven, Conn. Mr. and Mrs.
William Howard Taft announced tho
engagement of tholr daughter, Helen,
to l'Toiionck Johnson Manning. Mr.
Manning Is an Instructor In history In
Ynlo university. Ho wns a member
of tho class of 1916 In Ynlo and was,
until Soptember, 1919, a first lieuten
ant In tho flold artlllory. The mar
riago will tako placo In Canada in
July.
Heavy Loss In Canadian Forest Fires.
Londonderry, N. S. Tho property
lo3s sufforod by this town when It
was damaged by a forest firo included
4S buildings, among thorn four
churches, a globe houso, a rectory, a
school and an auditorium. Forty out
of 250 ramlllos In tho town are homo
loss, nnd estimates pluco tho monoy
loss nt $150,000. Now Waterford, a
mining town, was savod from destruc
tion by voluntoor flro flghtors. Tho
flamoa burned down tho woods In a
circle round tho town within n half
mile of It.
FlfML NOTICE WILL DE
GIVEN MEXICAN REPUBLIC
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Recommends Full Recognition If
Stable Rule Is Established.
Washington, D. C. Armod Interven
tion In Mexico should tho new forces
in control show an Inability or unwill
ingness to set up a stable government
more friendly towards Americans was
recommonded to the senate by tho for
eign relations subcommittee Investi
gating Mexican affairs.
Should a stablo government be es
tablished, tho committee recommended
that full recognition bo accorded it
and that financial assistance bo of
fered by the United States.
Tho committee said, however, full
recognition should not be given until
a treaty had been entered Into predi
cated upon these assurances:
That provisions of article 27 of tho
constitution of 1917, commonly re
garded by foreigners as confiscatory,
shall not be enforced against Amer
icans. That tho constitutional clause pro
viding that none but a Mexican citi
zen may bo a minister of any religious
creed In Moxlco, nnd that no period
ical of a religious character shall com
ment on any political affairs of tho
nation, or publish any Information re
garding the acts of the authorities or
prlvnto individuals in so far as they
have to do with public affairs, bo In
applicable to Americans.
That the provision that no minister
or religious corporation may conduct
any school of primary Instruction shall
not be applicable In tho case of Amer
icans, and that the article under which
undesirable foreigners may bo ex
pelled bo so revised as to give Amer
icans tho right to confer with tho rep
resentative of their government.
The recommendations also proposed
a provision In tho agreement for tho
Immediate appointment of a claims
commission to adjudicate tho claims of
Americans, the commission to be mado
up of men chosen by the two govern
ments and with the understanding that
Its findings bo binding and be imme
diately carried out by tho payment of
tho damages adjudicated.
Should Mexican officials fail to
agree to such a plan, or to establish a
government capable of affording ade
quate protection to Americans, tho
committee suggested that "wo will j
send a police force consisting of tho
naval and military forces of our gov
ernment Into tho republic of Mexico
to open and maintain open every lino
of communication between tho City of
Mexico and overy seaport and every
border port of Mexico."
String Wires to Penrose Home.
Philadelphia. Pa. Linemen began
stringing additional wires to tho
homo of United States Senator Pen
rose 11 this city. Whllo there was no
announcement from tho senator or his
physicians, this movo Is accepted as
meaning tho sonator will not attend
the republican national cqvention, but
will be In closo telephonic touch with
tho proceedings.
Dakota Drainage Bill Passes House.
Washington, D. C Drainage dis
tricts in Minnesota and North and
South Dakota would be authorized by
a bill passed by the houso and sent
to tho sonato to construct a dam at
tho outlet of Lako Travers and other
flood control works In tho Boiso do
Sioux rlvor and tho rivers of the
north. Plans for tho work must bo
approved, by the war department.
Wreck Costs Lives of Five.
Tulsa, Okla. Two St. Louis & San
Francisco passenger trains met head
on at White Onk, Okla., resulting in
tho death of flvo persons. Threo
other porsons woro Injured, ono prob
ably fatally, whllo twenty moro re
ceived less sprlous injuries. Confu
sion of train orders was responsible
for tho wreck, railroad officials stated.
Sir Auckland Geddes Honored.
Washington, D. C Georgo Wash
ington university at Its ninety-ninth
annual commencement conforred the
honorary degree of doctor of laws on
Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambas
sador, Gen. Pershing, Sonator Hnrd
Ing, Attorney Genernl Palmer and
Senator Lonroot, of Wisconsin.
Banker Held for Embezzlement.
Omaha, Nob. C. W. Wentz, vice
presldont of tho American Stato bank
of Aurora, wns arrested hero by Sher
iff Howard, of Hamilton county, on
tho chargo of embezzlement. Thoro
nro said to bo seven claims against
him, tho largest ono for ?4S,000.
Oman Renamed Virgin Island Gov.
Washington, D. C. Rear Admiral
Joseph Oman, United States Navy,
was renominated by President Wilson
to bo govornor of tho Virgin Islands.
Hungary Signs Peace Pact.
Versailles. Tho treaty of peaco
with Hungary was signed In tho
grand trlanon palaeo hero. It wns five
minutes beforo tho hour appointed.
Bad Fire at Galveston.
Galveston, Tox. Sisal estimated at
1,000,000 wns consumed in a tiro of
unknown origin at plor No. 41, Gal
veston wharf. Tho warehouse In
which tho sisal was stored, also
burned, at an estimated loss of ?500,
000. Tho sisal was tho property of
Boveral Now York firms which hnvo
boon accumulating it hero from Yuca
tan. Mox. Whllo tho Identity of tho
Individual owners could not bo
lenrned, tho warehouse wes undor
lease to the Cotton concentration
company.
CDRNHUSKER ITEMS
Nriw3 of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
It Is announced nt the slnto house
nt Lincoln that nn nssessment upon
state bunks will soon bo necessary to
bring the guarantee fund up to the
statutory l per cent of the average
dully deposits, in addition to the regu
lar semi-annual nssessment coining
July 1, because the fund bus been de
pleted $312,000 by the failure of tho
Hulsey State bank nnd the Valparaiso
State batik, whllo the American Stnte
bank at Aurora and tho State Bnnk of
Dlx, which closed recently, will un
doubtedly cause another draft on the
fund.
Residents of Homer, who wore tho
victims of the worst flood In the histo
ry of the district, are moving bnck In
tholr homes. With the exceptions of
a few store buildings, the business dis
trict of the town was ruined. It will
be a month before the stores enn bo
clennetl, restocked and reopened for
business. The devastated territory cov
ers nn area over fifteen square miles.
Crops are reported as being a total
loss. Barns, chicken cops and other
smnll out buildings were In some enses
washed a distance of several miles.
After a day and night watch for
more tlmn ninety-six hours n posse
composed of 100 armed men who hnd
surrounded n dense tract of timber
south of Du Bois in hopes of capturing
two convicts who escaped from a road
gang nenr Teciimseh, abandoned the
search. It Is generally believed that
tho bandits have completely eluded the
offlcors.
Post No. 11 of the American Legion
at Hastings hns gone on record as op-,
posed to tho drive which contemplates
the erection of a $1,000,000 memorial
on the stnte university campus at Lin
coln, taking the position thnt the erec
tion of a meniorlnl In Adnms county
should come first.
A new 300-foot state aid bridge will
be required to span the now channel
of the Niobrara river between O'Neill
nnd Spencer, cut by recent henvy Hoods.
The river has taken an old channel
which wns the main bed 40 years ago,
and the 200-foot structure recently
built Is left high and dry.
County Attorney Cook of Dodge
county hns offered a reward of .$50 to
anyone who will furnish tho name of
the lnwyer who drew the will of II. B.
Lucken of Fremont, which figures In
the chnrge ngninst Contractor Olson
add Mrs. i.uckcn In a charge of con
spiracy to get rid of Lucken.
Wahoo boasts of having the cham
pion amateur wireless telegraph op
erator of Nebraska. He Is one John E.
Vlncli and Just recently he intercepted
a message of distress from n ship on
the Atlantic ocean but was tumble to
get details or the ship's location.
At the annual convention of tho
State Association of Commercial Clubs
at Hastings a proposal was adopted to
convert the organization Into a Nebras
ka Chamber of Commerce. The
question was referred to a committee.
Governor McKelvle hns extended nn
Invitation to T. C. Walton, director of
extension work for Texas, to include
In the trip of tho farm boys special,
which will visit other states, ihe state
of Nebraska.
As a possible aid to the shortage of
farm help, fifty young women and
girls enrolled In a course of instruction
nt the University of Nebraskn farm at
Lincoln In driving automobiles.
Property damage to Homer and
surrounding towns by Hood wnters
from Omnhn creek Is esUmntcu ai
moro than $1 ,000.000. Tho flood fol
lowed a cloudburst.
Largo springs eight feet below the
surface of the earth with nn estimated
How of 500,000 gallons dally have been
uncovered nenr Chadron.
Hevlval meetings conducted Jointly
by the eight Kearney protestnnt
churches have already netted over
2,000 convert .
Nebraskn City will put on a fall fes
tival this year under the auspices of
the Business Men's association of the
city.
Joseoli Ilimlcn. pioneer merchant of
Omaha and well known In Nebraskn,
died suddenly at a hotel at Omaha.
The Jlrst well In Gago county for
tho Holdrego oil interests hns been
started.
On a complaint filed by federal au
thorities, United States Judge T. C.
Munger nt Lincoln, ordered ninety-five
cases of catsup In the possession of
Swift Packing Co. of Lincoln destroy
ed. It was alleged the catsup was
adulterated.
The Nebraska Gas and Electric com
pnny, which has largo electrical hold
ings In southeastern Nebraska, has
given notice thnt unless an ndvance
In gas rates Is granted by tho city
council of Plnttsmouth It will close
down Its plant there until It shnll
prove profitable to operate it.
The annual championship tourna
ment of the Nebraska Golf association
will bo held at Omaha July 19 to 24.
Alliance citizens are looking forward
to threo gala dnys, June 23, 24 and 25,
when tho annual stnte convention of
Elks will bo In session and a race
meet on.
The Nebrasku branch of the Amer
ican Friends-Service committee, organ
ized for relief of starving children of
central Europe, particularly of Ger
mnny and Austria, has launched u
campaign to raise $75,000 In Nebraskn
to aid lu the cause
County bnnks of the stnte In which
bridges were lost or wrecked by this
spring's henvy floods will have to
finance the big bridge compnnles re
erectlng the bridges and repairing the
damages, as many contractors have an
nounced thnt they can not get tho
necessary financial assistance from the
big banks and thnt unless the counties
will see to It that the contractors'
needs are taken care of by the local
banks, no bridges can be built or re
paired. Reports reaching the State Agricul
tural College nt Lincoln from nil parts
of the stnte Indicate that cholera In
poultry Is iiearltg the epidemic stage.
I Suggestions in the matter of hygleno
nnd sanitation are nbout all the poul
try specialists have to offer. Llttlo
success has been attained in treating
sick fowls. The best method is to kill
the bird as soon as It shows signs of
serious Illness.
Governor McKelvio has granted the
twentieth reprieve In the Cole-Gram-mer
case, which hns been pending
since March, 1018, when the two were
sentenced by the district court of
Howard county for the murder of Mrs.
Lulu Voglit of Elba. The case is now
In the hands of the U. S. circuit court
at St. Paul nnd a decision Is expected
soon.
The state department of ngrlculture
has sent letters to 12,000 Nebraska
dealers in oleomargarine, inuinifno
turors of ice cream, dairy plants, ho
tels, rooming houses, cold storage
plants nnd like places which operate
under a state license thnt their licenses
must be renewed.
John Neir, representing the Cham
bers of Commerce of North Platte and
Kearney, and all citizens organiza
tions In the towns between those two
points, is In WnshlngNm in the inter
est of a proposed Irrigation project
which, If constructed, Is to water 500,
000 acres of land between North
Platte and Kearney.
Warrants for the .arrest of seven
men, chnrged with selling stock with
out a license, were sworn out at
pmaha nt the Instance of Attorney
General Davis. It Is said that $10,000,
000 of worthless stock and stock for
which there Is no market has been
sold In Nebraska In the Inst year.
Prediction was made by several
members of the Nebraska League of
Savings and Loan associations at the
nnnual convention nt Lincoln that
there will be no grent decline In build
ing costs for u period of from four to
six years.
Goring claims the largest percentage
of Increase In population during the
past ten years of any Nebraska town
yet announced by the census bureau,
the gain being 300 per cent. The of
ficial population is 2,30S.
The senate has continued the nom
ination of James C. Dahlman, for
mer mayor of Omaha, to bo United
States marshal for the district of Ne
braska, succeeding the late Thomas J.
Flynn.
The stute:wlde campaign to raise
$1,000,000 to erect a memorial building
at the State University, Lincoln, in
honor of Nebraska's soldiers anil
snllors opened June 7 and will con
tinue to the end of the month.
Resolutions to stand together for an
eight-hour day, better pay and a 30
day yearly vacation were adopted by
the Nebraska letter carriers and post
office clerks In convention at Fairbury.
The state board of control has let
contracts for coal for Nebraska's six
teen state Institutions for the ensuing
year, the average price being $5.50 a
ton or approximately $275,000.
A cloudburst at Valentine damaged
the state fisheries there considerably,
the high water overflowing the dam
and washing a large number of fish
Into the Elkhorn river.
Mlchnel Curtain, aged SO years, who
was found dead with his throat cut at
Grand Island, was slain by his son,
Michael jr., following a quarrel, ac
cording to police reports.
The base work in Tecumseh's paving
Is nearly all laid, nft'-r continued de
lays owing to bad weather and tho
lnck of materials.
Tho work of grading and paving the
main highway to the insane asylum
east of Beatrice Is In progress. Tho
Improvement will cost about $10,000.
Tho 4Sth aniiunl cnnip meeting of the
Nebraskn Stato IIolines association
will be held June 18-27 at Epworth
Lako park at Lincoln.
Nearly 10,000 chickens In eggs were
destroyed when a wall caved In on the
Incubators of the W. .7. Fellers chick
en hatchery at Superior.
Several elaborate entertainment fea
tures are being arranged for Merchants
Market Week at Oiuiiha, August 23
to 20.
Permission has been granted tho
Ulysses Independent Telephone Co. by
the State Railway Commission to' In
crease Its rates to $1.50 for business
phones and $1.25 for residence nnd
farm line phones from n former flat
rate of $1 for all classes.
The vigorous protest by citizens of
North Platte over the 10 per cent hike
in real estate values for assessment
purposes caused Secretary Osborne of
the state board of equalization to Issue
n statement declaring that the raise
wns Justified In face of tho Increase
In Innd values.
The Niobrara river in Boyd nnd Holt
counties rose to the highest flood
stage In twenty years during the pnst
week and besides washing out several
bridges, caused great damnge to crops.
O'Neill water mains aro to be t-.
tended and the city Is to huve n new
water tower of 150,000 gallons capac
ity to satisfy the demands arising iron
Its rapid growth.
The Mlnden Commerce club :ns
nbsorbed the old Mlnden Coinmei ial
club nnd the Advertising club ami nn.
I der the new bend has Just nddod fifty.
1 three new member ,
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