Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, July 08, 1920, Image 2

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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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TWIN CITY EXPRE8S, BOUND FOR
8IOUX CITY, DESTROYED.
MANY LIVES ARE IMPERILED
Only Two of the 175 Persona Aboard
Are Injured Pleoo of Rail Hurled
Through Baggage Car.
Plpoatono, Minn. Tlio Twin City
express on tho Groat Northern was
derailed and burnod near bore, but
only two of tho 17G ji.iBBongera woro
Injured, although many woro forced
to floo from tho burning cars In night
Bttlro, leaving their baggngo.
Whon tho onglno of tho express,
which runs between Sioux City, Sioux
Falls, Yankton and tho Twin CUIob,
passed over a soft ploco of track,
twenty miles north of hero, a plcca of
rail was hurlod through tho haggago
car floor, overturning a lamp which
set flro to tho car. Tho flnmos
proad quickly and tho ontlro train of
lx coaches was totally destroyed.
Tho Injured, who 'wore not seriously
hurt, oro:
Mrs. (loorgo Culver, Dickons, la.,
bad cut on face and body Injured.
Seth Howard, of Plpostono, Minn.,
hand badly cut.
Rellof trains woro sont to tho scone
of tho wreck from PIpostono, nnd tho
pasEongors brought hero. Tho Injured
woro taken to tho Pipestone hospital.
Tho accident occurod at 1 o'clock
a. m. Tho track was In very bad con
dition, owing to a cloudburst, earlier
in tho ovonlng at u. point north of tho
cono of tho wrjek.
Iron Puddlers on 8trlke.
a Iran, O. Approximately OdO Iron
puddlers, membors df tho Amalgamat
ed Association of Iron, Stool and Tin
Workers, did not report for work at
the plant hero of tho A. M. Byors
company. Tho company announcod
that tho bar mills would bo kopt
running on stocks now on hand for
two wooks, after which GOO bar
workors will bo mado ldlo.
Woolen Mills to Close.
Andovor, Mass. Tho principal mills
of tho American Woolen company,
now operating only throe days a wook,
will bo shut down complotoly for an
ludoflnito porlod on July 10, Presl
dont William Wood announcod. Can
collation of ordors flllqd or ready to
to filled and curtallmont of ordors
for next soason's goods, ho said, mado
tho stoppago nocossary.
New Chinese Premier.
Poking. Tho cabinet problem has
virtually boon solved by tho soloctlon
of Chow-Shumu, porsonal frlond of
President Psu Shin-Chang, to tako
premiership, while Chin Yuu-Pong,
who has boon premier and mlnlBtor
of war, retains only tho war portfolio,
according to Information from an of
ficial source
Osteopaths to Begin Drive.
Chicago. Dr. C. U. Atzon, of Oma
ha, Nob., was soloctod by tho Ameri
can Osteopathic association to havo
chnrgo of a legislative campaign
which tho organization had docldod to
launch In an endeavor to obtain uni
form stato laws relating to licensing
of ostoopaths.
Qun Duel with Forgers.
Waterloo, la. -William Ooodenbauor,
'plain clothes man, was instantly
killed by strango young mon who trlod
to caflh forgod chockB. Officer Wil
liam Wilson killed ono of tho attack
era. Tho othor escaped. Tho tragedy
was onactod In tho Marks clothing
store.
Lightning Kills Young Man.
Omaha, Nob. Lightning killed John
Benson, 19, as ho was standing in a
barn noar. Crescent, la., and injured
a number of workmen In Omaha dur
Ing a heavy wind nnd eloctrlo storm in
this vicinity. Fremont, Nob., reported
heavy damago to crops.
Two Hurt In Qun Battle.
East St. Louis, 111. Two mon woro
wuindod, ono seriously, when a crowd
paid to havo boon composod of strik
ing switchmen attacked tho crow of n
Switch englno In tho yards of tho
Southern railway and precipitated n
rovolvor fight.
Irish Poflcc 8elze Rifles.
Dublin. Tho police seized BOO rifles
and a largo quantity of ammunition
In tho Btranorfar district of Donegal.
Paris-Geneva Aerial Route.
Geneva. An aorlal sorvlco botwoen
Paris and doneva was opened.
Food Riots Continue In Germany,
Ilerlln. Martial law has been pro
claimed at Lubock owing to tho sort
ous disturbances thoro. In tho food
riots the polico used rifles and throe
persons wore killed, Tho citizens'
guard was called out and calm was
restored by midnight.
Mutiny of Italian Troops.
Homo. Tho nowspapors announced
that according to official figures
twenty-four portions were killed and
eventy-ono woundod during tho re
cent mutiny of troops at Ancona.
DERAILED
nun
BUHED
MINN
J. BRUCE KREMER
Mr. Krcmcr, vlco chairman of tho
Democratic committee, hns been ns
signed tho duty of calling tho conven
tion to order.
17 IN AUTOS KILLED
Ten Lose Lives When Train Hits
Truck in Indiana.
Passonger Crashes Into Truck Carry
ing Plcnlo Party Near Huntlngburg
Another Accident Near Franklin.
Evnnsvlllo, Ind., Juno 28. Ten per
sons were killed and nlno Injured
when n passenger train on tho South
cm railroad ran Into an autotruck
containing a picnic pnrty near nunt
ingburg, Ind., 40 miles north of this
city. There were 21 people In tho
truck nt tho tlmo of tho collision.
Tho dead, in addition to two boys
nnd n girl, whoso nnmes havo not been
learned, nro:
Ed Itehl, Mrs. Itehl, and their son,
Carl.
Mrs. Wnltor Sotlnckor. 1 1
Mrs. Alonzo Stutsman, t "j il "
lien Fuchs. ""'n r
Mrs. Will Ilnrtko.
Threo of tho Itehl, two of the Stilts
man nnd ono of- tho Ilnrtko children
were among tlioso hurt.
Tho nges of tho killed nnd Injured
children rango from 7 to 14.
Tho trucic was carrying n picnic
party of members of tho Woodmen's
clrdo in Iluntinghurg to tho Todrnnk
farm, nenr Duss, for nn nll-dny outing.
It was followed by sevcrnl nutomo
biles containing members of tho pnrty.
Franklin, Ind., Juno 28. Seven per
sons were killed and two Injured when
nn automobllo In which they were rid
ing wns struck by nn Illinois Central
passenger train nt n crossing ten miles
west of hero. Tho party was driving
from Nashville. Ind.
Tho driver is snld to hnvo lost con
trol of tho machine as ho ncarcd tho
crossing and drovo directly In front
of tho nppronchlng train. All thoso
killed woro members of tho family of
tho driver, William Llthcrlnnd, a gn
rngo owner of Nashville, Ind.
FRENCH MEDALS FOR YANKS
Five Thousand Americans Entitled to
Wear New Bronze Decoration on
Their Uniform.
ParlB, Juno 28. Moro than C.000
Amerlcnns will hereafter bo entitled
to wear a new bronzo decoration on
their uniforms, hanging from n ribbon
Btrlped alternately red nnd white.
Tho medal Is tho new sorvlco bndgo
of tho French army, commcmorntlvo
of tho war. Tho 0,000 Amerlcnns en
titled to wear It have all served with
tho French army. A Bpeclnl clasp in
bronzo will bo attached to tho ribbons
awnrded men who wore volunteers.
WHEAT SELLS AT $2.52 BU.
First Car of Oklahoma's New Crop
Brings Big Price at Fort
Worth, Tex.
Fort WorUi, Tox., Juno 80. The
first enr of Oklahoma's nuw wheat
crop nrrlved hero and brought $2.52
a bushel. It was bought by a Fort
Worth firm nnd immediately shipped
to Now Orleans for export. Local
irrnln dealers say most of tho Texns
and Oklahoma wheat crop this year
will bo sent to Now Orleans and Gal
veston for export.
All Saved In Neva Wreck.
Stockholm, July 1. All the 2,000
war prisoners on board a bolshevik
itenincr which sank recently in tho
Nova river woro saved, nccordlng to
s dispatch to tho Dagblad from llel
tlngfors, Finland.
Seize $1,000,000 Booze In East
Boston, July 1. Federal prohibi
tion agents in Now England havo
ntzral mora than 35.000 p,illm,u .
liquor and alcohol valued at approxi
mately 11,000,000 In raids conducted
since January 1.
NEW BED PLOT
IN U. S. BARED
Department of Justice Told of
Civil War Planned by
Communists.
TWO PARTIES HAVE UNITED
Program Calling for Armed Insurrec
tion Drawn Up at Secret Conven
tion Secret Service Men
Take Action.
Washington, Juno 28. Evidence of
tho fonnntlon of a united communist
pnrty by tho consolidation ot the com
munist labor party and the communist
party, with tho avowed purposo of fo
menting n revolution ngnlnst tho cxlst
I"R government, wns received at the
department of justice.
Steps nro helm: tnken. officials snld.
to gunrd ngalnst tho spread of the
propngnndn.
Communist nubllcntlons In tho' hnnds
of tho department announce tho forma
tion of tho new pnrty nt n secret con
vention attended by delegates from
the two old organizations.
Tho program of tho pnrty, It Is stat
ed, declares thnt tho flnnl struggle be
tween the workers nnd the capitalists,
between exploited and exploiter, will
tako tho form of civil war, and that
"It Is tho function of tho united com
munist pnrty systematically to fnmlll
nrlzo tho working class with the necea
slty of nrmed Insurrection ns tho only
menns through which tho capitalist
system can bo overthrown."
Establishment of tho Lntln-Amorl-can
branch of tho third Internationale
of Moscow nt Mexico ClUy to spread
bolshevik propngnndn in North nnd
South America Is reported by Excel
sior of Mexico City, copies of which
havo been received by stnto depart-,
ment olllclnls.
According to Excelsior, tho Mexican
cnpltal 1b tho center of bolshevik ac
tivity on tliis continent, nnd it is from
thoro that soviet propaganda in the
United States as "well ns in Latin
American countries, Is being directed.
Tho Mexlcnn polled authorities. Ex
celsior says, havo begun arresting nc
tivo agents of tho Moscow soviet gov
ernment. At various times In the past
two years soviet agents, plentifully
supplied with money, credentials and
documents, hnvo arrived In Mexico
from European ports and tho United
States, and they nro said to havo built
up n strong organization. National
ities represented Include Russians.
Itoumnnlans, Germans, Hindus nnd
Amerlcnns.
Some of tho Amerlcnns fled from tho
United Stntes to escapo tho draft.
Excelsior says tho leader of tho or
ganization Is a Itusslnn named Grues
cnberg, who, with two others, Is now
on his wny to Moscow to obtnin a
fund of $18,000,000 to flnnnco the work
of tho bolshovlkl In tho Americas.
BRITISH GENERAL KIDNAPED
Sinn Felnera In Bold Raid on Fishing
Hut on Blackwater
River.
Dublin, Juno 20. A bnnd of armed
and mnsked Sinn Felners cnrrled out
tho boldest coup In months when they
raided a fishing hut alongsldo tho
BInckwator rlvor and kidnaped Brlg
adlcr General Incns nnd his two com
panions, Colonels Dnnford and Tyr
rell. Plnclng revolvers against tho heads
of tho threo offlcers tho raiders com
manded them to surrender "In tho
nnmo of tho Irish republic," then
seized nn nutomobllo In which their
captives hnd Journeyed to their fishing
hnunt, placed tho trio In tho car nnd
stnrted off with them.
Colonel Dnnford Jumped out of tho
mnchlne Just ns It stnrted. lTo was
shot down by tho raiders. Tho latter,
seeing ho" wns seriously wounded, or
dered Colonel Tyrrell to stny nnd tako
care of him, whereupon they disap
peared with tho general.
NEWBERRY TO HIGH COURT
Michigan Senator's Bill of Exceptions
Is Approved by Judge
Sessions.
Grand Itnplds, Mich., Juno 2S. A
bill of exceptions and assignment of
error filed for Scnntor Trumnn IT.
Newberry and sixteen others convicted
Inst March on chnrges of corruption In
tho 1018 senatorial election 1ms been
approved by Judgo Sessions in federal
court and tho case will go to the Uni
ted Stntes Supremo court as booh ns
tho printing la completed, it was stated
here. Senator Nowberry was sen
tenced to two yenrs' Imprisonment In
Leavenworth nnd fined $10,000. All
tho convicted men hnvo been at liberty
under bond pending perfection of tho
appeal.
South China Troops Win.
Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1. Troops
of South China havo captured Yuen
Chow, n stronghold of tho North Chi
na force, nftor soveral days ot Kovoro
fighting, nccordlng to a special Tokyo
cablegram to tho Nlppu JIJ1.
Italy Tries to Pacify Albanians.
Home, July 1. ltnron Allottl, for
mer counselor of tho Italian embassy
In Paris, hns left Itomo with n mission
for Albania In nu endeavor to nego
tiate n settlement of tho troublo with
tho Albanian Insurgents.
LORD SINHA
tY'-EM
. m
Lord Slnhn hns tho distinction of be
ing tho first Indian gentlemnn to hold
tho position ns secretary of state for
India, Ho wns a representative of
India in tho imperial wnr conference.
VANKS ROUT BANDITS
U. S. Marines Kill Bandits Who
Attack Haitian Capital.
Secret Effort to Overthrow President
of Republic Being Directed
From Abroad.
Kingston, .Tnmnlca, Juno 30. Ban
dlts have raided Port nu Prince, the
Ualtlan cnpltal, according to pnssen
gers arriving hero today from thnt
city. Several buildings were set on
Are by the attacking party, but United
Stntes marines restored order after
killing tho leaders of the raid.
It is reported that a secret effort
to overthrow tho president of tho Ilnl
tlan republic is being directed from
abroad. Revolutionary sympathizers,
however, aro said to bo In four of
American vigilance on tho island.
RIOTS IN COUNTY CORK
Damage of Hundreds of Pounds
Caused at Fermoy Rioters At
tempt to Burn Houses.
Fermoy, County Cork, Irelnnd, Juno
20- Dnmage amounting to hnmimiia
of pounds has been caused by riot
ers nere. The Inhabitants attribute
the demonstration to soldiers who left
their barracks on hearing of tho kld
nnplng of Urlgndler General Lucas on
Saturday night Attempts to burn
houses were frustrated. ,
Limerick, Ireland, Juno 30. The
rnllwny hotel hero was nttacked by
unknown persons. Two bombs were
thrown, but there were no casualties.
Dublin, Juno qo. Tho corporation
of Dublin adopted a resolution creat
ing committees In certnln nreas to
meet tho foinlno threatened by tho
stoppago of tho railways.
Alderman MncDonagh said Dublin
wns rapidly approaching a stato of
siege.
PLENTY OF JOBS FOR WILSON
Many Universities and Newspapers
Angling for the Services of the
President.
Washington, Juno 20. President
Wilson's services will bo In widespread
and remunerative demand nfter ho fin
ishes his present term In tho White
House, it was said by Admiral Gray
son, his personal physician. Many uni
versities nnd newspapers hnvo opened
negotiations in nn effort to soo what
chnnco there might bo to obtnin his
services. Admiral Grayson said ho
know nothing of a reported offer by
tho University of tho Philippines of
from $50,000 to $100,000 n year to
servo as Its head.
FIRST STATE CENSUS GIVEN
Figures Announced at Washington
Give Delaware 223,000, an
Increase of 20,681.
Washington Juno 30. Census fig
ures nnnounced here Includo: Stnte
of Delaware, 223,003; iucrenso 20.0S1,
or 10.2 per cent. Nowcnstlo county,
Delaware, Including Wilmington, 148,
230; Increase 25,031, or 20.3 per cent.
Oklahomn City, Okln., 01,258; In
crenso 27,053, or -12.1 per cent Walla
Walln, Wash., 15,503; decreaso 3.S01,
or 10.0 per cent.
SUFFRAGE UP IN TENNESSEE
Meeting of the Legislature Called for
August 9 to Consider Federal
Amendment.
Nashville, Tenn., Juno 30. Tho leg
lslnture will bo called to meet on Au
gust 0 to consider tho federal suffrage
amendment, It was stated at tho cap
ltol. Big Rat "Kill" at Beaumont, Tex.
Rcaumont, Tex., Juno. 30. With
tho discovery hero of the second sus
pected enso of bubonic plague, fed
eral, stato nnd city authorities Inaug
urated nn extenslvo rat extermination
campaign.
Pay Roll Robbers Get $1,600.
CMcngo, Juno SO. Five armed men
robbed Lewis Dnrcvle, cashier of tho
Chicago White Lead and Oil company,
1453 Western uvcnuo, of tho$l,S00pny
roll of tho firm as ho alighted from a
car.
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NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
rimoly Nowa Galled Prom All
Parts of tho Stato, Reducod
for tho Busy.
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SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
After n lengthy deliberation on ton
IHnns for tho now Nebraska capltol to
bo built nt Lincoln, a Jury decided that
uertram Grosvenor Goodhuo of Now
York will prepnro doslgns for the
structure, which nro to come within
tho S5.000.000 nnnrnnrlntnrl I... i... t..
Mature for tho building. Tho plans"
uuuuiiiiuu uy Mr. uoodhuo probably
will not bo tho nlnnn. frnm .1,IM. .
capltol will bo built Tho Idea of tho
commission and Jury wns to discover
which architect appeared to best car
ry out the Idens thoy wanted covering
beauty and ability to got tho space
needed.
Fred Hoselman, 50-yenr-old farmer,
who has lived near Stoddnrd for mnny
yenrs, Is in Jnll at Hebron, charged
with causing tho death of his daughter
on Juno 7, tho cvo of her marriage to
W. J. Uutzko, 22 years old, teacher in
tho Lutheran school nt Chester. Bozlo
mann is said to havo objected tc tho
match because tho young mnn's ln
como wns not sufficiently largo to suit
him.
Losses sustained by n heavy hnll
storm In Hnrlnn, Custer nnd Phelps
counties filed with the hall insurance
department of the stntn run nil tii
way from 10 to 100 per cent. In nnr
Inn county the loss was as high as
80 per cent, while In Custer It ran
from 10 to 100 per cent In Phelps
tho reports showed from 10 to CO per
cent losses.
Reducod rates on live stock from
South Omaha to points In the south
and east havo boen oxtonded until July
31, nccordlng to announcement by tho
Burlington nnd Northwestern rail
roads. One-third of the full rate Is
charged under reduced schedules.
Census figures givo Omaha a popu
lation of 101,001, a gain of 07,505, or
C4.4 per cent since 1010. Omaha is now
tho 34th city in size In the United States
having advanced from 41st position
since the Inst census wns taken. In
ibou omnlia hnd a population of 1,882.
Extensive improvements nro to bo
made at the Lutheran Semlnnry nt
Seward, nccordlng to n decision reach
ed nt the annual convention of the
Evnngelical Lutheran Synod of tho
United States at Detroit, Mich.
From Omaha to Pine Valley, Pa.,
without a stop was a new American
record made by tho Larsen all-metal
nlrplane which left Omaha for New
York on Juno 28. The distance was
mado In less than cloven hours.
On Juno 23th the whole territory sur
rounding Norfolk wns visited by one
of tho worst rain nnd electric storms
of the season, washing out smnll
bridges nnd crippling telephono ser
vice. The most spectacular fire Lincoln
hns had in tho past ten years occurred
the other night when the entire plant
of the Western Glass and Paint com
pany burned, resulting in u quarter
million dollar loss.
Burlington railroad, officials esti
mated that 8,700 cars of wheat of tho
1010 crop are still in elevators on the
McCook division. At $2.00 a bushel
this .wheat Is worth $10,000,000.
Work Is to begin at onco on tho now
stnte school of Irrigation buildings at
Scottsbluff. The Institution, which will
open this fall, will accommodate 300
pupils.
Hebron nnd vicinity hnd the heaviest
rain of the senson tho other night,
llvo Inches of moisture fnlllngwlthln
three hours' tlmo. Some damage was
done.
Seepnges of oil In three wells nt
Homo City, Kan., about 30 miles south
of Beatrice, has occasioned conslder
ublo excitement along the stnte lino.
Prospects are good for Gogo county
producing one of the best wheat and
oats crops In the history of the county.
David Goertzen, former Aurora
farmer, was sentenced to a year In the
federal penitentiary for draft evasion.
The Nobrnskn Stnto Federation of
Labor will hold Its annual convention
nt Hnstlngs August 3.
Contract has been let for the paving
of a number of Auburn's prlnclpnl
streets.
Gasoline nt Omnha has advanced to
n new high level, 28 i nnd 31V6 centp
n gallon.
Thomns P. Kennnrd, ono of the
founders of tho city of Lincoln, former
stnto treasurer nnd member of the
commission which located tho state
capital, died at his homo nt Lincoln
nt tho ndvnnced ago of 02 yenrs.
The city of Now Platto, having won
n suit Involving n question of llublllty
for tho death of Chief of Polico Shel
don 0. Mecomber and Follcemnn
Georgo Rogers, the widows of tho two
offlcers have filed an appeal in the
stnto supremo court. They allege the
city Is liable In the sum of $5,250, for
nch officer killed.
Two now bulldlng9 to cost about
180,000 nre Included 1 1 tha expansion
plans for Midland Collego nt Fremont
this year.
Buffalo county farmers report that
the alfalfa crop this year Is the best
ever harvested In tho district Other
crops nro likewise excellent, Ihcy any.
A modification of tho temporary re
straining ordor against the Skinner
Packing company of Omnhn, permit
ting the concern to operate the plant
and complote contracts for machinery
used for tho plant was granted by the
stats supremo court
At n meotlng of the stockholders of
the Skinner Pncklng compnny nt Oma
ha, held In the metropolis, full np
provnl of tho Skinner management
was expressed In a resolution which t
ninety per cent of the stockholders
present voted to accept. Stockholders
representing $2,SOO,000 worth of shares
attended the meeting, which wns by
far tho largest meotlng of stockhold
ers over held In Nebraska.
On recommendation of the nntlonnl
guard committee of the Wnr depart
ment, Lieut Col. Amos Thomns of,
Omaha, Capt P. R. Halllgan of North
Platto and Capt. Charles Epperson, Jr.,
of Clny Center, hnvo beon appointed
members of the advisory board of tho
gunrd department of Nebraska, which
has for its work the building up of a
natlonnl defense.
There nre now about CO men from
the stnto pcnltcntinry at Lincoln work
ing in the threo road camps at Table
Rock, Seward and Tecumsch, nnd
with the excctplon of the two who es
enpod from tho Tecumsch camp nro
making good, nccordlng to Secretary
Antles of tho donnrtmenf nt mihiin
welfare.
While Omnha ranks thirty-fourth In
size among tho cities of tho country,
In bank clearings it ranks fifteenth.
During tho first flvo months of 1010,
tho amount of bnnk clearings wns $1,
150,182,343. During the first flvo
months of the present year they were
ndvanced to $1,524,152,749.
According to tho report of tho 1.00S
stnto banks of Nebraska ns complied
by the stato banking bureau, compared
with tho report of Inst February, de
mand deposits havo fallen off about 0
per cent, or $10,109,023, while time de
posits hnvo Increased $1,720,413, or 1 3.
per cent
Geo. W. Edwards, convict nt tho
state penitentiary from Custer county,
serving n fifteen year sentence, was
paroled as the result of his aiding In
tho capture of two prisoners who
made their escape from the prison
Just recently.
Suit in tho nnmo of Attorney Gen
ernl Davis has been filed in the su.
premo court at Lincoln to test tho
school redisricting law of 1910. Lltlgn
tlon In soveral counties hns grown out
of disputes over tho Interpretation of
the law.
J. H. Norsworthy of Gothenburg,
snld to be ono of Mm ,ii.iUf n
Inrgest shippers in the stnte, shipped
m uuu oi came, M7 Head, to South
winnnn, wnicn averaged 1,307 pounds
and topped the market at $10.25.
Scottsbluff has tho honor of com
pleting the organization of the first na
tional guard company formed since
the war. Mustering In ceremonies
took place June 28. The company Is
assured a military band.
Ernest Lass of Emerson was on tho
South Oranhn market the othor day
with a load of mixed Shorthorns from
his ranch that averaged 1,013 pounds
nnd topped tho market for the day at
$10.25.
A membership carnpnlgn for hun
dreds of now members of tho B. P. O.
Elks of Omaha and the erection of a
new Elk homo to cost $1,000,000 Is be
ing planned by Omnha Elks.
For tho third time this yenr the Mis
souri river nt Plattsmouth went out of
its bunks, flooding tho built-up lowland
east of tho business section. inimr
great deal of damnge.
in spite of tho fact that high water
has delayed work nn tim tnt,.ni.i
bridge south of Shelton since enrly
hpring, mo structure Is rapidly near
Ing completion.
Miss Mortensen of Sweetwntor wnt
killed and threo others Injured when
n Burlington frolcht tmin Htruxir n
nutomobllo in which they were riding
near Vinson Ulty.
At a meeting of farmers nt Arnni,i
tho other day plans were laid for tho
organization or a farmers union nnd
the establishment of a eo-nnorntivi
store.
Tho new hotels being erected nt
Ogallala nnd Kearney by the North
American Hotel company are nearly
completed.
A cloudburst at Plalnvlow inundated
the east part of town, resulting In
grent damage to smnll buildings and
gardens.
Work hns been resumed on the new
lintel nt Scottsbluff being huilt by tho
North American Hotel compnny..
Fire destroyed tho Peters Milling
compnny alfalfa shod at Elmcreck, en
tnlllng n loss of about $10,000.
A site has beon chosen for the new
farmers' union elevator at Stnpleton.
Sale of stock Is well under way.
Work hns boon started on the stnte
nld highway between Hobron nnd Bel
vldere. High cost of building mnterlal nmj
fow demands for homes have resultod
In the abandonment of plans for build
ing homes and soiling them to work
ers on ensy terms by tho Coinmurclal
club nt Fremont.
Growing out of tho drowning of thft
flvo yenr old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. W.
Burch Harmon of Nemnha county,
.uj- ml, iww, Krnnk Harmon, nd
mlnlstrntor of the estnto of Loval B.
uarmon. Ueceasod, filed n suit in tho
United Stntes court nt Lincoln ngnlnst
Nemaha county asking for $20,000
damages.
McCook has a population of 4.30.1
census figures show, nn Incrense of
538 or 14.3 per cent slnco 1010.
Chndron hns a population of 4 4i -
nccordlng to tho census report from T
Washington. Chndron's population ten
years K0 was 2.0S1, making the gnlu
0-1.2 per cent.
According to a letter received by
Frank Harrison nt Lincoln. Renntor Hi
Johnson U planning to publicly brand
delegates pledged to support him nt
the Chicago convention who broke
faith and deserted to the ranks of
other candidates.
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