Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, August 12, 1920, Image 2

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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. DAKOTA CITY. NEBRASKA.
HUB TOMO POLES
PROMISE MILITARY AND ECO
NOMIC HELP AT ONCE.
NO OTHER COURSE IN SIGHT
Qroat Br lain and France Are Co
vlnced that Russian Reds In
tend to Take Warsaw.
Hytho, Eng. Great Hrltaln ane
Franco are convinced tliat the hoi
Rhovikl Intend to capture Warsaw and
set up a. soviet government In Po
land.
This was learned from un official
source following announcement at the
conference on Poland between Pre
miers Lloyd George of Great Hrltaln
and Millerand of France, that tho con
ference would continue and the pre
miers will pass on naval, military and
economic plans to save Poland. Tho
plans are being drawn up by Marshal
Foeh and Kiold Marshal Sir Henry
Wilson, chief of tho British Imperial
staff.
Thoso developments followed of
ficial announcement that tho soviet
had refused a ten days' truce, request
ed by Lloyd Gcorgo In Friday's meet
ing with tho Russian mission headed
by M Kanienoff and Krassin.
While there has been no talk ol
officially declaring war on Russia, the
allies have decided to glvo Poland all
posslblo military, naval and economic
assistance at onco.
The premiers received two notes
from Moscow. They sent another to
the soviet and advised Poland to seek
a truce direct from tho bolshevik!,
who Indlcuto if the request canto from
the Polos It might have a bolter
ehanco. One of tho bolshovlkl notes
said a mooting of tho Poles and Rub
alans had been called for Minsk and
that the bolshovlkl preferred to make
their own arrangements with tho
Polos.
It was reliably reported that tho
blockade of Russia would be relm
posed Immediately.
Lloyd Goorgo has doferrod his state
ment In tho house of commons until
later.
Tho French are urging establish
ment of a defensive lino hi Poland,
olther beforo Warsaw or Immediately
behind It. M. Mlllorand also proposed
that tho French and British troops in
the ploblsclto areas bo used chiefly
for moral Biipport and that Rumania
and Ctocho-Slovakia also bo urged to
send troops.
Followiij the conferonco, M. Mil
lrand proscntod for approval of the
British delegates a declaration warn
ing Oormany that If an attompt is
made to corporate with tho bolshovlkl
tho allies will occupy the Ruhr and
othor points In Germany.
i
Dlssatlsfleld with Cox's Stand.
Chicago. "Gov. Cox's failure to
take a doflnlto stand concerning pos
sible repeal of tho Volstead act and
tho eighteenth amendment is looked
upon with disfavor and disappoint
ment by tho prohibition party," Virgil
O. Illnshaw, chairman or the party's
national commlttoo, said. Ho pre
viously had characterized Sonatot
Harding's stand as "unsatisfactory."
Neither candidate has takon the
stand it was hopod ho would tako
firm opposition to any change In tho
present laws uffectlug prohibition," ho
said.
Attempt to Dynamite Ford Plant.
Detroit. Authorities aro investigat
ing what thoy bollovo may have been
an attempt to dynamite part of t'no
Ford Motor company's plant when dy
oamlto, wrapped In a towol, was found
by a fireman In tho engine room of the
dry kiln. Tho dynamite was traced to
one of tho waste paper baskets In the
factory yard.
Governor Seeks Equal Freight Rate.
Chicago. Gov. W. L Harding ot
Iowa, left for Washington to appeal to
tho Interstate cominorco commission
to equalize freight rates by rail and
water on grain from the west to the
east so" that grain 'can be moved
through Chicago and then by boat to
Buffalo and from thero
Throe Boys Drown.
Butte, Mont -Three boys. William
Harrington. William Nevlu and John
Gllinore, all of tills city, were drowned
In a resorvolr nour Ilutto when a raft
on which Oilmoro was riding over
turned. Harrington and Novln lost
their livos In an endoovor to rescue
him.
Train Strikes Auto; Five Dead.
East Liverpool O. Five men wore
instantly killed und another died later
when u Pennsylvania passenger train
struck an automobile in which they
wore riding in Salem, O , near hero.
The dead mon were Rumanian labor
ers 'who lived at Salem.
Will Talk Peace with Rumania. '
London. A wireless dispatch from !
Hfosoow announced that Foreign Min
Uter Tchlterln. ot the Russian soviet
i
government, Iibb sent a note to tho l l8 rKtt "8 """"K easier Thero
Rumanian govommont saying Russia l,as bo(",1 " "J"" " H negotla
is prepared to resume peace negotla- ,'nn'! w'1 ' h!!, ,l'"" 'lologatlon.
tiona with thnt country. Tho minister ' '' U '" 0,d- wl11 ,,u,0"(1 " tho
ascribes tho break In tho previous no- tt )lU" " J'1""",'' ,"a(1 been e
KOtlatlons to a misunderstanding rl! I'1, U,at ' rom,01r 'oyl aooriso. who
Get $40,000 In Whisky.
Chicago. Whisky valued at $40,000
yr&B stolen from a warehouse In a day
light robbery
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UNITED STATES TROOPS
ARE SENT TO DENVER
Armed Guard3 Fire Volley of Rifle
Shots Into Advancing Mob of
Several Hundred.
Denver, Colo. - Denver will bo
placed uiidor martial law, it was de
cided at a conference between Mayor
Halloy, police officials. Col. Ballon,
commander at Fort Logan, and stato
officials. The proclamation is now
being prepared, it was announced.
Thn strike of the trainmen cm-
ployed by the Denver Tramway men's
union.
The action of the committee was
taken following a long meeting con
vened immediately after Judge Gree
ley W Whltford in the circuit court
Issued an ordor directing the union
chiefs to recall the striko order.
Tramway officials declared Uiat no
policy icgarding taking the men back
had been formulated
In announcing the committee's de
cision, Henry Sllherg, president of
tho union, said:
"Wo have deliberated long and
seriously and have decided to call a
mass meeting of tlo men for tomor
iow morning at fl o'clock in order to
iccoinmoiiil to thorn that wo go back
to work and stnrt whore wo loft off
in order to prevent fuither bloodshed
"We do this solely that thero may
not bo any more bloodshed. Whllo
none of our boys were Implicated,
nevertheless wo feel that It Is up to
us to make this move to preserve tho
lives of Innocent parties."
Rioting in connection with tho
strike, which was called at 5 a. in,
last Sunday, has cost five lives and
thousands of dollars In propel ty dam
age Fifty persons have been in-
Injured and thirty-eight arrested
connection with tho rioting.
in
Try to Film President.
Wellington, IJ. C President Wil
ion found a big crowd outside tho
White House as ho started for his sec
ond carriage drlvo of tho week. Half
a dozen moving plcturo operators who
tried to lit in tho carriage, which re
sembled vehicles of tho days of Lin
coln, weio shooed away by police Tho
piesldeut lifted his straw hat to tho
crowd and as tho carrlago top was
down cveiybody got a closoup vlow.
lie smiled good naturedly
Says Kidnaped Babe Alive.
Philadelphia After ten hours of In
resaant grilling. Augusto Pasqualo
alias Pascol held by the pollco as an
accomplice in tho kidnaping of 13-
month-old Blakely Coiighlln, began to
weaken and lunile an appeal to tho
captors of the child to return him In
21 hours or he would toll all ho knows.
Thin was announced by MnJ Adams,
noad of the Pennsylvania stato police,
whoso men c.iptuied Pasqualo at ICgg
llnilmi. N J.
Boy Smothero In Oats Bin.
Aulia, la -Slego Hnnses, 12 was
Miiotlicicd to death In an oats bin nt
the home of his patents The men
"U threshing and hauling oats from
the bine The spout bocamo clogged
and when Guy Stolnmotz tried to dis
lodge the obstruction ho took hold of
the boy's foot The nolso of tho
thresher Is supposod to havo drowned
the boy's cries when he fell into tho
bin
Mother and Daughter Lose Lives.
York Neb Mrs Louis Wagner and
hor daughter. Meta, aged 16. wero
binned to death in a fire which nearly
ilestroyod tholr farm homo sovoral
miles from York The fire started
from an explosion in an oil stovb.
Brings Gold Bullion.
New York - The steamer Adriatic
arrived horo from Southampton and
Cherbourg with gold bullion valued
at 401.000 pounds.
Allies Hope to Stop Reds.
London The Polish crisis Is still
J"0, b,,t !ua rom,,t of developments
r.,,1 .,,7 ui.vumi'.iiiiuii ux r iuiii ftiarsntu
fllr Henry Wilson, will moot Premier
Mlllerand. of France, and Marshal
Foch, either at Folkestone or Boul-
ogne, to decide upon tho fuUtro course
ol events.
5p
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DATE FOR RAILWAY RATE
ENFORCEMENT AGREED ON
Officials Will Ask Canadian Commis
sioners for Permission to Apply
increases in Dominion.
Washington, D. C. Now freight
rates and passenger faros will bo
made effective on August 26 Instead
of on August 20 for passongor fares
and August 25 for freight tariffs, rail
read officials announced.
At tho same time It was announced
that the American railroads would ask
tho Canadian railroad commissioners
for permission to make tho new rates
offoctlvo on transportation from the
United States to the Dominion.
Decision to poBtpono the putting
into effect of tho advance in the
charges last Saturday by the inter
state commerce commission from tho
dates unnounced came after tariff ex
perts had Informed A. P. Thoin, gen
eral counsel for tho Association of
Railway Executives, that It would be
Impossible to have tho schedules
ready beforo August 21. Undor orders
of the Interstate commerce commis
sion tho now schedules must bo filed
five days before becoming effective
Application of tho now schedules to
transportation to Canada, officials
said, would mean that shippers will
pay freight charges under tho now
tarrifs for their classification terri
tories unloss the shipment passes
through mote than one group beforo
crossing the line, In which case tho
interritorlal rate, to bo advanced 33
per cent, would apply.
Canadian railways, it was said, will
apply, to tho commission for authority
to make tho now charges effective on
transportation from tho dominion into
tho United States.
Incroased rovenues, officially esti
mated at $100,000,000 annually, will
accruo to tho treasury in the advance
In railroad transportation rates. Tho
added Income, officials said, would be
derlvod from increased transportation
taxes paid by tho public as woll as
through operation of tho incoino and
excise provisions of the revenue laws.
Transportation taxes for tho year
ending Juno 30 aggregated approxi
mately $231,000,000. This was mado
up from tho 3 per cent tax on freight
charges amounting to $125,0U0,000,
tho 8 por cent tax on passenger
tickets supplying $100,000,000 and tho
8 por cont tax on Pullman charges
producing $0,500,000.
Should tho present traffic continue
all theso amounts would bo increased.
On this basis revenue officials calcu
late tho additional taxes will aggre
gato $38,550,000 on freight. $18,700,
000 on passenger and $3,500,000 ou
Pullman charges.
Bandits Gets $20,000.
Davenport, la. Six men hold up
and robbed tho Commercial Savings
bank of Mollno, 111 , of a sum estimated
at $20,000. according to the police.
The robbers made tholr escape In nn
automobile
The rniitinm nhnt phnrinn I
Mohlor, a barber, when ho ran out of
his shop across tho street to glvo tho
alarm and ho may die. Pollco arrived
ns tho bandits wero leaving and u re
volver battle ensued on the stroots,
but tho bandit car got away.
Lloyd Conviction Helps State.
Chicago. State's Attorney Macloy
lloyno expressed confidence of obtain
ing n verdict against "Big Bill" Hay
ward and Uti other 1. W. W as a result
of conviction of William Bross Lloyd
and 19 fellow members of tho eomniun-
isi-iaoor party on a cnargo of con
spiring to overthrow the fedoral gov
ernment Americans Enlisting.
Waisaw. - Many Americans and
British subjects, iucluding sevural for
mer office! , aro reported by the re
cruiting offlcors to be enlisting ns
Polish volunteers.
League Will Meet Nov. 1.
Iomlon. Tho League of Nations
council meeting at San Sobastlan,
opiiln. has decstded to call a meeting
of the leaguo assombly in Geneva on
November 1, an Exchango Tolograph
dispatch said.
Tobacco Stores Dividend.
Now York. Tho Schulto Retail
Store corporation tobacconists do
dared a dividend ot 50 pur cont pay-
fltlln AtlLMlut ' i fin nil imtiitiwi.i uf...l
cX record on August 9.
A CLCW IC FOUND TO THC
JAPANESE "0?CN DOOR'
"Underground System" Extends Over
Pacific Mexican Guards Bribed
to Admit Orientals.
Tacoma, Wash. Definite location
of tho "underground system" on tho
i Pacific coast "by which thousands of
' Japanese are smuggled Into the Unit
ed States yearly' was announced
here by Congressman Albert Johnson,
' chairman of tho house subcommittee)
on immigration and naturalization,
. which roassombled here to investigate
1 Japaneso nctlvltios in the northwest.
"Until we came to the northwest
we had only an Indefinite idea of tho
operations by which Japanese are
brought surreptitously Into the United
States," said Chairman Johnson. "Now
we have tho key, so to speak; wo have
found that the Japanese underground
systom begins at Yokohama. From
thence it leads to Honolulu and ex
tends on across the Pacific to Guaya-
mas, ou the Gulf of California.
"Here, either by water or across
the border, the Japanese invaders aro
smuggled into tho United States. A
perfect system of escort has been
established which take care ot, the
details of tho smuggling. Mexican
guards aro known to have been bribed
with $10 at the United States-Mexican
border. The same careful system ol
escort has been established both at
Yokohama and Honolulu.
"Once tho Japaneso Is smuggled
Into California he is taken in tow by
some members of theJapanese as
sociation, branches of which are in
Oregon and Washington. He is taken
to the bank and his credit established
by substantial deposit.
"Then ho goes out into tho vino
yards or into tho agricultural districts
and hides for flvo yearsi At the ex
piration of this time ho can como out
of seclusion. If he is questioned by
tho government authorities as to hit
rosldence here he can quickly estab
lish this by taking tho authorities
where five years beforo ho made his
first deposit. This establishes his
bona fldo residence of five years as
required by statute."
"Tho Japanese associations in the
various cities make no tecord for
government observation of any ol
theBc unlawful entries Into tho coun
try," Congressman Johnson continued.
"We have not been able to find one
secretary, of a Japanese association
who can furnish us with any informa
tion as to how various members of
his association came into this coun
try. As 'a matter of fact, wo are posi
tive that theso associations in Wash
ington, Oregon and California are aid
Ing in tho surreptitious system of
Japaneso entry Into tho United States.
"Wo havo found the records con
fusing as to the number of Japanoso
in tho United States. As a matter of
fact, It would be impossible for the
United States to tako a correct census
of the Japaneso population because
tho consus takers could not locato all
tho Japanese hore.
"Theso Japaneso associations pro
tect tholr countrymen who aro smug
gled in, and wo know It to bo a fact.
The United States authorities aro
perfectly cognizant of the route of
this underground systom of unlawful
transportation and will take some ac
tion at onco."
Reds Make Drive Into Asia.
Washington, - D. C Soviet , Russia
has followed up its successes against
Poland with a thrust Into southwest
ern Asia and tisforcos already are
threatening the Poisian capital of Te
heran. This rather unexpected movo
?s believed by some officials and diplo
mats hero to be directed against Brit
ish and French domain in tho near
east and Asia. News of tho soviet
army's advance south and west of tho
Caspian sea was conveyed in official
dispatches from J. L. Caldwell, Amer
ican minister to Persia and the Amei
lean consul at Tabriz.
Collector Robbed by Bandits.
Kansas City, Mo. Motor car ban
dits carried out a second daylight rob
bery hoie whon threo men in an nuto
moblle robbed a Standard Oil company
collector of $1,100 and escaped. Sov-
oral hourB earlier three bandits held
up a 17-year-old messenger of Wilson
& Co , pnekors in Kansas City, Kan ,
and escaped with $3,170.
W. O. W. Rates Sustained.
Nobraska City, Nob In tho dis
trict court horo Judgo Button, ot
Fremont, rendered Ills decision in tho
Biiit sought to restrain tho head of
ficers of tho Woodmen of tho World
from raising insurance rates Judge
Button denied tho injunction, holding
In ffect that tho Increase was Justi
fiable. Rumania Sends Reds Ultimatum.
Vlonna. Rumania has served nn ul
timatum on soviet Russia, giving tho
Soviets throe days to withdraw tholr
troops from Rumanian territory, nc
cording to a Belgrade dispatch. In tho
event of Russia's failure to comply, it
Is added, Rumania will declare a gen
eral niobti'.yution.
Seek Plot In Coal Shortage.
Chicago. Chief Justico Roboit E3.
Crow, addressing tho August stato
grand jury askod that body to bogln
Immediately an Investigation to deter
mine it thorn Is "a criminal conspiracy
In Cook county to bring about a coal
shortage for Mio purpose ot manipulat
ing prices." "A coal fatnlnQ threat
ens Chicago and unless It is rollovcd
boforo winter hardship, suffering and
possibly death will result," ho said,
Many ot tho prlncpal bituminous op
orators ot Illinois nnd Indiana have
their headquarters In Chicago.
CORNHUSKER
EMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska,
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Recietnry of State Amberry has no
titled till county clerks that polls must
remain open from S a. in. to S) p. in.
nn hour later than other elections for
the special election .September 1M to
vote upon proposed amendments to the
state constitution. Ballots for women
voters arc to be specially deslgnnteil
ns such by n printed line at the top,
but the men's ballots will have no par
ticular marking. Separate ballot boxes
for the two sexes are to be used.
Governor McKelvle lias extended the
reprieve of Grnmmur and Cole to Sep
tember 30. On that date the prisoners
lire to be electrocuted In accordance
with u .sentence pronounced seeral
years ago In Howard county anil af
firmed by the .supreme court of Ne
braska. The sta wns Issued for the
reason that drummer 1ms a suit pend
ing In the federal court at St. Paul,
Minn.
Trenmore Cone, president of the
Consumers Sand Company of Valloj,
In a protest filed with the .state railway
commission against the Increased
freight rates announced by the Inter
state Commerce commission, declared
that the advance will seriously Injure
the sand and gravel business in Ne
braslni. An American ling, the prize for the
best dressed nnd best drilled Ciimptlre
organization In ten counties, was
awarded to Kezekone camp of Pluts
moutli at the big celebration held here
last week. Members of camps from
ten counties of Nebraska and Iowa at
tended the celebration.'
Arrangements are being mnde for
nn airplane race, the ilrst of its kind
to be held In Nebraska, September 10,
from Omaha to Crawford, a distance
of 47:5 miles, as a feature of the trl
state fair and race meet which opens
at Crawford on thnt date. Prizes ag
gregating $2,500 will be offered.
One of the all-metal monoplanes,
blazing the air mail route from const-to-coast,
wns put out of commis
sion when It crashed Into a small
dwelling at Omaha. Both plane and
house were demolished.
A number of prominent conl dealers
over the state bine expressed them
selves as believing the new freight
rnte, effective August 120, will boost
the price of coal around .f2 per car.
At a special election citizens of
O'Neill oted ?..1,000 worth of bonds
for the extension of the city water
mains and the erection of a new water
tower of 11)0,000 gallons capacity.
Reports an current at Omaha, and
federal olllclals there are Inclined to
believe they are authentic, thnt air
planes are being used to bring liquor
from Canada Into Nebraska.
Deshler's big broi, n factory, which
recently declared a dividend ot 10 per
cent, did a half million dollars' worth
of business the past year, and paid out
$100,000 In wages.
It Is estimated that the increased
freight rates granted railroads by the
Interstate Commerce Commission will
cost Nebraska shippers $20,000,000 a
year.
Stockholders of the Fanners' Union
Co-Operatlve association of Filley have
filed articles of Incorporation. The
company Is Incorporated for $o0,000.
A farmer near Murdock, Gus Wendt,
threshed 12,000 bushels of wheat from
a .100-ucre Held. He sold the grain for
$2.00 n bushel, $31,200 all told.
Severn! sections of Gage county are
reported infested with grasshoppers.
They aro confined to small areas, how
ever, and have done but little damage.
Residents of Paxton have Instructed
the board of trustees to call a bond
election to vote on bonds for water,
light nnd sewer.
Mindon's crack baseball team has
disbanded because Kearney county
dads repealed the law permitting Sun
day games.
Crop experts estimate that this
j ear's wheat and corn crops will bring
oer MOO.OOO.OOO to farmers, of Ne
braska. The campaign to raise $100,000 for
Midland college at Fremont, is pro
gressing satisfactorily, it is reported.
A largo oats field In the vicinity of
Deshler ineraged seventy bushels to
the acre.
Charles Shoemaker of Kile City won
the horseshoe-pitching championship of
Nebrnska nt the Fremont tournament.
0er 100 horseshoe stars entered the
match, which was the llrst annual state
tourney.
Nebraska soldiers and sailors who
served In the Spanish-American war,
or Philippine Insurrection, In any de
gree disabled, ure eligible to a pen
sion under the Act of June .r, 1920,
known as the Sells bill. Any one de
siring further information, address
Chas. L. Cllne, 1470 So. 10th St.,
Omaha.
Work on McCook's new quarter mil
lion dollar hotel Is moving along nip
idly. The state railway commission has
Issued a warning to all grain dealers
In the state that except at termlnnl
polns, tho storage of grain without
taking out a license Is n misdemeanor
under tho Nebraska law.
Beeauso they did not consider n bid
of $322 an ucre adequate, referees dis
posing of the farm estate of the late
N. Pnscoe, In Dodge county, determin
ed to udvertls a new sule in November,
Tliresher-j at the farm of .,, i.n ,r.
Durr in Otoe county, itlscoc'c I pieces
of chains, scraps of iron ,hh oil,,.,
Iinrd substances tied Into : m-Us t
wheat after the separator c. Under bad
been damaged almost lie.Miml repair.
County olllclals mnde an Investigation,
but no trace of the guilty ii-trtv was
found. Mr. Durr was an ardent war
worker and It Is believed that the deed
was done by some disgruntled mis
creant who disapproved of his aiding
the government.
F.xcept for Arthur, Bnnner ami Per
kins counties, whose reports were In
completethe total assessed vuluatlon
of all property In Nebraska this yenr,
as returned by county assessors to the
state board of equalization, is $70S,
:t8;f,!H4, compared with a $r00,S7:!,01G
In 11)10, the time of the last revalua
tion of real estate.
A decided shake-up has taken place
In the Omaha police force, the latest
dismissal being John Dunn, captain of
tho detective force, for alleged misap
1 epilation of police pension funds.
Chief of Police Eberstein Is .slated to
go and several patrolmen have lost
their jobs lately for conniving with
thieves and other offenses.
Saline county voters will decide on
September 14 whether the countv seat
will be transferred from Wllb'er to
Ciete. The feud between the towns is
of long duration since Wither won tho
county seat from Crete in 1877 by a
100-vote margir.
The report of Nebraska's assessed
valuation, issued by the state board of
equalization, shows that farm lands
have been raised 04 per cent, as com
pared with 1910; other real estate .')
per cent, and personal property, as a
whole, 40 per cent.
With Arthur and Perkins counties
missing the total number of automo
biles In Nebraska In April 1 was
178,829. At the present time, accord
ing to the stnte board of equalization,
the total number of motor cars regis
tered Is 227,000.
Lieutenant Omar Locklear, famous
stunt aviator, who wab killed In nn nir
plane accident nt Los Angeles, Cal., a
few days ago, was scheduled to make
several fancy lllghts at the State Fair
at Lincoln, next month.
The best oat yield reported In the
Hardy vicinity wns eighty bushels to
the acre, and the best barley yield
llfty-elght bushels to the acre, both of
which were produced on the farm own
ed nnd managed by Mrs. Edith Garvin.
The State Bonrd of Control awarded
contracts for the erection of a blg
dining hall and hospital addition at the
Institution for feeble-minded at Bent
rice. The buildings will tost approxi
mately $100,000.
The big Skinner packing plant at
South Omaha, wlilcli has been closed
for some time because of extended lit
igation involving its officers and stock
holders, Is to resume operation next
month, it is planned.
The village board of Grant has de
cided to dispense with the old gasoline
lighting plant nnd Install a modem
.stonm plant instead. The present
plant is Inadequate to meet Increasing
demands.
Merchants over the state predict n
drop of from thirty to lifty cents for
48 pounds of Hour within a few days.
The price lias been gradually going
down nt Lincoln and elsewhere of late.
Nebraska officials are planning to
enforce gnme laws this year more vig
orously than ever before. A force of
ten deputy wardens is being pluced In
the field to arrest violators.
From 350 to 400 delegates from 204
posts from nil pnrts of the state, aie
expected to attend the stnte convention
of the American Legion to be held nt
Hastings, August 2G, 27 and 28.
A large amount of new wheat Is
being received at the elevators In Gngu
county, and some of them have shut
down because they are unable to get
cars to move the grain.
Fire of undetermined origin destroy
ed the Chris Hansen Implement house
and a building containing $30,000
worth of implements and trucks at
Hastings.
The Bloonilleld school board has let
a contract for the election of an aux
iliary school building, made necessary
by increased attendance.
At the recent democratic pow-wow
nt Omaha former Gosornor Keith Ne
ville of North Platte was named chair
man of the party's state committee.
Tho Coinhiisl.er highway between
Fieinont und Lincoln lias been lln
Ishetl, and the load Is now open to
trael.
Plans have been completed tor tho
erection of a $0.-0,000 Catholic semi
nary near Hellenic College in Douglas
county.
Fedeial census figures gle Greeley
county a population ot 8,085.
Ure caused by lightning destroyed
the Farmers' Union elevator at Knox,
Yoik county. Thlrty-llVe hundred
bushels of wheat, 1,!500 bushels of onts
and 200 bushels of corn were in the
building.
The iMiporiance of Dodge county as
a seed wheat producing center Is
stressed In a statement issued by 1
County Agent llouer, who announces
thnt the other counties or tiie state nre
asking for Kanred wheat, produced in
the uimty this jear.
Fanners and business men of Do
Witt aie erecting a sales pavilion to
cost approximately $10,000.
Thirty-live counties in the state, out
of the 93, have been increased in alr
nation over tho icports of the coiitr
assessors ranging from 5 to r.o per
cent. Thirty-one counties were decreas
ed and 20 remain as reported.
H. O. Johnson, who operates tho
John Gram farm, near Mead, threshed
20 acres of wheat that yleldud 1,170
bushels, or 40 bushels pir acre. This
Is one of the best yields for so large a
piece of ground that bus been reported.
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