DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
ACTION TAKEN
BY HIE HOUSE
80-DAY PERIOD UNDER MARINE
ACT EXPIRES.
OFFICERS MAINTAIN SILENCE
Bhlpplnn BUI Reveals Certain Clauses
Which Mean Nullification of
All Covenants.
Washington, D. C Expiration of
tho ninety-liny period allowed tho
president by tho new merchant ma
rine act to give notice of tlio lnton
tion of tho Unfted Statos to revoko
certain clauses of commercial treaties
brought no official announcement
from tho executive) department of tho
government.
Statu department officials, whoso
study of commercial troutlos to which
tho United States is a signatory, has
rovoalod that about twenty-fivo such
pacts contruveno tho merchant ma
rine act, declined absolutely to say
.whether any decision has been
reached or any action taken.
Clauses or existing treaties which
must bo revoked aro those which In
the words of tho act "restrict tho
right of tho United States to Impose
discriminating customs duties on im
ports mitering tho United Stacs in
foreign vessels and In vessels of tho
'United Statos, and which also restrict
tho right of tho United States to im
poso discriminatory tonnage dues on
foreign vessels and on vessels of the
Unltod States entering tho United
Statos."
Speculation has been widespread as
to' tho effect of notices to other na
tions of this government's Intention
to revoko such clauses. Officials have
expressed almost general belief that
the revocation of tho clauses will lead
to abrogation of tho ontiro treaties.
Many of tho treaties cannot ho abro
gated1 except on u year's notice, and
Ui 1b, in tho opinion of somo officials,
will permit remedial legislation bo
foro tho pact's expiration, if it really
was not tho intention of congress to
take such a "radical" step, as somo
officials bollovo.
Treaties with Argentina, China, Li
beria, Panama and Tripoli, howovor,
could bo abrograted by thoso govern
ments Immediately. Upon their abro
gation department of commorco offi
cials bollovo noctlons of tho Under
wood tariff act of 1913. nrovidtnit for
i discrimination of 15 por cent in fa
vor of Imports carried in Aniorlcan
vessels as compared with importu car
ried In bottoms of these nations,
would automatically come Into effect.
Chairman Ilonson, of the shipping
board, has taken nn opposlto vlow,
und linn insisted that no discrimina
tion was Imposed against foreign ship
ping unless provoke
Secretary of Commorco Aloxandor
explained tho view that American for
eign trade would have nothing to fear
even should tho president glvo tho
rovdcatlon notices, Opposition to this
Bection of tho act, as well as tho on
tiro morchant marine law, ho said,
conuti from foreign lntoiosts who seek
to thwart tho Unilod 8tates In its pol
icy of developing n ponnanont mer
chant marine.
Kino Threatens MacSweney's Release.
London.- Reports of serious dlvor
gonco'of opinion In high governmental
circles over tho advisability of releas
ing Lord Mayor Tcrronco Macgwonoy
of Cork, dyng on hunger strlko in
Ilrlxton Jail, aro gaining wido circu
lation horo. King George, at tho In
tercession of Quoon Mary, threatened
to lssuo a royal proclamation freeing
MuoSwcnoy. Prcmlor Lloyd Georgo
contornd with a threat to hold up tho
proclamation if It is Issued.
Polish Offensive Grows.
Warsaw. Tho scope of tho bol
nhevlst defeat in tho Lemberg region
continues to grow, according to tho
official communique. Crushing of
General Iludonny north of Lemberg
has opened the way for a general Pol
ish advance and tho Poles huvo gonn
forward from ir. to 40 miles on a front
of more than 100 miles.
Boston Strike Growinu Worse,
lloston -Further walkouts of union
freight haudlors In sympathy with tho
longshoremen who are on- strlko In
Bympathy with tho Sinn Felners was
expected. They refuse to handle Brit
lob goods, llrltlsh shipping out of
IJoston was at a complete standstill.
Irish Envoy Ordered Out.
Loudon. UrortotGnvan Duffy, Ko
called ambassador of the Irish repub
lic to Prunco, has been given 2 hours
by tho Fronolt government in which
to leave Frnuco, it wns officially
stated bore.
Ulsterles Plan Oefensp.
Belfast. Most urgent sni Important
basilicas says an official report, was
transacted at the nisetluK of the UI
Hter unionist council lit connection
witii tho grave situation facing the
loyalist of the province Certain
proposals wore adopted unanimously
' with a view to uimstiim the demand
for full and immediate protection of
those whose livu urs Imperiled by tho
present disturbances, the report adds.
Meanwhile, the oounoll earnestly ap
peals to all loyal tsuljuoiu of the king
to assist the authorities
1 Tlie Obstructionist j
THE PACKER8 WILL GET
RID OF THE STOCKYARDB
Boston Firm Is Obliged to Take Over
Entire Yard Interest of
"Big Five."
Washington, D. C Ultlmato own
ership of tho great stock yards by llvo
stock dealers and producors is pro
posed by tho "big five" meat pack
ing companies in a plan for disposi
tion of their yird holdings filed' in
tho District of Columbia supremo
court,
Halo of tho packer lntorosts in tho
stock yards was nscoBttitatod by a re
cent court docrco compelling tho pack
ing companlos to dlvost themselves of
all ownership of yards, terminal rail
ways and market nowepapors.
An option of sale of tho packor
stock yard interests to P. II. Prlnco
& Co., Boston capitalists, was mado
a part of tho record filed hero. Tho
BoBton company Is obllgatod, under its
option, to tako over tho ontiro Inter
ests of the "big five" in flftoon im
portant markot places. Tho company
proposes formation of a holding com
pany which will offer Its securities to
persons who produce and sell llvo
stock and will provldo theso porsons
with representation In tho manage
ment of tho properties.
Tho packor lntorost comprises ap
proximately, 152,000 shares of Btock in
tho flftoon yards. Tholr val.uo Is es
timated at from $30,000,000 to ?40,
000,000. Government officials, however, havo
not finally agreed to tho plan and
havo until Soptombor 28 to file ob
jections. Counsol for tho packers
grantod permission by tho court to
chango or amond tholr proposal at
any tlmo prior to Soptombor 21. Tho
plan will bo argued finally boforo
October 7.
Proportion covered In tho tentative
agreement with Prlnco & Co,, includo
yards and railroads at Sioux City, St.
Paul, St. Joseph, Fort Worth, Kansas
City, East St. Louis, Oinnha, Okla
homa City, Loulsvlllo, Denver, Chi
cago, Pittsburgh, Now Orleans, 131
Paso and Wichita. Swift & Co., tho
court was Informed, wns still endeav
oring to disposo of small yards at Jor
soy City, Newark, Mllwaukeo, Port
land and Cleveland to local lntorosts.
Brooklyn Faces Long Fight.
New York. Prospocts of a long
drawn out contest botwoon tho Brook
lyn Rapid Transit company and its
striking employos woro apparont.
With virtually no lncroaso In sorvlco
by tho subways, elevated roads and
trolleys siueu tho unexpectod strlko
seriously crippled tho system, both
tho company and tho strikers do
clared their determination to fight to
a finish. Meanwhile, Brooklyn's 2,
000,000 rosldonts struggled with Im
provlsod moans of convoyanco.
Tennessee House Rescinds Action.
Nashville, Tonn. Tho Tonnessoo
house of reprcseutntlvos, with a quo
rum prenant for tho first tlmo slnco
August 20, expunged from Its- Joup
nal all rocord of ratification of tho
federnl suffrago amondmont and voted
47 to 24, with twenty not voting, to
non-concur In tho action of tho souato
In ratifying tho amendment.
Inferior Goods from Gernfany.
Washington. Germany Is dumping
Its surplus of Inferior goods In tho
Unltod Statos and England and is
nmrklng its exports to Groat Britain
"Mndo In Amorlca" and Its oxports to
tho Unltod States "Mado in Eng
land," official advices received hero
stated.
Oil Man Held In Murder.
Chicago. Gerald A. Stack, wealthy
oil promoter and real estato operator
of louder. Wyu in in Jail horo
charged with tho murder of Paul
Brown, as tho aftermath of n road
house party at Nlles, near hero.
Held for Wyoming Holdup.
Lander, Wyo. Two suspects aro in
Jail hero following an wt tempt to kill
tho general manager of tho Popouln
mine and two paymasters in moun
tains and steal tho pay roll of ?45.
U0U. One man was seriously Injured
In tho fighting. The monoy was
iiiived.
Rumanian Cabinet Quits.
Parla. Tho resignation of tho Ru
munlau cabinet headod by Promlnr
AYoresco, is announced In Berlin (lis-patches.
A WAGE BOOST GRANTED
TO THE HARD COAL MINERS
Raise of 17 and 20 Per Cent Men No-
tif led to Accept Award and
to Carry It Into Effect.
Washington, D. C.Presldent Wil
son approved tho majority roport of
tho anthraclto coal commission award
ing anthracite miners wago increases
aggregating fS5,000,000 nnd notified
tho minors that he expected them "to
accept tho award and carry it Into ef
fect In good faith."
Replying to threats from tho min
ors that they would stop work Sep
tember 1 unless tho minority report
of tho commission recommending a
hiehor award than provided In tho
majority, woro accepted, tho president
stated definitely that tho majority
award would not bo sot asldo.
Tho majority roport of tho com
mission signed by W. O. Thompson,
president of Ohio state university, rep
resentative of tho public and chair
man, nnd B. W. L. Connoll, of Scran
ton, Pa,, representing tho operators,
granted wago Increases of 20 and 17
per cent nbovo tho present wago scale.
Tho 20 per cent Increaso waB award
ed contract minors and tho advanco
of 17 per cent was recommended for
company miners, monthly men, min
ers' laborors and consideration min
ers. Noal J. Forry, of McAdoo, Pa., rep
resenting tho minors, whoso minority
report tho workers havo indorsed,
recommended a minimum wago of $G
a day for adult day laborors and un
Increaso of 31 por cent for contract
workers.
In refusing tho request of tho min
ers for ncceptanco of tho minority ro
p6rt, tho presldont called attention
to a resolution adopted by tho miners
In convention agreeing to accept tho
findings of such a commission as ho
appointed.
Tho president further told tho min
ors that If tholr communication was
intended ns a threat they could rest
assured tha tho challenge would be ac
cepted and thnt tho people of tho
country wold find somo substitute fuel
to tido them ovor "until the real sen
timent of tho anthraclto mine work
ors can find expression nnd they aro
roady to abldo by, tho obligations thoy
havo ontored into."
Immediately upon announcement
that tho president had npprovod tho
majority roport Secretary of Labor
Wilson, at tho dlroctlon of tho presi
dent, issued a call for a meotlng at
Scranton of tho Joint anthracite scalo
committoos of oporators and United
Mlno Workers of America to write tho
terms of tho award In a contract to bo
offectlvo until March 31, 1922.
Tho wngo lncroaso recommended by
tho mnjority report will amount to an
annual lncroaso In pay of IS5.000.000
and In tho paymont of $18,000,000 back
pny, accumulated slnco last April 1.
Interest of tho general public in tho
award centered lnrgely in the effect on
tho prlco of hard coal Tho commis
sion said that whllo making substan
tial Improvement in tho situation of
tho minors, It hud declined to commit
Itsolf to a decision that might Justly
bo considered an oncouragemont to
tho so-cnlled "vicious upward spiral"
of prices.
Tho result, tho commission said,
was that tho awards, while provid
ing improved conditions for tho work
ers, could offor no justification for any
ndvances In tho rotnll prices of coal.
"Tho award has not passed a groat
burden along to tho consumers of
coal," tho roport asserted Any sharp
advnuco In the retail mice of coal
could not bo charged to the oporators,
tho miners or tho award."
To Make Honduras Dry.
Now Orleans, La. Plans for making
Honduras dry aro bolng nudo by Gen.
Lopez Gulttoroz, presldont of tho re
public, according to an announcement
rocolved by Dr. Eusoblo Toledo, Hon
duran consul gouoral here
Race Riots Feared.
Oklahoma City, Okla Directions
that all national guard units in Okla-
noma City bo hold In roadlnoss for
duty. In connection with pi.sslblo race
trouble growing out of tho lynching
Vi . lauua i-namuor. a negro, horo.
woro issued by Adjt. Gn. C. F. Bar
rett. Gon. Barrott's order followed n
day of rumors concerning threatened
clashes between whites and negroes
as a result of tho lynching. Chandler
wuh arrested following a raid upon nn
alleged moonshine still near Arcadia.
Oklaft
U. S. TROOPS ON DUTY
' IN WEST VIRGINA
Disorders In Connection with Strike
Prompt Governor to Call for
Fedoral Infantry.
Williamson, W. Va. A battalion of
United States infantry, numbering be
tween 400 and 500, undor command of
Col. Burkhardt, arrived from Camp
Sherman, Chllllcothe, O.
A dotachmcnl of soldiers will bo
stationed at each mine In the strlko
zono from Kermlt, east of Dolorme. a
distance of fifty miles, it was an
nounced. ' Col. Burkhardt was met by T. M.
Davis, adjutant general of West Vir
ginia, representing Gov. J. J. Cornwell,
who asked the government for troops
because of disorders in connection
with the strlko In tho Mingo field.
They visited the district and mapped
out distribution of troops. Of the
sixty-flvo mines in tho district, twenty
havo remained open during the strike.
Tho situation throughout Mingo
county wus reported quiet. Martial
law will not bo proclaimed, Col. Burk
hardt said, until necessity for such
action arises.
The residents of Mntowan nnd Will
Inmson nro said to have been relieved
considerably by tho arrival of troops,
particularly, according to local author
ities, in view of the approach of tho
trials of tho men indicted May 21 for
tho killing of seven detectives, tho
mayor and two other mt?n in battlo.
A number of witnesses in tho caso
havo 'received letters threatening tholr
lives and property, according to a
statomont issued by tho governor.
Kentucky national gunrdsmen are
on duty along tho Kentvcky-West
Virginia border.
Raleigh County Disorders.
Charleston, W. Va. Disturbances at
tho Willis Branch Coal company
mines, Willis Branch, Raleigh county,
woro renewed. A constable who at
tempted to enter the town was driven
out, according to information received
by tho Charleston Gazette from Magee
McCIung, prosecuting attorney of Pay
otto county. Thero was somo shoot
ing, according to Mr. McCIung, who
was at Fayettovllle, but no casualties
were reported.
Mr. McCIung said that when mine
guards wore surrendering their arms
they woro fired upon from ambush,
but thnt no ono was wounded. Twen
ty guards, McCIung stated, left Willis
Branch over tho Vlrvlnla rallroal
and were not molested.
Col. A. J. Arnold, head of tho state
pollco department, returned to
Charleston from Willis Branch. He
said tho situation was quiet thero
Tho six operations In tho field, he
said wore guarded by state police.
State constabulary men will bo ro
moved from Mingo County district to
other points In West Virginia, now
that fedoral troops have taken charge
Japan to Send Envoy to U. S.
Tokio. According to tho NIch
Nichi, Japan plans to send an unoffi
clal commissioner to tho United State1
to facilitate mutual understanding ant.
Improve relations between Japan anf
tho United States by delivery of pub
He lectures and other appropriate
means. Tho newspaper thinks Vis
count Kontaro Kanoko, member of the
hour of peers and privy councillor
will bo designated.
Find Beheaded Germans.
London. Tho bodies of ten Ger
mans with their heads blown off have
been found In a wood near Beuthen,
upper Silesia, says a dispatch from
Oppoln, to tho London Times. It Is
feared, adds tho roport, that when
this news spreads through upper Si
lesia, where fighting has occurred be
twoon German and Polish factions,
tho former will make roprisals.
Urge Governor to Retire.
Murfreesboro, Tenn. Resolutions
calling on Gov. Roberts to give up the
democratic nomination for re-election
because of his activities in the inter
est of tho ratification of tho suffrago
nmondmont wero adopted at a mass
meotlng' of anti-suffragists.
Mob Lynches White Man.
Tulsa, Okla. A mob estimated at
2,000 porsons participated In tho lynch
ing of Tom M. Owens, whlto, accused
of tho shooting several days ago or
Homor NIdn, a taxlcab driver, who
died at a hospital.
Sultan's Forces Small.
Constantinople. Tho sultan of Tur
key has rofusod to lead his forcos
against tho nationalists, declaring
them to tho too few In number. Tho
sultan's forces consist of only two bat
talions. Typhoon Does Heavy Damage.
Manila. An unusually sovero ty
phoon recorded horo caused hundreds
of thousands of dollars damngo. Eloc.
trie power was cut eff, leaving tho
city in darkness.
Performs 1,111th Wedding.
Ottuniwa, In. Rev. Jonathan Mee,
retired Buptli t minister, performed his
1,111th wedding ceremony here.
Quake Causes Panic.
London. Tho Islnud of Malta suf
fered an earthquake shock of consid
erable forco says a Central. News dis
patch from Rome. Numerous build
ings In Florena and tho surrounding
district wero damaged and tho popu
lation was in a panic, tho dispatch
says.
Two Yank Aviators Missing.
Honolulu. Lieut. II, R. Fox, of New
York city, and Corporal H. J. Cornet,
of Pennsylvania, who loft hero In su
army airplane, are missing.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL RZADSRS
Robert Simmons, ScottsblnlT, wns
chosen state c-omumnilrr of the Amer
ican Legion of Nebraska at the annual
session of tlio organization ut llust
ings. Other olllcors chosen arc: Vice
Commanders: E. S. Goodrich, Fnlr
biity; T. J. Dressier, Wayne; Lymuii
Wheeler, Omnlin. Chaplain, Demi C. R.
Tyner, Hustings. Delegates to national
convention, Earl Cllno, Nebraska City;
E. P. McDermott, Kearney; George
Fawoll, Lincoln ; T. .7. McC.ulre, Lin-
coin. National committeeman, E. P.
McDermott, Kearney. i
Actual assessed valuation of nil No- '
brnskit property ns equalized by the
state board of assessment, is S7(ii,210,
I.7S, or $191,42.'t,s:!9 more than the
equalized value of nil property In 1910.
The state levy last year wns 111 mills.
Tills year it is 10..'S9 mills, the increaso
being due largely to the revaluation of
lands nnd lots which are valued for
assessment every fourth year.
A pronounced success wns the ver
dict rendered by the nenriy 123,000
persons who attended "Achievement
Week" nt Iloldrego Inst week. It wns
a substitution for the old-fashioned
county fair, with exhibits of the coun
ty's products, baseball games, airplane
flights nnd get-together meetings and
a general good tlinj' for all the people
of tho community. '
Colonel Paul, adjutant general.i in
explaining the necessity for a Ne
braska National Guard, In nn nddross
at Lincoln, asserted thnt each com
pany 1b to consist of fifty men and
three olllcors, whereas the pre-war ba
sis was 100 men nnd thre! olllcors.
Attorney General Davis announced
at Lincoln that under the state law
women of Nebraska do not have to
'lvo their exact age when registering
as voters. The words "over 21," he
"ays, are sufficient. The snme rule ap
plies to men.
A coroner's Jury which Investigated
tho suicide of Herbert Harmon, 12-year-old
Beatrice boy, who crawled
nto a haymow, blindfolded himself nnd
'ilew out his bruins with a shotgun,
vns tillable to determine the cause of
rhe bid's act.
The Union Pacific railroad has
igrood to comply with the schedule of
freight rates fixed by the state rnllwuy
"onitnlsslon within Nebraska, allowing
inly 25 per cent Increase over those
hitherto charged.
The state labor department nt Lln
oln advises laboring men coming un
ler the compensation law not to sign
i contract for n job they are to do,
is they are then contractors nnd not
nborers.
The Lincoln highway through Ne
braska is being permanently marked
with enameled signs of steel, 10x21
inches in size, carrying the standard
marker In three colors.
Garden county fanners aro prepar
ing their land for a good acreage of
winter wheat this season. Tills year's
crop is running about twenty-ilvo bush
els to the ucre.
Tho American Legion chose Fremont
as the 1021 convention city for the or
ganization at the recent meeting nt
Fremont. August 21 to 27 wero the
dates selected.
A Nebraska pig, bred by the Uni
versity agricultural college?, wns ship
ped from Lincoln by airplane the other
day to the Wisconsin state fnlr at Mil
waukee. The census bureau nt Washington
announced the population of Keith
county us 5,201, an Increase of 1,001
over the 1010 census, or -ltt.4 per cent
gain In ten years.
The formation of a conipnny of Ne
braska National Guards at Auburn Is
progressing satisfactorily, more than
50 per cent of the required number
having signed up.
Mrs. Onirics G. Ryan of Grand
Island has sent her resignation ns fed
eral fair "price commissioner for Ne
braska to tho department of Justice nt
Wellington.1
Beglnplng October 1, .Schuyler will
have city mull delivery, with two let
ter carriers and one substitute currier.
Coznd now boasts of having more
paved streets thnn any town iietween
Kearney nnd Norh Platte.
A new $10,000 school building Is to
be erected tit once tit Perry, Red Wil
low county.
Work on the installation of an
$S 1,000 sewer system at Tekamah is to
begin about October 1.
Potato growers in the Kearney dis
trict report the average yield will be
about H00 bushels to the acre.
County Agent Clenimons at McCook
lias purchased from Kansas growers n
carload of Kenriul wheat for distribu
tion among Red Willow county farm
ers. A few small plots In the county
were sown with Kenriul last year and
results were so good' many growers are
anxious to .ycuro the new variety for
next season.
It Is estimated that 000 Nebraska
G. A. R. veterans will ntteiul the na
tional encampment nt Indianapolis
this month.
Children's latest water bond Issue of
1 ?8u,till carried at a special election by
the decisive majority of 4 to 1. Many
women took part in the election.
The Nebraska Potato exchange, with
headquarters tit Alliance, has contract
ed to innrket the potuto crop of north
went Nebraska through the Vorth
AmerlcHii Frul exchango of New York.
The contract calls for the delivery of
not less thun 500 curs.
Alson B. Cole, sentenced to death
with Allen Vincent Grninnier, for the
alleged murder of Mrs. Lulu Vogt, has
been allowed another stay of execution
by the granting of nn npptlcntion by
Federal Judge Woodrough, at Oninhn,
for u writ of liuboiis corpus roturnnbla
October -I, At the same time the Judgo
signed an order which permits Cole to
enter the courts and make a plea for
his own life, without expense to him
self, ns he has bvon declared n pauper.
Literature advertising the southeast
Nebraska fair at Muywnod, Sept "7 to
Oct. 1 will be distributed over the dis
trict comprising the counties of
i helps, Lincoln, Hitchcock. Hurlan,
Frontier, Perkins, Gosper, Red WIN
low, Chase. Furnas. Jtnv,,,. ,,.i t ,
by alrpjane. The fnlr ns,.ciutloii has
contracted with the North Platte Air
craft company to do the work nnd
ulso to do stunt Hying at the fair.
The American Legion of Nebraska
went on record nt the state convention
fit Hustings as favoring legalized box
Ing under a strict boxing law, well
regulntcd, and selected a committee
with power to drnw up a suitable bill,
und to urge its passage at the coming
session of the legislature
Election Commissloner'Moorhead of
Douglas county has ruled that Ne
braska women tiro not yet eligible to
serve on juries, despite the rntiilcntion
of the 10th amendment, granting them
the right to vote. The statutes of the
stato must be amended before they can
vote, he says.
Nemaha county people are highly
Incensed ovor the action of Felix
Woodle of Peru, formerly of the army
of occupation, who Is iiIIcl-piI tn imvn.
jpneked his belongings and left home
uuer nttncKiii'; inu seriously Injuring
his German war bride. Tho latter is
in n hospital at Auburn.
The sum of $11,522, proceeds of the
snlo of wheat raised on the farm
tended by convicts at the penitentiary,
nt Lincoln, wns turned over to the
stnte treasurer. The crop averaged
thirty bushels to the acre, totaling
1,700 bus-hels.
Tho city council of Fremont denied
the gns company of that city permis
sion to increase its rates to $2 a thou
sand cubic feet. The company was
granted an lncrenso the Hist of the
year.
Frank S. Perkins of Fremont has
been reappointed finance otllcer of the
state department of the American Le
gion, nn ofllce ho has held since the
Legion first organized In Nebraska.
Frank Harrison, ut Lincoln, stntes
that Senator Hiram Johnson will In
clude Nebraska in bis speaking tour
on behnlf of Warren G. Ilnrdlng, the
republican enndidnto for president.
During 1919 there were CO.-lOOWl
pounds of butter inanefnctured in Ne-'
brnska, making tills stnte rank fifth In
the union in the production of that
staple commodity.
Oninhn Post of the American Legion
was ennched 500 when the city coun
cil appropriated that niuount to nid
Its barbecue and reunion being held
there this wc k.
xne nuiroaos oi iseiiraska aro mov-w
ing about 1.S0O cars of grain per week, fi
ami grain snippers' complaints are
very few at the present time, state
house ofllclnls nt Lincoln say.
Forty blocks of new paving have
been laid at Beatrice this summer. A
mile of paving Is yet to be finished to
the Institute for feeble minded youth.
The Custer county fair, held nt Bro
ken Bow, was the most successful In
the history of the organization, from
the point of attendance and exhibits.
Citizens of Kearney county, at the
special election September 21, will vote
on a proposition to establish a county
fair under the Chnppell act.
Governor Cox, democratic presiden
tial nominee, will speak at Kearney,
Grnnd Island, Columbus, Fremont nnd
Omnlia, on Sept. 27.
Dllllculty Is being experienced In
disposing of $14,000 in bonds voted by
people of Hyannls for improving the
electric light system.
Pastures in fhe Sandhill region of
the state are well covered with gras3
nnd present a panoramn of green ex
tremely beautiful.
A principal feature nt the Douglns
county fnlr at Waterloo next week will
be exhibits of the various Children's
clubs of the county.
Plattsmouth nflU'lnls have served no
tice on all juveniles thrt the city's cur
few ordinance Is to be rigidly enforc
ed herenfter.
Potato yields are going ns high ns
"00 bushels an acre on non-irrigated
land In Box Butte und Sherldnu coun
ties. A contract hns been let for repairing
the Court street bridge ncrot.-! the Bluo
river at Beatrice, the amount being
$10,000.
The big $:t.",000 fanners' union ele
vator, being built nt Henilngrord, Is
rapidly nearing completion.
The athletic ramlvnl at Scotia, held
under the auspices of the Im-ni post
of the American Legion, n u pro
nounced success.
The Union Pucitlc railroad ompnny
has asked the Interstate ('nmmerco
Commission for permission to con
struct ii 29-mile branch line to develop
the North Platte irrigation molect.
The line will extend through Scotrs- i
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county, Wyoming.
Tho population of York is r,.l8S, a
decrease of S17 ,or 13.0 per cent, con
stis llgures show.
Fillmore county has u poiml.it ion of
13,071, a decrease of l.OtKl persons
since 1010, the census buronu at Wash-
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It Is believed that a number of ?fcl
brnska tarmors will go after the
$10,000 In prizes offered by the Chicago
board of trade for the Wt xhiblts
of grain, hay and seeds nt the interim-
tionnl grain und buy show at the union
fctock yards, Chicago, November 27 to
ueceiuoer 0. t
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