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DAKOTA CITY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. L Y KILLED i DUBUHREPRISALS HAID3 CARRIED OUT ABOUT THE SAME HOUR. w SWIFT RETALIATION FOLLOWS "Black and Tans" Scour Town In Hunt for the Assassins 15,000 . Persons Fired On. Dublin. Dublin bocnmo the sceno ol far spread murder und reprisal. Nol ainco tho first outbreak of tho vlcloui civil warfare thnt has been shedding blood la Iroland havo tho assasslna tions boon bo concerted or tho rctalla tlon so swift nnd pronounced. Not lean than fourteen men are dead In tho attacks arranged simul taneously all over the city. The meth od was 4ho oamo In each caso and all tho men assaBslnated were officers, or former officers, or othorwlso In tho service of tho government. Small bodies of men, numbering gen erally trom six to olght, presented themHelvos at various houses, called tholr victims out or entered und shot their victims In bod, whllo dressing or at breakfiiHt. Tho districts In which tho aurdors were committed wero In soma Instances close togethor; othora word separated by miles, but all the ansMslnatlous took ptaco about the name hour, 9 o'clock In the morning. Whllo a football match was In prog ress at Croko park slxteon lorrlos flllid with auxiliary pollco moved swiftly up nnd surrounded tho placo. Accounts dlffor as to what hap pened, when, after mounting machine guns on tho heights above, tho pollco l7oko through tho gates. Tho auxil iaries wero hootod, rind according to cyo witnesses first' fired In tho air and then Into tho crowd. It Is declarod from another source that tho Sinn Fein pickets .first fired on tho government forces when they wero soon approach ing nnd that tho, flro was returned. Within tho park tho great assembly of 1G,000 bocnmo panic Btrlckon. How many wero klllod Is not known as yot, but tho ostlmates rango from ton to thirty or mora. Sovoral nro report ed to havo boon trampled to death. Puts Babo on Red Hot 8tove. Now York. Aftqr alia had been nr rested accused of placing her 7-months-old boy on a red hot ntovo Mrs, Grace RandolMpld tho Brooklyn police. that hor hunbotiif has trontod "hor "coolly" slnco th'o 'child was horn. Tho child, takon from tho top of n Htovo by pollco whom neighbors sum moned, may die, hospltnl physician eald. Tho husband Is sorvlng it son tcncoUn jail. " Grain Prices Tumble. Chicago. drain prices smashod hoavlly downward all along tho lino, with hogs and provisions following ault. Corn led tho way, notwlthBtand Ing that It was already lowor than at any tlmb slnco 1915, Exported greatly enlarged prossuro of offerings from tho now crop of corn nppoarod to bo n loading factor In emphasizing boarlah Bontlmont caused by unsottlod finan cial and economic conditions. As a ro wheat fell 7JAc to $1.74, Docombor delivery, and to 91.034 for March; corn was off 3c to 00c for Docombor, and oatB down to 46 for May. Life Term for Kidnaper. .Norristown, Pa. Llfo Imprisonment by separate and solitary confinement at hard labor was pronoilncod on Au gust Pascal, allaB Pasqualo, "tho crank," who confessed ho kidnaped and accidentally smothered 13-monthB-old Blakely Coughlln last Juno. Nine Perish In Fire. Now York. Nino persons, constitut ing every member but ono of two on tiro families, lost tholr Hvoa horo In s flro which destroyed n flvo-story apart mont houso. Fourtoon othor families escaped or wero rescued by firemen. Nobel Prize for Wlls6n. Stockholm. President Wilson will bo awarded tho Nobol prize for 1920, according to Swedish nowspapors. The announcement of tho prize commlttoo, however, will not bo made before the end of November. Flour Under $9.00. Minneapolis, Minn. Marked do cllnos wero registered In tho floui market horo, which brought quota tions under $9 a barrel, tho first time In four years. UkranUn Army Beaten, London. A Moscow wireless snyi that tho Polish military command re ports complete demoralization of the troops of (Jen, Petlura, tho Ukranian leader. New Japan Treaty. Loh Angeles. JapancHo nowspaport announced the completion of a now treaty between Japan and tho United States and stated It wua "accoptablo" to Japan, according to u cablo from Toklo received horo by tho Japanese JDally Nowfl. Su.ir Plants Shut Down. New Yoik, All six refineries of the American 'fiugar Refining company havo been 'cloned as n.-roault of Blight demand for the commodity, it was an wounced here. i Hearts Larger PRISON AND JAILTERMS FOR PACKING CO. OFFICIALS Seven Men and One Woman Given Sentences Ranging from 8even Yenrc to Six Months. Chicago. Sentences ranging from seven years In tho fodoral ponltontlary ut Leavenworth to six months In tho Cook county Jail, and fines of from $1,000 to ?10,000 wero Imposed upon offlcora and directors of tho Consum ers Packing company by Federal Judgo Evans. All wero convicted of con spiracy to use tho malls to dofraud, selling stock In tho company whon Uiey did not havo tho securities. Tho government showed that during tho financing campaign, whon tho malls woro used extensively, moro than J800.000 was obtained through tho salo of stock and of this amount $300,000 was used for promotion purposos. Largo sums woro raised to build a plant, but It was not oroctod. Those sontonccd nro: Edward J. Aider, secretary;, sovon years In tho fedoral penitentiary and a flno of $10,000. Ell Pfnolzor, president, who pleaded guilty, fined $10,000. Rabbi A. J. Mossing, a director, three yoars and six months In the pen ltontlary nnd a flno of $1,500. Miss Goldlo Skolnlk, socrotary to Secretary Alder, six months In tho county jail, and a flno of $1,000. Bonjamln E. Turnor, director, fined $1,000. John M. Kantor, fiscal agent, fined $5,000. Louis P. Davis, first fiscal agent, who pleaded guilty, fined $1,500. Edward II. Troot, who approached ono of tho Jurors during tho trial, flnod $2,600 for conspiracy and $500 for contompt of court. Judge Evans also denied tho motion for a new trial. Tho Consumers Pack ing company was started In Pobruary, 1918. In March, 1919, aftor an Invol untary petition In bankruptcy had boon filed, Fedoral Judgo Landls start ed nn Investigation that resultod In tho conviction of theso sontonccd. Queen Mother Greek Regent. , London. King Constantino was ro ported to bo preparing to loavo Lu cerno for Athens having confirmed tho report that Quoon Mothor Olga had boon appointed regent. Constan tino was said to bo convinced nothing could Btand in tho way of his resump tion of tho throno In vlow of tho re cent olectlons. Tho allies ennnot pre vent him or his sou from becoming tho ruler, ho .ddclared. Crown Prlnco Carol, of Rumania, has joined tho Creek royal family. Americans Flee Mexico. Laredo, Tex, Striking Mexican coal miners who seized tho mines In tho Montclova district of Coahulla havo notified all Americans to lcavo, tho district, according to reports reaching tho United States comutlnr offlco at Nuovo Uiredo. No AtnorlcniiB havo been victims of vlolonco, tho report says, but thoro Is an exodus toward Eaglo PaBU. A number of Amarlcan refugees woro roportod to havo arrived at tho border at Englo Pnss. 10 Burn on Bont, Bangor, Mo. Sixteen woodsmen woro drowned In ChoBuncook lako In the heart of tho lumbering district, when a motor boat took flro. Tho ftton wero being taken acroas tho lako from Chesuncook to Cuxabzisla. Ef forts to quench the tiro falling, tho party becumo panic stricken nnd many lonpod overboard according to word brought horo. Murderer Is Electrocuted. Little Rock, Ark. Charles Coopor, negro, convicted In Oulchlta county for tho murdor of Olllo Plckott, a ri'hlto farmer, last May, was electro cuted here. Alleged Slayer Attempts Suicide. Broken Bow, Neb. Dennis Chostor, alleged slayer of Florence Barton, Kansas City society girl, captured near Oconto, Nob., following his ro- :eut" escape from a railroad train near bore, attempted to kill himself by itrangulatlon In tho county Jutl horo. theater tore a blanket Into strips, tiod mo end around a bar of his cell, placod .ho othor end around hiu nock and .hen allowed himself to fall backward jvtth his toot still on tho floor. Ho was louud unconscious in this positlou. Than Boxes MAY BE A "JOKER" IN THE VOLSTEAD PROHIBITION LAW Contention Set Up that Holder of Warehouse Certificates May Legal ly Wthdraw His Liquor Stock. Washington, D. C Has tho United Statos supremo court uncovered a "Joker" In tho Volstead law that will provo an unadulterated Joy to tho wots? Reports to this effect havo been reaching officials of tho court for sov oral days. Tho demand Is unprece dented for copies of tho opinion of the court in the Street case, which decldod affirmatively the right of an Individual to have and to removo from place to placo stocks of liquor for personal uso acquired beforo tho en actment of tho Volstead law. Tho Volstead law, In section 3, un der tltlo II, "Prohibition of Intoxicat ing BoveragCB," provides: "That noth ing in this act shall prohibit the pur chaBo and sale of warohouso receipts covering distilled spirits on deposit in government bonded warehouses, and no special liability shall attach to tho business of purchasing and selling such warehouse receipts." Tho lawyors are pointing out to tho supremo court officials that liquor warehouse certificates pass from own er to owner llko Llborty bonds. No evldonce of tho date of the transfer of tho warehouao certificate la re quired or s aallablo, so far as the certificate Itself is concerned. "Largo numbers, of theso certificates are hold by banks as collateral for loans mado to patrons. In tho regular business transactions of tho banks the liquor warohouso certificates aro changing ownership constantly as loans mado on thorn aro liquidated, shifted and trans ferred. Most of these certificates rep resent liquor stocks distilled bctoro tho passago of tho Volstead act. Undor tho decision In the Street caso it is contonded now by lawyers that tho holdor of warehouse liquor certificates may withdraw legally his stock of liquors on surrender of his certificate and without fear of inter ference by tho prohibition agents. Tho liquor will bo dollvered on pre sentation ot tno ccmncato and on payment of tho rovonuo tax by tho federal rovenuo agents who are dis tinct from and identified with tho pro hibition forcos. Proof thnt tho withdrawn liquor is Intended for personal uso and not for Illegal salo and ovldcnco of Its imme diate destination may be required by tho prohibition officers, it is suggest ed. Theso could bo readily given. Thoro will remain difficulties In tho way of transportation In somo states of tho country. Theso can bo over come In largo measure, It Is assorted. What percentage of tho 60,000,000 gallons of liquors held In bond can bo thus withdrawn by" Individual hold ers of warohouso liquor certificates cannot b,o approximated. It will do pond In large measure on tho ability and wtlllugnoBS (if tho holders of largo numbers of tho certificates to dlvido tholr holdings up among their friends. Thoy vlll havo no difficulty probably, lu doing this. Woman Lawyer Vindicated. Blair, Nob. District Judgo Arthur C. Wakoly dismissed tho charges of failure to enforco tho liquor law against Mlsa Graco Milliard, Washing ton county attorney and Nebraska's only woman prosecutor; aixcd tho cost of tho trial to Goorgo H. Micholson, tho complainant, nnd commended Miss Ballard upon the "wise discre tion" she has used In "administering tho laws of tho stato." Cable Plans Completed. Now York. Tho Western Union Telegraph company announced com pletion of arrangements with tho Gen man telegraph administration for the handling of cablo traffic botween Ger many and tho United States. "Daredevil" Charged with Murder. Forest City, lu. Tho death of Ar chlo ingbrottson, of Ellsworth, In., a student nt Waldorf collogo here, fol lowing Ms Injury In a loup-the-gnp per formance horo Armlstlco day, resulted In a chagru of manslaughter against Carl Otis, drlvor of tho car. Otis, un amateur daredevil, is tho sou of a farmer living near horo. Otis, It was charged, urged Ingbrettaou to make tho leap and dubbed him a coward wnsn no oxprosBeu tear, utls was held to tho grand jury In $2,000 bond. WHEAT TRUST IS NEXT MOVE OF THE FARMERS Organization Will Be Patterned After the Citrus Fruit Growers' Association. Washington, D. C. Plans aro un der way for tho formation of a glngan tic combine to control tho domestic and export business In wheat. Tula combine, according to plans, which wero tentatively formulated at a moot ng of the committee of ooventoen ap pointed by tho National Farm Bureau Federation, which was held in Chi :ago, Is to tako the form of a co-operative association organized on the lines of tho Citrus Fruit Growers' associa tion of California, of handling, pack ing and soiling the citrus fruits grown on tho Pacific coast. Unofficially the federal trade com mission has been advising tho com mittee of seventeen on tho mothods of organizing thjs now wheat trust. Hous ton Thompson, a member of tho com mission, was present at tho Chicago meeting nnd ho had with him membors of the commission's staff from Wash ington who sat with tho farmors In an advisory capacity. In broad outljno tho plans to form n hugo combine in which tho individ ual farmers or tholr various organ izations shall bo tho shareholders. The present Idea Is to proceed undor the laws of California which are said to be particularly favorable to such an organization, and a committee has been sent there to study tho situa tion nnd confer with tho Citrus Fruit Growers' association as to tho best method of procedure. This wheat growers' combine ex pects to bo ready for business in time to handle tho crop of 1921. Tho scheme by which It Intends to securo control of tho American wheat market Is to contract with tho farmers either indi vidually or through their co-operative elevator companies to purchase tholr entire output over a period of from flvo to seven yearn. It was estlmatod by those who wero prosent at tho In auguration of this plan that tho now combln'o could control 51 per cent of tho wheat grown In tho United Statos In tho first year of Its operation and that subsequently It would bo able to contract for a larger percentage each year thereafter as the farmers discov ered that thoy could obtain better prices for their crops from this or ganization. $500,000 In Stolen Mall Pouch. Council Bluffs, la. Evidence that tho mall train robbery hero was ono of tho greatest in tho history of tho service In tho United States was dis closed iii tho recovery of ono of tho ten registered sacks. This sack Is known to havo contained at least a half million dollars In United Statos currency and possibly much moro. It had been cut opon nnd rlflod. This sack was found In tho west ond. of tho city. Merl Phillips, tho 20-year-old railway mall sorter who was under an all-night grilling, and who confessed to his part in tho robbory, Is believed to bo holding back much valuable In formation. His description of the rob bory is partly confirmed by trainmen, who saw him on the engine of tho mail train where, It is said by Phillips, ho actod as lookout for tho two others. Whon tho train stopped for tho Illi nois Central crossing tho two pals of Phillips, according to his confession, drove up rapidly In an automobile, one blow removed tho glass In the side door and working fast tho ten regis tered sacks woro takon from the pile of 130 sacks and thrown Into tho car. Hunger Strike May Save Him. Little Rock, Ark. A hunger strike at the stato' ponltontlary, now In Its fourth day, may save tho llfo of Charles Cooper, negro, sentenced to bo electrocuted. Tho nogro, who was convicted of the murder of a white farmer, has refused food for four days ar.d as a result Gov. Brough has di rected tho prison physicians to mako an examination as to his mental con dition. Tho governor declared ho would not allow an lnsano man to go to tho electric chair. Fight for Millions Settled. Boston. Announcement that tho contest over the will of Edward F. Soarlos, of Mctuuon and Now York, in volving many millions of dollars had boon settled out of court was mado by Charles F. Choate, Jr., counsel for tho executors, and Sherman L. Whipple, counsel for Albert V. Searlos, of Bos ton, a nophow of tho testator, who contested the document. Japan's Silk Factories to Close. Los Angeles, Cal, All silk farftHna In Japan will bo closed for threo mouths beginning December 2u. ac cording to a cablegram received from Foreign Minister Uchlda, In Toklo, by U. Oyama, Japanese consul In Los Angejes. Fall In Bilk prices was glv on as tho reason."' Approximately 380,000 girls will bo thrown out of em ployment, It wus said. Richardson Succeeds Dalrymple. Washington, D. C Appolntmont of Frank D. Richardson as supervising prohibition agont at Chicago, succeed ing MaJ. V. Dalrymple, roslgnod, was announced by tho bureju of Intornal rovenuo, Mr. Richardson has beon connocted with Intornal revenue work Jofforson City, Mo. A prison guard and a convict wero shot and two other guards badly benton at tho Mlsourl stato ponltontlary whon four convicts mado an unsuccessful attempt to fight tholr way to freedom. IXo men were captured before they could get out- I ,Wc lho l'ri8on wal1- CORNHUSKER ITEMS News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS Yeggs blew open the snfe of tho post olllco nt Benver City, and made their escape In un automobile with $1G0. Tho explosion vjrecked the windows nnd was hcurd for mnny blocks. It Is estimated thnt tho harvest of sugar beets from the 70,000 acres sown to thnt crop In the valley of the North Platte river, west of North Platte, will approximate 770,000 tons. The Nebraska chamber of commerce, which Is the successor to the state as sociation of commerclnl clubs, Is to be Incorporated shortly by lending busi ness men of the stnte. Citizens of Klmbnll, on tho nlnnnll route between Omaha nnd Cheyenne, have requested thnt nrrnngementH he made for tho dropping of mall at that place while In flight. Forty-one Gage county fnrmcrs who shipped In n cnrlond of "Knnred" wheat Inst " fall have sold $20,000 worth of tho seed this year In other Nebraska counties. A smooth-tongued magazine solicitor who worked Alliance for several days has disappeared following the collec tion of n tidy sum, principally from womnn victims. Nebraska Is to be divided Into eight prohibition enforcement districts, with nn ngeiit In each district. Omaha will be' the headquarters of the new or ganization. Gust Carlson, n farmer near St. Ed wards, Is dead of tetanus, the result of Infection from n blow, on the thumb with a hammer whllo making repairs on a fence. Petitions have been formally filed with tho city council of Norfolk ask ing thnt n special election he called on the city management form of govern ment. The annual convention of the Ne braska -Association of County Com missioners, Supervisors und Clerks will be held at Omaha on December 7 to 0. Invaders entered the store of Hynto & Tull nt Murray by breaking a plate glnss window, nnd carried off goods to the value of a couple hundred dnllnrs. Frank Adams of Bnttlo Creek lost his left hand, as the result of getting It caught In tho rolls of n corn husking machine, which he was operating. While performing stunts with a re volver nt, North Plntte, Kenneth Mc- Fnrlnml wns accidentally shot, death resulting from tho wound. Rural mall carriers of Hastings lnsl week Informally celebrated the twen tieth annlversnry of the first rural mull route in that place. All metal monoplanes have been in stalled on tho Omaha-Chicago air mail lines nnd are mnklng regular trips be tween the two cities. R. B. Howell of Omaha Is helm; prominently mentioned ns n possibility for Secretary of the Navy under President Harding. Hebron flro department has a new modern fire truck, housed In the city hall, which has been remodeled to ac commodate It. An appropriation of $SO,000 has, hepn mnde- by that denomination for Im provements In the Lutheran academy nt Hebron. For tho first time In more thnn four yenrs the Cass county jail Is deserted, the last prisoner having been let out Inst week. Tho cornerstone of Platte cpunty's new court house -will be laid with Im pressive Masonic ceremonies on No vember. 30. ' The Stamford flour mills were de stroyed last week by fire of unknown origin. The loss Is covered by Insur ance. Passenger air planes are expected to be in operation between Omaha and Chicago within the next sixty days. Ord Is Installing nearly 100 beauti ful electroliers around the square nutl on the extending business streets. Naturalization papers were denied two men who had been convicted of boot-legging, at Omahn. Tho Nebraska Jewelers' association will hold Its annual convention nt Omahn February 2.V.M. Grand Island sportsmen have de cided to revive the Coursing club at that place. Tho Hotel Greeters will meet In an nual convention at Omaha December 2 and 8. John W. Guthrie, secretnry of the Alliance Chamber of Commerce, has tendered his resignation to tho board of directors, effective Jnnunry 1. To uccommodato fanners and others who-aro limited In the time they can spare In school, the state university school of agriculture nt Lincoln Is again offering four weeks courses In automobiles and tractors, nnd general agriculture. The automoblle-trnctor short courso opens November 29. Stu dents to the number of twenty-live may enter this course on any Monday, beginning with the last Monday In November, Tho live stock which tho college of ngrlculture, v ut Lincoln, will send to tho International live stock exposition nt Chicago, was exhibited to the pub lic lust week in what Is known as the "baby International." Students of the college displayed sixty-four head of cattle, horses, hogs and sheep to about 500 people In tho Judging pavilion at the university farm. Ono hundred and fifty members, of the Richardson coiuity farm bureau, meeting at their annual banquet nt Falls City, voted to Join In tho state campaign for now farm bureau members. State's Attorney Parker of Dead wood, S. Dak., who Is Investlf ulins tho alleged wholesale theft of dyna mite by Cnrmuletto Cueclf former Omaha mnn, who wns arrested at Terry, S. D ale, clnlms to hnve de el oped evidence of n plot which In volves n ring of blnck-hnnd men nail dynnmlters In Omnhn. Tho nrrest of Cuccl aided In frusttrntlng a plot to blow up several Omaha homes, ho de clares. An Elkhorn valley or Sunday bnsc linll league Is in the process of form ation, preparatory to next season' gnmes nnd the towns of Arlington, Beemer, Fremont, Dodge, Snyder, Scrllmer, Hooper, North Bend, Oak land and West Point are to be In cluded.'' Tho executive committee' of the Nor folk post of tho American legion hnve tuken steps to hold n Madison county meeting of legion posts In this county sometime In December for tho purpose; of organizing n permanent county American legion association. Finns are being made for Ord's Hist municipal Christmas tree. With tho completion of the pnvlug and the In stallation of tho new street lights, tin medlnte use will be made of these con veniences for" nn extensive Chrlstnius. program. The state convention of tile- young peoples society of Christian' endeavor held nt Aurora Inst week hml tho lnrgest registration or any former meeting for mnny years, nearly 700 delegates being in attendance. Citizens of Alliance nrc all' work-oil up over reports of wide open gamb ling thnt is nlleged to hnve been run ning In that place for some tlmiv and, a probe Into the mutter has been or dered by the city council. The stnte board of commissioners,, according to L. C. Oberlies, chairman, probnbly will ask tho legislature when It convenes In January to provide a separate institution or colony for the treatment of epilepsy. Tho National Humane Society nt its meeting nt Omaha urged action look ing to tho abolishment of Wild West Shows, on the ground that they are detrimental to the morals of the youth of the land. Burglars attempted to break Into the vault of the bank of Princeton some time last Sunday night, but af ter working on it for a number of hours evidently gave the job up as a. bad one and left. Women arc to have nn important part In tho meetings of organized agri culture nt Lincoln, January ', to 7. In addition to uttendlng tb6 general ses sion on Wednesday they will have a, three-day program of their own, begin ning Tuesday. Omaha Is being flooded with nn arti ficially colored bootleg whisky repre sented to be genuine "Canadian club,"" a brand which has been smuggled across tho border In small quantities, nnd which became quite popular lit Omnhn recently. After 2.3 years, during which he be lieved he was an orphan without unmo or fnmtly, Harry Morris of Beatrice has found his mother from whom he wns separated In Infancy, nnd wilt shortly visit her nt her home In Brook lyn, N. Y. i With a new modernly equipped flro truck just received tho city of liatts moutli Is practically without a fire de partment, as all but two members ami. the chief of the volunteer company have resigned on nccount of dissatis faction. Threo hundred nnd six men took: membership in the Hamilton county farm bureau the first day of the cam paign. Half this number left their cornhusklng and went to Aurora for the booster meeting in the afternoon. Nebraska City has a "hunger strik er." Mose Glvcns, co'ored prisoner in the county jail, has refused for several days to . tako nourishment, although temptingly dlsplnyed by Sheriff Fischer. When John II. Gerdcs of Adnms, ap plied for his second citizenship paper he discovered thnt u clnlm made dur ing the war to securo draft exemption hnd barred him from naturalization. Plnttsmouth lodge B. P. O. E.. Is or ganizing n concert band of twenty pieces, under the direction of Profes sor Ed Schulhof, well-known hand in structor of southeastern Nebraska. Forty-four women are enrolled It) the night classes established in th high school nt Hustings under tl.o-Smith-Hughes law. There nro cltissivj. In sewing, cooking nnd millinery. Bartrum (5. Goodhue, of New York City, has been retained nt the salary of $2r,000 a year to finish plans for supervising the construction of tlio new Nebraska tf nte house. Mrs. William Harmon ut Nebraska City, aged 01, Is growing a new head of hnlr, according to neighbor women. She has been bed-ridden for the Inst year and her hair, It Is said, Is being replaced by tresses vvhluh have begun to grow within the last few weeks. Her hair in front Is said to bo two indies long nnd of n dark color. The tractor testing work being con ducted by the University of Nebraska has nttracted the attention of the United States War department, nnd u group of ordnance ollleers will bO sent to the college of ngrlculture to person ally Inspect the work. A porcupine, one of the first ever killed In the Elkhorn valley In Holt county, was run over by a car drixen by Thomas Rae, ranchman, near O'Neill last wt-ek nnd lias been sent to n taxidermist for preservation. Old Inhabitants declare that it Is the first animal of the kind over seen along tho Elkhorn. Hastings Is to have , n llrst-ilnss nmiKement pari; next season, in ad dition to a pavilion, swimming pool, athletic park, aviation Held, etc., It is proposed to erect ctibln.s . for boy bcouts and camp fire girls' confer-races. K v f t V 15- y v '- J,