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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
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ELEVATOR BUS!
il SIX LIVES
GRAIN LOSS A MILLION IN CHI
CAGO ARMOUR PLANT
STILLSEARCHING FOR BODIES
Portion of One Man's Remains Picked
Up Far From Scene of Dust
Explosion.
Chicago, 111. Six mon aro known to
fiavo boon killed In tho explosion of
ho Armour (Jraln company's big North
woslcrn elevator at one hundred twon
ty-socond street and Torrence uvenuo,
The bodies of two victims havo been
found and Identified Four more aro
believed to bo burled under the tons
of dobrla, concrcto and twisted half-
molten Bteel which may take weeks j
to clear away.
Tho known dead are two wjtehmen,
Paul Bala and Henry Ostormun, of
CC4C South Sangamon street. Hala'B
body was blown from an upper sec
tion of the giant structure far Into tho
railroads to tho south, when it was
plckod up, hoadloss and with only
tattors of clothing and one shoo re
maining on It. (Merman's body was
taken from among a mass of steel
and wreckage In what had been a low
er section of tho structure.
Tho four mon unaccounted for and
bolloved to llo In the ruins are Louis
Reich, 30 years old; Arthur Heatmann,
30 ycara old; M. J. Wlltzo, 28 years
old, and Amlll Marsel), 43 old.
Tho grain loss waB placed at bord
ering on $1,000,000 by officials of the
grain company. There was ?4,000,00G
worth of grain In tho elovators. 13. A,
James, secretary of tho company, said
this consisted of 5,000,(000 bushels
of oats, a million and a half of corn,
and about 200,000 bushels of wheat
LaSallo street was or tho opinion
that tho grain loss will not affect the
markets.
Recruiting Student Nur6eo.
Omaha, Nob. In view of the con
sUntly ilicrcaslng demand for grad
yato nurses, tho American lied Cross,
bn cooperation with other National
pursing agencies, has arranged a Na
tional movoincnt for tho purposo ol
rocrultlng students to enter Hospital
Trainlug Schools. Applicants may
havo their choice of training schodl
thoy wish to ontor. Stato registration
laws require a candldato to havo at
least two years'of High School educa
tlon, and bo at least eighteen years,
of ago. Tho expense of a student in
training Ib very nominal, uniforms,
apronH, toxtbooks, etc,, being Iurn
lnhod. Training schools aro begin
Jng to reallzo that Ifwthoy wlsli to at
tract tho right kind of women, they
,untst moot tho neoda of that class.
Many schools havo adopted shortened
hours of duty tho social needs ol
Btudont nurses aro recolving a groat
deal of attention. Those lmprived
conditions aro attracting a splendid
class of young women. Tho nurso's
training is a llboral education In It
self, and when completed she find!
horsolf fitted to enter mauy Interest
ing flold of uorvlco, such aa: Institu
tional work as Buporlntondent public
health work us school or visiting
fiurso; private duty uurso; govern
ment service In army or navy; mis
sionary work; Industrial work In fac
tories. Salaries paid a graduate nurse
average higher than that of other pro
fessional women; in' many cases she
receives her living In addition to her
salary. Nursing Is tho "big" thing
now that tho war 1b over It makes
tho world safo to live In. Any girl
who lins had two years of High School
education and Is lntorestoil may ob
tain further Information by commun
icating with Mrs. A. I- Loormnkors,
Chairman of Nursing Activities, Om
aha Chapter, American Red Cross,
202 City Hall, Omaha, Nob.
Mexico Railway Men Returning.
Mexico City. -A gradual return to
work of the railroad strikers, follow
ing n settlement of their differences
with tho authorities, was recorded by
Excelsior, which assorted 8,000 re
sumed their duties. Thorn still ap
pears to be Koine doubt among news
papers as to the durability of tho
ugreement.
Clara Smith Hamon Baptized.
Ardmore, Okla. Clara Smith Hani-
on, acquitted of a charge of mrdar in
connection with the death of Jnko L.
Hamon, wan baptized in the First
Christian church of Ardmore by Dr.
C. S. Hrooks. Its pastor. Mrs. (1. J.
James, of Los Angeles, t'al.. sister of
Mrs." Hamon, also was baptlml. Ac
companied by her family, Mm. Hi'
mon attended the morning service,
after which she approached the pastor
and asked tho baptismal service.
To Fight Beer Ruling.
Washington, 1). CVThe Anti-Saloon
league Is prepared to fight until
the opinion by former Attorney lion
oral Palmer holding that boor may bo
proscribed us u medicine is overruled
Wayno I). Wheoler, Kenerul counsel for
tho league, aunouncod.
"Pussyfoot'' Johnson III.
Hampton, In. -William K. "Pussy
foot Johnson world famous prohibition
lecturer. Is reported us t-oiloiuly ill
of an affection of the throat at the
JLuthcran in pltul here.
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SENATOR UNDERWOOD
President Harding sent a message
o (lie scmitu urging Immediate; ratlll
:ation of the Colombia $i!5,000,000
treaty. Senator Oscar W. Underwood
?f Alabama, Democratic leader, op
posed consideration of tho treuty and
iiicccedctl In forcing postponement to
the sixty-seventh congress.
HANG 6 IN DUBLIN
British Execute Prisoners Con
victed of Killing Soldiers.
Twenty Thousand Persons Gather Out-
side Mount Joy Prison Big
Demonstration Held.
Dublin, March 15. Six prisoners
:onvlcted of complicity In tho killing
of the Hrltlsh Intelligence oillcers and
members of tho crown forces In Ire
land, were executed in Mount Joy
prison, this city.
The men were hanged In pairs at
'jitcrvuls of an hour.
Twenty thousand people gathered
sutsldo tho prison during the hours
that tho executions were going on nnd
ill work In the city stopped until 11
o'clock. Even tho postolllco was closed
and toloirrnnh service was suspended.
There was a striking demonstration
hero In protest against tho executions.
52,000,000 FOR DODGE'S SON
Vouno Man Settles Out of Court Suit
to Dreak Will of His
Father.
Detroit, Mich., March in. Settle
ment out of court of the contest Insti
tuted by John Duvnl Dodge, to break
tho will of his father, John F. Dodge,
automobile manufacturer, was an
nounced here. Young Dodge, be
queathed an nunulty of approximately
M.G00, Is to receive $2,000,000 of tho
estnte, estimated at 5SO.00O.O0O.
Tronblo between Dodge ami his fn
Iher crystallized In April, 1018, when
tho young Dodgo mnrrled secretly.
Part of the ?2,000,000 was turned
over to young Dodgo. The rest will
be paid wheu tho formal order U
made In court.
OVERLAND LIMITED IN WRECK
Two Injured as Eight C. &. N. W.
Coaches Are Ditched at
Agnew, III,
Chlcngo, March 15. Eight coaches
of tho Overland limited, east bound
over the Chicago it Northwestern rail
way, went Into the ditch at Agnow, 111.
Edward Sandaling, a baggageman,
slightly bruised, and Mrs. L. O. Ogle,
an Invalid on her way to New Cnstle,
N, II., who suffered a severe nervous
ihock, were tho only ones Injured. Tho
coaches of the oracle train, however,
were badly smashed and the right of
way was torn up for nearly a thousand
feet.
SPECIAL SESSION ON APRIL 11
senator' Lodge So Announces at White
House After Conference With
Harding.
Washington,. March 10. Congress
will be called Into special session Mon
day, April 11, Senator Lodge an
lounced at the White Houso after n
ronference with President Harding.
Tho dnte Is a week later than that
which had been generally discussed
nnd will glvu congressional lenders ad
ditional time In which to framo tho
proposed program ns to tax and tnrlff
evlslon.
Pennsylvania Beats Daylight Bill.
Ilarrlsburg, Pa., March HI. A daylight-saving
bill was defeated by the
lower house of the Pennsylvania leg
islature, Ml! to DO.
Insurgents Take Railroads.
Ilnrhhi, Manchuria, March 10.
l'he railways running between Omsk
Hid TunU'ii, Oinuk and Kurgan, nnd
' Omsk and Martens!;, have been cap-
Hired oy Hie liimiiK.-iii llllll 1110 MlVICt
vernment overthrown.
LaFollctte, Again Blocks Esch.
Washington, March 10. Senator La
follotto succeeded In having consider
ation of the nomination of former
' Representative John Esch of Wiscon
bln for Interstate commerce commis
sioner postponed a gain.
WANT packer;
AT MEDIATION
Secretary of Labor Davis
Asked to Avoid Any
Delay.
Is
ARMOUR PUNS CO-OPERATION
Would Give Employees Equal Repre.
sentation In Determining Wages
DennlB Lano of Workers' Union
Brands Plan as Bunk.
Chicago, March 10. Puckers' em
ployees will bo represented by Dennis
Lane, secretary-treasurer of the Meat
Cutters' union, and one other leader,
at the meeting with Secretary of Labor
Davis to effect mediation In Washing
ton next Monday, It wus announced In
a telegram to tile secretary.
"Wo will defer to you and two rep
reKentatlves will he present nt your
meeting In Washington on Murch 21.
We would greutly appreciate n state
ment from you as to whether or not
packers will preserve status hereto
fore existing pending your mediatory
efforts. We also respectfully suggest
that you arrange to have the packers'
principals present," the telegram said.
"In tho past, men who had to re
port buck to their employers before
making decisions were sent to the
meetings," Mr. Lane explained. "We
wish to keep anything like that from
entering Into this conference."
Word camo from Washington thnt
Attorneys James C. Condon and Carol
Meyer of Chlcngo had arrived to rep
resent tho packers before Secretary
Davis.
Others on the mediation board will
be Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover and Secretary of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace.
It was announced at the headquar
ters of the union thnt Samuel Gom
pcrs will be hero to speak nt a mnsa
meeting of employees and to attend n
session of their representatives, at
which n definite plan of action
In lighting the pay cuts will be
decided on.
The unions announced they plun an
alliance with farmers against the
packers.
J. Ogden Armour said a co-operative
plan, totbecoiuo effective Immediately,
would give Armour & Co. employees
equal representation in the determina
tion of wages, working conditions, wel
fare, and all matters of mutual In
terest. An election to choose representation
on a temporary committee which will
determine the luuthods of election In
the plant will be held.
Swift & Co., it lias been Indicated,
will announce n similar plan In tho
near future.
Dennis Lnne branded the plan ns
"hunk."
"it Is the old gnme of n company
union wherein Mr. Armour nnd other
packers will put up men who will pose
ns tho representatives of their follow
workers," ho said. "Wo'ro satisfied
that tho packors aro not going to get
uway with this fake democracy. There
Is no more chance of tho men stnnd
Ing for this than there would be for
the pnekers consenting to have tho
men elect tho directors of their com
panies." FIUME SCORNS U. S. CONSUL'1
Wants Recognition to Be Mutual, So
American Leaves Citv t
for Trieste.
Trieste, March 1C William ICeh-
linger, the American consul to Fitiiuo. '
left that city for Trieste to await in
structions from the State department
at Washington, nfter having been re
fused recognition by the Flume gov
ernment. Dr. Antonla Orosslcli, provisional
head of Flume, said to Mr. Kebllnger:
"We were surprised at this nctlon
on the part of your government In ask
lug us to recognize you and protect
you when the United States has not
recognized us."
Ilefore the wnr Flume had a largo
trade with America.
TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT
American Legion Takes Steps to Shield
Men Wrongfully Classed
as Slackers.
Iudlnnnpolls. March 10. National
officers of the American Legion hero
took steps to protect men who may be
wrongfully classed ns draft evaders In
the lists to be Issued soon by the War
department, and to make certain that
none guilty of evading military service
osciipe.
Hulletlns weie sent to nl! the Legion
posts and units of the women's auxili
ary, directing them to assist tho De
partment of Justice In establishing th
correctness of thu lists.
Announce Wage Cut.
Philadelphia, March 17. The Penn
sylvania railroad announced it will
post notices not later than Thursday
Informing all oillcers and employees
that it proposes to reduce salaries and
wages, effective April 0.
Five Perish in Pullman Car.
Pueblo, Colo., March 17. FUe poi
sons binned to denth when n rear
Pullman car on the Demi r t H!o
Grande railroad caught lire at about
two o'clock lu the morning letivcex
1 Pueblo and V ulsenburg.
F
lOfl
IEW
HOUSE MEMBERC VOTE FOR NEW
REFORMATORY TO BE BUILT
FOR FIRST OFFENDERS
DISPUTE OVER LOCATION
Objectors to Building New Institution
Near Penitentiary Succeed In
Voting Down Emergency
Clause Means Delay
Lincoln. Uecause tho stato refor
matory bll has been amended to lo
cate the now Institution "near nnd In
connection with" the state peniten
tiary, enough house members with
hold their support from It on linal
passage to knock out the emergency
clause. Tho bill passed, however,
without the clause.
There were some who voted against
it both times because they do not
favor establishing a reformatory, for
which ?300,000 is appropriated in th
budget maintenance bill.
A considerable number of reforma
tory advocates want it entirely sepa
rated from tho penitentiary and un
der different management. The ma
jority, however, decided that tho two
institutions could bo run under tho
same supervision, without having
two sets of olllclals, two power plants
and unnecessary duplication of other
features.
Primary Bill Through House
Th( Douglas primary bill has
.passed tho lower house by a vote of
C3 to 43. It is conceded by mem
lrs to bo the only tampering with
tho direct primary that the houso
will stand for. .
Under the provisions of this bill
any person may file for a state office
without paying a fee, by dropping his
namo or petition Into the otllce of
secretary of state. The latter cer
tifies all of theso names to eah
party state convention, held in May.
The convention takes one ballot on
each oilice, and tho three highest
aro certified to the secretary ol
state. All others are eliminated and
only tho ones who have qualified
pay fees.
House Objects to Senate Amendment
On motion of Representative Moso
ley, the houso declined to concur in
a senate amendment to H. It. 73,
which requires tho governor to fill
vacancies in the offices of United
States senator, congressman, or mem
bor of tho legislature by appointing
porsons of the same political affilia
tions as tho previous incumbents.
Tho speaker Aas authorized to namo
a conference committee on tho bill.
Limit Stock 'Salesmen, Fees
No more than 10 per cent can be
paid for agents' commission and all
other expense of selling stock in Ne
braska under an amendment to tha
bureau i: securities blue sky bill,
which was adopted by nearly unani
mous voto by the house. The limit
fixed1 by the original bill was 15 per
cent, but this was cut to 10 on a
motion by Mr. Mears.
Railway Commission Changes Ruling
Tho stato railway commission has
authorized tho cancellation of the
rulo requiring that all boxes, drums
nnd pails containing goods presented
to railroads should bear tho name
and address of tho shipper and a de
scription of the contents, Tho in
terstate commerce commission does
not require this, and the order will
make tho rule uniform.
Game Law Violators Fined
Twenty-tjvo hunters who violated
the law li Nebraska tho last two
weeks havo Wen fined in the state
courts, nnd eleven of them, who shot
birds out of season, aro held for gov
ernment authorities for violating the
federal migratory law, it has been an
nounced by Stnto Game Wardon
Georgo Koster.
Pass Movie Censorship Bill
Tho movlo censorship bill, passed
tho house by a voto of (10 to 35 after
some of tho oppononts had failed to
make good their threat or promise
that the measure never will become a
Jaw. The bill was held buck from
third reading for tho staging in the
houso of one last bitter struggle.
For Relief of Disabled Soldiers
The American Legion bill providing
11 fund of f.'.OOO.OOO out of the stato
treasury, to bo invested in Liberty
bonds und other securities the in
como from which will bo used In fur
nishing aid to disabled veterans of
tho world war and tholr dependents,
went through the house on third
reading by a vote of 90 to 3.
Committee Presents Banking Bill
Tho sifting committee has report
ed out fourteen bills for the nouso
to work upon. Ono of those is the
co-operative bank bill. Another Is
the department's bluo sky bill,
signed by fifty-six members a
Introducers.
Fivo others aro bills rotating to
procedure rocommonded by the state
bar association. Another Is H. It.
ir3, authorizing' the sale of stato
school lands as fast us thu leases
axplro.
For Handling Dank Failures
Appointment of J. W. Hart, secre
tary or the stato department of trado
and coinmorco, as receiver for tho
defunct Castotter bank of Hloir, In
augurated a policy thut the depart
ment will follow In future bank fail
ures, ns has boon announced by Sec
retary Hart.
The department will not only ask
that it be given the receivership,
but Uowrnor McKelvie, it is aid. Is
planning to lrtrodiu .1 1 u" ni tho
prescn session of the lcsiblature to
require 'tis procedure
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uUM lilUuivLn I LlVlu
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Prairie hay Is selling at Callaway
for M u ton
Aii oil well is being sunk on the
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Mrs. T. E. Pallet of Callaway died
iddenly at a hospital In (irand island.
The litifnilo county fair will be held
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'it Kearney August I!0 to September li
The district convention of the .state
Khvinils clubs will be held in Oinahti
April M.
The Onl schools are arranging an
'tonMo exhibit of school and In
'liihtrlal work.
Miss Helen Tracy of I'awnee City
Is dead of blood poisoning caused by a.
.arbtinelo on the lip.
Irs. .1. Jones and It. f!. Cre-smnn
bav( been appointed members of the
pension board at Hustings.
Itev. W. C. Kelley of the M. E.
i-luin-h nt fiPiievn has accepted a call
to the pastorate at Cambridge
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the Christian church at Ihirwell under
leiulerHlili) of Itev. A. S. Hooves.
The Mtn for the new citv hall at.
Ord Is still up In the air. A number i
of locutions are under consideration.
Mrs. Mollio Mead, wife of Ed Mead,
chief of the Hastings lire department,
committed suicide by tiikliiutpoison.
Alben Itoherts, a lo year old Wy
more lad. had bis right leg broken,
when he was thrown from Ills horse.
Ir Is probable that the matter of a
municipal light and Ice plant llor Os
ceola will be voted upon at tho spring
election.
Fire caused by defective wiring
damaged the First M. E. church at
uiiitinvu uiu i-ii.-ii. .ii, i.. rmircii a-
Children to the extent of several bun-1
dred dollars.
A round-up of Gage county autoino
lile owners who hao failed to take
out their UlLM licences K belnir made
I by .state agents.
I The question of a municipal swim
ming pool, which bus been agitated for
I some time by the Ord Community club,
I Is still before the people.
, The tegular biennial legislative
I league banquet will be held this year
1 nt the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
! on the evening of April -1.
The Alnsloy city council will not
grant n license to an open pool hall,
coiiM-quoiilly there are several such
1 places in town run as clubs.
L. A. 'Morris of Aurora burned ills
hand severely when a ciin of roof
cement he was opening caught on fire
! from .spontaneous combustion.
I Little Edwin Dahlgron, ff years old,
l was badly scalded when he fell into
1 a vat of boiling water, which his par-
cuts were using in butchering hoirs.
Three Upland youths who snent tbo
night in Jail at M Union pleaded guilty
to the chnrge of selling liquor and
paid fines of $100 and costs each.
The home or William .1. Duffln,
three miles west of Greeley, burned
to the givnind, the tiro starting from
lard rendering in the oven of the kitch
en range.
Owing to prevalence of small pox
in that place, the Wyinoro city health
authorities have recommended to the
school board that all school children
be vaccinated.
Harry H. Heed, for many years em
ployed in the postolllco at Columbus-,
lias been appointed temporary post
master to take the place of S. E. Mar
ty, who is to retire.
Secretary J. E. Hart of the deiuirt-
I meat of trade and commerce has
I named A. D. Tou.iilin of Omaha, for-
j mer Mate bank examiner, as ageit in
charge of the Castotter bank at Hlnlr.
I F. W. True, 11 young farmer of
Hloomfleld, who last week marketed
his first .shipment since he started to
farm, was proud to think that his hogs
topped the South Omaha market. The
li- head that averaged U!7 pounds, sold
to 11 local packer for $IO.r0.
One hundred and sixty practicing
veterinarians of Nebraska attended a
short course lu aniiinil iiiberculosls at
I the College of Agriculture at Lincoln,
j the week of Murch 7. The purpose of
I the cour.se was to study the problems
i connected wiih tuberculosis and the
! use of the tuberculin test, particiilarly
, with the view of aiding the men who
I may be engaged in tuberculosis erad-
iciitlon and who will assist In iiccreillted
1 herd work. The forenoons were spent
1 In lectures mid discussions and the
1 afternoons In laboratory work and
practical demonstrations.
' Citizens of tho Hastings neighbor
hood have organized the Adams coun
ty agricultural society, and will havo
1 a fair the coming fall.
Fire of undetermined origin totnlly
destio.ved the Catholic church at
Emerson. Hut few of the furnishings
v ere saved. It Is thought that a short
circuit or defective Hue caused thu
hi axe.
The large statue of Abraham Lin
coln presented to the Nebraska City
high school by the chi&s of lirjo, has
arrived and will soon be placed in po
sitlon. The statue is seven feel and
two Inches in height.
The pool hall t Harrison, operated
by Frank Hlerbower. was entereij. by
burglars and the cash register robbed
of SSO. All of Jewelry on a punch
board caid was also taken.
At the declamatory contest in tin
McCook high school, eleven puplK tool
part. Miss Agnes Duncan was chosen
to reprcont McCook high In the dis
trict contest In Aruiwhoo.
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Ilnn-Non. rocvntl.v iwve blub in tier
.virs. vvhiikcc rut. reMiiim: nmr
eighteenth child This was t ! first
gir. ili- ciin'iuhr being l.s Liown
me ' ' - Vl l''U in Ms no
'ecu . fi 1 :i ui ttenturij Net raUi.
Mr? r ,MrHwi,;!n,s. tjistu
j-elebrnted at their home In Ex.-itj
last week. 1
oeveiai acres in spring grain imv
already been planted In the vicinity ol
Callaway, and tlie ground is said ti
be In excellent shape.
A mother and daughter hiiniiiielwn.il
held at the Methodist church nt Fiilr-l
bury one evening last week, plates bc-i
lug laid for over 200 !
One case of scarlet feor, under I
quarantine nt i'.lg Springs, Iuih caused
local ollk-lnls tg t
. ln-pvnnt !1 Sm-f.'lrt i
take precautions lo
f the dlseii.se.
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i A movement has been started a
Taylor to vote bonds In the sum o
M.'.OOO, at the spring election, for tin
IllMi't hitl tf ft nun- t,tw.-i1 I...I l.ti ...
started at
if
tlltl
erection of a new school building.
('apt. A. M. Trimble, SL died Mai
denly at hl.s home In Lincoln. Captain
Trimble at one time was department
commander of the G A. 11. in Ne
braska. Henry ICoenlg dropped dead at the
farm of his brother near Columbus.
He had just left the house to do tho
milking when overcome by un attack
of apoplexy.
The Wheat Cioweis' Association of
America will soon begin a campaign to
get farmers to contract to .sell their
wheat through the association for live
years in Phelps county.
lo Saline county went tho honor of
i topping all other counties in tho IJnlt-
el States In the "Hotter Sires, Hotter
Live Stock" cnnmalirii for the minrt.or
ending January 1, 10U1.
Dr. C. ('. Cone has recently stocked
his farm on the Republican river in
the north part of Furnas county with
pheasants, which were received from
the stnte game warden.
"Heer Is dead, and can never como
back In Nebraska," said United States
District Attorney T. C. Allen, when
questioned as to the legality of brew
ing beer under the recent Palmer de
cision. Elk Creek lias made arrangements
to buy electric power for lighting and
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vowcv of the city of Tecumseli. A
uiiii-Miiiatiou line win oo mini tno
eight and one-half miles between the
two towns.
Mrs. Lucy Minor, negress, dropped
dead while attending services ut tin
A. M. E. church at Nebraska City.
After testifying she took ho'r seat,
gasped and died before medical assist
ance could arrive.
Ord Community Service club serves
a noon-day lunch every Monday, open
tor everybody. Traveling men, visit
ot s and women are invited. Ord U
said to be the smallest town in the
state with this .feature.
D. E. Thompson of Lincoln, now in
California, is the first individual in
the state to donate n carload of corn
to the Nebraska Farm P.urean federa
tion for the gift-corn project to re
Hove suffering in Europe and China.
Secretary of State D. M.'Ainsberry,
who .suffered a slight stroke of
paralysis a few weeks ago. Is fast
gaining strength, but his physicians
have recommended that ho remain
quiet and leave his duties alone for
a while.
Dr. H. L. Paine, a resident or Lin
coln for forty-two years and nt 0110
time candidate for governor of Nebras
ka on tho prohlhtion ticket, died Sun
day In bis rooms in a Lincoln hotel
following n stroke of paralysis suffer
ed last week.
Hnllrond otllcluls announce un order
discontinuing the :t.r per cent Increase
on live stock freight rates, made when
thu railroads were turned hack by the
government. This order will go Into
effect April 1 and remnln In force un
til July 15, liHJl.
Despite the unfavorable conditions
of last fall, the farmers of the Upper
Loup country have on hand a largo
number of fat cattle rendy for market
In the near future. The amount, of
com and hay on hand Is surprising
for the time rrf year, fin-morn say.
The great .slump I n tho value o
farm products In Nebraska is revealed
in a bulletin of agricultural statistics
recently published by the State De
partment of Agriculture. The lOiiO
corn crop, though much larger, is val
ued ut 100 million dollars less than the
1019 crop. Cattle on farms in Y.YM are.
valued ut 100 million dollars ions than
in 1018. The hogs in the state In 1IH8
were worth 01 million dollars, -1 mil
lions in 11)1!), and "JS millions in 1020.
The V.YM alfalfa crop dropped to a
value of :i.- millions, compared to (it
millions the previous etir, while last
year's wild hay crop was worth but
little Inore than a third of the 1i)l!l
crop. Horses show a drop of LTi mil
lion dollars less than the lino crop.
Even the oats crop of last year wii
worth 11 million dollars less than lu
10 lit.
Hov. W. P. Hleronymiis, A. It, Co
lumbus, O., has accepted the tall to
the presidency of Hebron academy.
The noth annlversarj of the found
ing of the First Congregational church
at Crete was celebrated last week by
a banquet in the church basement.
A broken knee cap was s-UHinined
by Henry DIckman of Plymouth, when
his horse run away and kicked him
through the dash board of his buggy.
Maurieo Wilson, Pawnee City high
school student, was badly burned on
the hands and about the face when
the gasoline tank In his automobile ex
ploded. Mls Ruth Glasser, deputy county
clerk, was painfully hurt when tin.
nutonioblle In which she was ruling
with her father and two sinters skid
ded on 11 sleet covered rood near Os
ceola nnd landed upside down In a
ditch, pinning the occupants under
ncsith. '
Fontenelle chapter, Daughter ot
the American Revolution, uiu nm-.
chase sn expensive memorial tablet
j -.- ...... ...-,., in. -ti.i. , j, 1, lij.(
1 bfiirlnt! the names r i'nw. ,. .,.1
ihers who made Hie supreme sacufico
t the late war The t.d-iet v.il 1U
1'lactMl in the Cuss lountv 01.1t houso
, ut Plattsmouth.
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