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BETER OFF TODAY THAN THREE
MONTHS AQO
TRYING PEBIOD WEATHERED
Nationwide 3urvey of Condition In
dicates Improvement In Many
Line.
Baltimore, 3JL ttavid F. Houston,
lormor eoreUry of the troaaury, In i
analyzing a countrywide survey of in
dustrial, financial, agricultural and
other economic conditions, declares
that "the big national question la tax
ation with poaoo sottlotnout and Inter
national trado next."
The survey, nuulo In all of tho geo
graphical dlv-bloiwof tho Uultodetates
D
BASIS
SOUNDER
by flold agontn of the FIdoIlty und Do-
VO.lt company of this city, consisted JQHN BURROUGHS DIES
of answers to thirty-six quoHtlons by
farmer, baukors, manufacturers and i
public officials. An interesting Tea- n . Mni,,n u;rjnrc, Qnn
uiro of tho ButiatioB us that in every Dean of Nature Writers SlIO-
feuturo of tho Now Eugluhd and tho Climbs at KtnQSVille, 0.
Rocky Mountain aUie-a building oper
ations show a markod lnoreaao. Uon-
t1 transportation conditions In every
tato wero roportod "good" and raw I Va Noted 1or Hl clo8e Friendship
materials plentiful. Savings nocountfl, I With Roosevelt, Whom He Defend
tho aurvoy showod, Increased in nlno- ' ed In "Nature-Faking" Rowa.
teen states. '
Pollco oflcialB of 27 BtatoB uaJd thoro Now York, Mnrcli 80. John Bur-
b.vo boon noticablo Increases In j roughs, famous naturaliBt, died ut 2
'crime over last Soptornber, but a do- ; it. in. on a New York Centrnl train ut
crease was reported in MuasacliusottH, t KlngHvlllo, 0. Ho had been spending
Mara, Now Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Inland, Connecticut, New York,
Now Jorsoy, I'onnuylvunla, Delawaro,
Maryland, LMatrlct of Columbia, Vlrglu
la, Woat Virginia, Nortli Carolina,
flouth Carolina, Qoorgla, Florida, Kun
lucky, Tennoaaoo, Alubama, und M1b
alaaippl. In overy aato tho conaonBua of opin
ion was tho tho farmora have not dla
polled of all tholr luat hoivhou'h cropa.
lxw prices and Bhortngo of money and
labor arc aald to havo causod a rcduc
tion In acroago in all statoa oxoopt
Illlnola, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nob-1
rauka. and the Paolflo coast ntatea. Tho York Htato, but anything like u Uter
orop outlook for 1921, however, In ary composition was a bugbear to him
ycry cuho, waa roportod fair or good.
"Tho aurvoy Indlcatoa tliat tho buol
nous world Is atlll fooling Its way, but
With Inoreaalng confidence and with
(he conviction that tlio worat has
passed," aald former Secretary Hous
ton. "Tho couuti y has Buccosflfully
borno tho tralu caiiBod by a moat not
ablo drop in prices, paitlctilurly of a
vftst colume- ot raw materials, and has
woathorod a trying porlod of llqulda
tion. "Tho demand for flnlBhod products
baa not developed to tho point whore
our faottorios fool Justified In taking
roqulalto quantity of our surpluB raw
materials to furnlBh tho nocesflary re
llof to their producers ; but thoro oro
aoino Indications of ft change In Ibis
direction,
"Thli aurvoy dooa point to certain
favorable domoHtlo condition. Thn
cost of living has approclably dimin
ished. Building operations In a num
ber ot districts tend to lucroaao. Thero
havo recently been no strikes of conao-
queuco. Greater productivity of labor I
por man IB roportoa irom an nunnoin,
Ilavr materials nro plentiful, nnd phy
sical transportation conditions are
food. Tliero havo beon no business
failures of inomwit. Tho crop out
look la satisfactory, nnd the banking
situation haa improved.
A Harding Behind Bar.
Chlcag Kvoiolt A. Harding's 24-carat
gold story turned to brass Btory. Tho
dapper young North Side promoter,
jtho said ho wrtH President Harding's
irucond cousin and his nHslHtant socio
tary, was Jailed at Wuukegan and for
mally cliniged with being an impostor
extraordinary l conman do luxtv.
President Harding wired personally
that tho young man was not "connect
ed with tho govommont." At thu
same tlmo the "Alice In Wonderland'
stories told of Wverett'a sister, Pearl
called tho "White Houati buby," wero
labeled puro fiction
Harding 3ave Armenian Children.
Washington, D. C Prosldon Hard
ing saved the llfo ot an Arinontiui child
by nccoptlng a Near Hast relief coupon
book, representing funds to piovldo
food and clothing for one child for a
year. Mrs Harding also ncepted a
book.
Turk Smash Greek Offonlve.
Paris According to reports recelv-
ed hero the Giooks aio fuclug a debacle.
In Asia Minor, following n sovero
chock Inflicted by the Turkish nation
wliHts on tho Greek center before Uakl
Hhelir. Wilson Plan Visit to London.
London. -Former Prosldent Wilson,
ncoixllng to Hoynolds' Newspaper, Is
fxpootod here for a ton-day visit at
tho end of April. It suya rooms for a
party of olghl huve been reserved.
Rate Ruling Changed.
Washington. 1). C Ciders of tho
Interstate commerce (unnmlHsloti in
creasing state freight and pusxetigor
rates In New York und Iowa were
hanged to permit ruiltocd to tum
,uln the saun rates wl uln the state
is are in effect in Interstate trafu
STILL THE GRAND OLD GAME
the winter at Pusndenn, Cnl. lie was '2 hard, sumo premium, No. i mixed corn
olnlitv-four rears old nnd had been htyWWe under May; No. 3 yellow 6U
f?" y..Jjr..,;? ..B ..J? I6ic "nJ.cr- V?T th.e week, Chicago May
poor tiealth for aomo time,
John Burroughs was tho venerable
dean of nature wrltorn In the United
States. Through a bcore of bookB he
shared with countless readers his life-
long Intimacy with birds, bees, flow
rs und tho Whole OUtof-doors. Ills
l.lghly-doveloped powers of observa-
tlon and tho cnurm of Ills lnterpreta- .
tiens were tho marvel of hlH critics.
Ho learned to lovo nature when he 1
drove cows at lib birthplace farm,
Iloxbury, among tlio CatsldllH, In Now
-
s n youth.
Mr. Burroughs was born In 1837. In
18(M ho wont to Washington with
something of an inclination to enlist
In tlio Union army, but ho decided to
seek a government olllce. It Ih relat
ed that with only a fow of his poems
rut credentials he walked Into the
treasury department und naked for n
Job. It was agreed that his vemnl
.verses rcnlly smollcd of the woods,
and smacked of sincerity. Ho would
be n eofo man to watch tho treasury
vnults. He agrcod to tako tho place.
At n little desk, facing tho hugo Iron
vault where he kept tub on those who
went to handle tho 50,000,000 stored
there, he began writing of tho birds,
to relievo his homesickness. The re
sult was his first book, "Wake-ltobln."
RUSS REBELS TAKE MINSK
Important City I n Russia In Hand
of Revolutionist Fifty
Yanka to Be Freed.
London, March 80. Minsk, tin Im
portant city In wostern Hussla, has
bceiv captured by revolutionists, says
a Copenhagen dispatch to the Hx
chungo Telegraph company, quoting
Ilelslngfors, advices. Tho eighth Del
shevlk army Is declared to have Joined
11 democratic whlto Husslnn republic.
Kiev Is said to bo surrounded by re
bellious peasants, und the communists
thoro 10 adopting torrorlst measures.
WuaWugton, March U0. efforts to
release about llfty Americans held In
soviet ltussla are being made by thu
state department through unidentified
agencies, uccordlug to Information giv
en to Senator llotllit of Alabama, who
has made inquiries In behalf of Km
mett Kllpnlilck, said to hao been sen
tencefl to 20 ears' Impilsoninent at
Moscow.
DIE 15 FEET FROM SAFETY
Bodies of Seven Miners Found Hud
dled Together In nn Illinois
Mine.
Howell, 111., March HI. Fifteen feet
irom the hole which had been drilled
to sao them, tlio bodies of kooh
miners sealed up In the Kathleen
coal mine, which caught lire the
weeks ago, wero found huddled to
gether. Hemmed In In the depths of
Ul0 ,, ,)y Ul0 n,VZ0 u, men ,,,
ti brave light until oveicome by
poison gases.
The bodies were found behind 11
partially completed embankment
which the men hnd tried to erect to
seal theineleH In from the gas.
Chlnamaker Havlland Dies,
Limoges, France, April 1. C. 12.
Havlland, for half a century head ot
tho famous porcelain manufacturing
firm, 1mm Just died here. Mr. Havl
land was a descendant of Theodore
Havlland, an American.
Gotham Society Startled,
Now York, April 1, New York bi
tiety was startled by reports that mem
bers of many of the foremost famine"
will be culled as wltuecses when tho
divorce suit ot Mr nnd Mrs. James A.
Stlllmuu ccx'U to trial.
U.S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
Grain Market Improved Potatoes De.
cllne Light Hogs Advance
Thlrty-five Cents.
(WEEKLY JIAIlKnTGnAM.)
(Dy U. 3. BUKHAU OF MAItKETS.)
Woshlntfton, Starch 30. For week end
tntf March 2ti OltAlN AltlioUKli due to
economic conditions and favorublo crop
reports sentiment in tlio trade was Dear-
lah tho past week, tho market was stead-
lor tlian for tome time and except for
corn declines were about offset by ad-
vances. During tho latter part of tha
week l.WO.OOO bushels of wheat sold for
S;E?" pI'"?.lp?"3l .."r.60,,"681,'0
ChlcaKo cash market, No. 2 red winter
wheat 12M714Ut! nvnr Chlcnito Slav: No.
wiieai uown r lit !.."&, .May corn ui
C3Ttc, Minneapolis May wheat up c at
U.37H,, Kansas City May down IVic at
AlVi?gJ&tTbl
Hour truUo dull; wheat demand keen; No.
2 dark caBh JSG&o over May; Canadian
40C over; country receipts very light.
Kansas City milling and export demand
fair; No 2 hard cash He over Kansas
"'"J -MirJetll tQ Blrons on
uB,t receipts of top srades No. 1 tlm-
othyiso ChicaBo, Np. 2 timothy , Chlca-
rin'us.'nhirjurn. ua'. Minncnnniia.'
,,.V.V :.77"-.' : "'. " --.-----. . .
$21i3wSr0,aruhq?eOnU,:
oney toward still lower levuls.
I'KUITS AND VEGKTABLCS-l'otato
prices made, further decline of rvRlOc per
100 lbs. nt northern shipping stations the
past wook, lIobIiik Wii'Ma sacked. Chicago
carlot markot down l&a'c at J1H1.10. Now
York round whites held at JUOftUfl bulk.
Now York cold Btoruge Baldwin apples
WUti per Ubl Northwestern extra lancy j
whiosaps mostly && por box. coiwurnlng I
contors. First car of Texas yellow Bor-
miida onions, mixed No. 1 and 2. brought
tlfiftijC per crate. rlUsburgh, March 20,
compared with opening level around CM
a ysar ago. Bureau of crop estimates re-
loaso shows general roductlon acreago
of Bermuda onions In California, Loulsl-
nna and Texas. Total plantings this
season 14.M8 acrea compared with 18.K6
acres last year. Production 6,007 cars foro-
o8MrcaraCldasV'season.mated produc,lon I
DAIRY PllODUCTB - Butter markets,
excopt nt Chicago, havo shown a tendency
luwuru retuvury iuh uui went, rutra in
eastern markots 2o higher thun a week I
uga; prices In Chicago about unchanged
following both advances ana declines.
Closing prices, 92 score; New York ItiVjC,
Chicago 44ttc Philadelphia 4TUc Boston
47c. Cheese market weaker; business dull.
1,1 iicdbu niuingv .vi'ttnui , iuouionn null,
trading lacks conlldonce. Prices average
2o lower than a week ago, sales at Wis
consin primary markets bolng made nt or
near: Twins 22Vc, Daisies 2114c, doublo
Dntslns 23Hc, Longhorns 28c, Young Amer
icas 20c.
LIVD STOCK Chicago live stock prices
showed mixed advances and declines tho
post week. Light hogs advanced 35c;
medium weights lost Xc. Beef steers
showed light declines. Butcher cows and
heifers generally stoady with moderate
advances on top grades. Feeder steers
fully 26o lower. Veal calves down S1.2G4;
2. i"ii t lambs nnd yearlings up D0G76c.
l'at owes 25o to tOc. Feeding lambs steady.
March 26 Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of
salos, 3.2;4i 10.70; medium and good beet
steers. IS 25fjt 00; butcher cows and heif
ers, tilOW, feeder stcors. 17.6025. fut
lambs, tHi(4ti0S6, feeding lumba, f 7 3
P25, yoarllngB, J7KKIiyW. fut ewes, Kn
CD0
HAYS' ASSISTANT IS NAMED
Col. Hubert Work of Colorado to Be
First Assistant Postmaster ( Superintendent Tied D. Schneider,
General. Nim i,ls had charge of the Cedar
' Haplds school for the last thiee ears,
Washington, March 20. President ' litis been elected to head the Loup
Harding announced tecess appoint- i City Schools for next ear.
meats of Col. Thibet t Work of Colora-, At the Northwestern Nebiaska Has
do, as lltst assistant postmaster gen-1 ketball tournament at Cliadiou, at
oral; Col. Jay J. Morrow, governor which sixteen (untitles weie lepie
genernl of the Panama Canal Zone; -enled, Alliance won llrst place, Chad
dipt. Sumner W W. ICtttelle, U S. N., ' on second mid Long Pine third,
governor of the Vltgln Islands, and 'I'110 ltl Louis H lliiinpliie.v, for
Henrj W. Fletcher, American repro- ,n, l'st llree years pastor of the
sentntlve In the internatlonnl cnhln First Pi esb.Uei Ian chinch at Lltchtleld,
conferetKv
mmT mttn in rsr-rt,,-
INDICT FOUR IN DECKER CASE
Jurors Formally Accuse Three Men
and Their Mother of Murder
In Indiana.
Yvarsaw, inn., Match IU -virull
Decker, his mother, Mrs L dla Decker,
and two brothers, Fred and Cail Deck-
.m A II . ftJV Itljll.tAsV.I It l.- V A m
er, neiv iiiiimuii iij mo uosciusko 1 eouiMii 11:1s ii mi lerum varieties participate 111 the hiiiiiiiiI tissessnient I "c ;ieartng on me morns or mo n eas
count gruntl Jury, which completed Its of birds, Texas and California nloiu j cniimmlifii which opened Apill 1. Mis. ' urn-
Investigation Into the death of Leroy
l.ovett Virgil uccker lias been held , Tow no of the Omaha Audubon socl
In Jail here on tt chin ge of nun tier. Ills 1 'tv Most bhds fiom the north puss
relatives were arrested and brought to ' through this Mate on their way south.
the Jail here,
G. O. P. Ax to Fflll.
Washington, April 1. President
Harding will Issue tip executive or
der within a few days that will make
It possible for the new Hepubllcan ad
ministration to replace man Demo
cuttle pontmnsters
Steals Watch; Gets Twenty Years.
. Sioux Clt. la.. April 1 Ueorgo
(Ivvyek, tlilrt.v-four years old, was sen
tinced to 20 jenra in the penitentiary
at Vort Madison, la, for stealing a
silver watch Then, were three worn
en on Uie Jur),
CORNHUSKEft ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From "
tt ti i im. v, I (
V1U1UUS JTU1J11S lUIUUUuui
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
The Civic club of Nellgh realised
$12-1 on It8 (lower sale, held lecentl.
A lodge of the Btotherhood of t
American Yoemen tins been orKiinlcil
lit Superior with u clniiter member
ship of "."5.
... ' .r.: r, ..'.:., . " .
mi... I ..,.i. .. ..-,. i...,. ......wmiittiHl
near Peru.
A HebeKah lodge lias been nrgnnl7ed
nt Llbeit.v, with a duuler nieinbcishlp
of fort v -two
Tornndlc winds lust week caused
considerable duiiiugc to a utimber of
towns er the state.
The state legislnttiic Is making
plans to finish up its woik und ad
journ about April 1."
Neurl liftj were baptised and 12."
received into the Methodist tliurch tit
S.ulne.v Faster Sundn.v.
' A oliinteer tire depaitinent with
tw out -eight charter members has
been uigunl7cd at Blue Springs.
He v. W. L. Bright, pastor of the
l'lrst Lutheran clitlich of Nebiaska
Cit.v, has tendered his loslgutttlon.
County Agent Scott Is soon to start
n drle against prairie dogs, which
htiM1 done thouMinds of dollars of dnni
sr in Choienno countj each enr.
Ilean J. A. Taucock, foimer pastor
of Trinity cathedral at Omaliti, Is now
pastor of a chinch at San Kruiislsco.
Odd Follows of the state will tele-
,..,, n. Oiiinlin irll ) ilu Hlil no.
u an nt "'n" -M"' . " - "-
nhersaiy of the founding ol that or-
,,,,.
,, , , ,,
fcJTCS hn0 tlioppwl nt CnlhlW.iy
"oiii 1!) .cuts bi 11 cents per do.en.
and local dealers expect them to ro
l.i. t
' ,
.Seward has eMendcd nn Imitation
lo members of the American Leulon In
v . .
Acbraskn to establish a .summer camp
at that place.
A len.po.ary water famine Is fea.ed
nt Callaway. Mains bine buist and it
,, , , WI n,..i i.tU i,r,,.. .,,,...1.0
uUl '"- hovcinl d.is befoie 1 epulis
rail be made.
1ms begun enlng patrons. The power!
m brought from Omaha on n hi"li
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rv..r iiwi ,..,. v. 1. .!.... ..,n..,i r,,..,.
tlio reMutl meetings Just dosed at
Columbus Ncnth isSOO was raised for
w... Jvv. v........ '..... 11.1mn.11 4i..i.i
tile OUlllgellst
., " .. ' ,
-H- and Mis deoigo L .laikett of
OHtner telebrated their golden wed-
, , . ... . r, ,.
"K lst week, (.uesls from the
states attended.
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' "' l,0".v C -' KuDen, an Omaha
giecer, was found hlng In a pool oC
j.1,,,.,1 i ,1.,, ,,,,.,. ,'.f ,,. ,,. ...i.u
,"0 ' "lo ,, of his store. With
ills tin oat slashed.
ku.s..v..ii Iwivs mil ..hk in ... .,,1
Mt'eii Dojh nnd gills will giiKl-
(lute at the nineteenth iinniial coui-
nii.iieiuiieiii nf the ihiImuvIiv s..luml ,,f
' "(.eiiu nt 01 the unieislt school ol
agriculture April l.r.
At the collection taken up nt Ax.
Michael's church of Spalding for the
lellef Of the suffeilng people ot Ire-
nn,i fi ntjx ., ,. , ,,i.,,,i
lf,n" '."" 'IS lillM'd.
'i he istii annual convention of the
Second dlstilct, Nebraska Federation
of Women's Clubs, will meet In Omaha
nt the Y. W. C. A. April IK.
Pinal passage of an ordinance which
piohlblts Sunday funerals lias been uc
conipllshed by the Omaha city council.
The ordinance will becoiit effective
May 1.
On account of Die dltToience in pi Ice
of 4 to S cents in fauir of Callaway,
a huge amount of wheat and coin is
being hauled to that point from othetN
towns.
The ltaveiina Methodist tliurch Is
conducting n reial meeting with the
assistant e of tlio Hev. M. P.. Canaan,
eumgelist , and Miss Chamberlain,
singer
With the piesent plenitude ot labor,
the Union Stock Yards (ompany of
Oinnlia tells the railway commission
It will now be ublo to proide full
eiews on swltdi engines,
has resigned to take up woik In the
piesli.vtei.v of Itoulder, In Colorado
' Joseph Illrsch, a tanner living near
Have..,,.,, .hopped dead on his f.o.it
porth lie had been In appaient good
health
1 It Is estimated that fanners of ('hey-
eiinecount.v spent neatly a million dol
lars last j, ear In vatlous kinds of
worthless stoiks. The eount.v farm
buieaii will endeavor to piotoct them
against a lepetitlon of the experience.
X- -I. -..!- 1....4 111 .11 (P. ..... L ... l ..1 f ..
having mote, according to Dr. Solon
Ausley Is to have an open nlr pic
ture show this summer Hoy Patter
son, former owner of the Sun the
liter, which burned to the ground, will
hit the piomoter.
Test borings to determine the ni
ttiie of tlio soil structute for the now
Nebiithka snpltol have been made tit
the four coiners- of tho piopoed build
ing, to a depth of over 100 feet
Following the discover of SI couu
terfelt dollais In n park at Omnlm,
mi let scrvhe operatives mid polh
n'e mh'Vorlng o " 1. 1 b nl of
1 t Mi r 1 c' 1 Vis! t In 01 '
1
isF - '
Twenty children were li ptijn d Into
J m I (liurdi itt (iillovu labt
Women of Coinstoc I: li formed
o.gahiatlon called
oininuiilt. Circle."
The Laches'
Teciimeh will mill: efforts to se
cure n part or till of Its tiler supply
from uitoIttn wells.
Diilton bus voted 21,000 bonds for
the erection of it ductile tiaiismlssloa
line fiom S.ulne.v to Hint iilnce.
Alfred Stevens, IX) .veurs old,
diopped dead of npople.y while linv
,,, ft ,.,Mo)Ul, , )mlinl ,,nl,,er
shop.
nieien of the corps of ltccti teach
ers in the West Point Ity sdiools htie
'" ..i..M.i..t..,..r. The ,,.
nllliitf low Milailes is nppaiently tho
cniNe
As n losult of the joint elTorts oE
the (oinnititilty club and the city conn
(II. Madison will bae a tourist park,
equipped to take can of the needs of
aulolsts.
Hundieds of Hollars' wonh of feed
was destio.ved v. Men tlio bain on tlu
Calvin Duncan iinn, near W.vmoie,
was stiuck bj llKlitiiliii; and totally
destroyed. 1
Accoidlng to lljMiies Just made pub- I
lie bj the State Depni tiiient of Tin do,
bunk deposits In the state hae fallen
oil oor SID.OOO.OOO in the four mouths
ending rehruiuw '25
.Stephen .1. Taylor, the oldest settler
of Franklin county, Is (lend at ills
home at Khciton. He came to Frank
lin toiinij with the llrst company of
uctual settlers in lSTO.
Superintendent i;. L. Itouse of the
Pel u Normal school lias been elected
Mipeilnteiideut ol the public schools of
Scootsbliifl" for u tcnn of tl.iee years,
succeeding C. M. .Mathene.
Platte county Is now equipped to do
Its own road building, through the
pun. base of one of the big grading
outfits operated lij the state depait
inent ol public woiks last year.
A the occulted at the Nebiaska Con
solidated mills plant at Itmenna, when
a shoit cit cult In one of the electric
inotous on the second lloor started a
blaze. The damage was not soilous.
II. M. Wells, who has gone into the
potilti. business near Auliuin, prob
nhlj has tlio latgest Incubator in tlio
state. The lucuahtoi Is built in sec
tions nnd has a total capacity of 7,00
'Hie new r,00.000-gallon citj water
icseiudr at Sidney is located on the
st(v of Hie first fort in western Ne-
Iiraska. built in 1SH7 while coiihtiuc-
tlon of the Union Pacific was in pto
gi ess.
Kediutlon of the number of Nebras.
k i's judicial (lKtilcts ft nm eighteen to
nine with two additional judges a'
lowed lor each district, has received
the approval of the lower legislative
hiatif h.
Stock to the extent of .S100.000 will
be Miloserlhcd 1 Omaha Jews for the
purpose of establishing an Omnlm
colony In the heart of Palestine, under
the dliection of the ion common
wealth. There are neail.v 1,000 co'onlcs ot
bees In Douglas county, according to
II. C. Cook, pres.dent of the Douglas
County Honey Producers' association,
and the number Is constantly on the
Increase.
Tlio fourteenth annual encampment
of the United Spanish War veterans,
department of Nebraska, will convene
at Lincoln, on June 12, 13 and 11. This
encampment will be a leunlon of all
Spanish war eteians.
At a lecent meeting of the Gngo
county farm huieuu, F. c. Ctocker of
Filley was niitiied to assist County
Agent Hist in arranging for the Col
lection of coin lor people who aio
starving In fotelgn lands.
Two lives und approximately a quar
ter of a million dollars' ilainhge was
the Ios in 2011 fires In Nebraska dur
ing December und January, accotdlng
to the cut lent bulletin of State Fire
Mnishnll O. H. Hart lord.
The Ver.v Ancient Matrons' Society
has been loimed at ('bullion us tt suc
cessor to the i:iks Women's club,
which was disbanded when the Elks'
lodge niled against use of its name.
Itelatives of Flks me eligible.
Will Heed Dunrov, dramatic editor
rnd newspaper man, a former Lincoln
boy and nnivoisK graduate, N dead
In Chicago, sujiposedl.v ol alcohol poi
soning, caused b "moonshine" whis
ky taken to secuie icllet for a cold.
One ot the luigest, If not the hug
est, electric motors In the state was
started at the Nebiaska lenient plant
at Supetlor, when a ."00 hoi so power
machine for the lube mill at the fin
ishing end took the place of four of
the mills, giving double captu it for of oentinlizing taxation authority as
gi hiding clinkers Into the lenient against that of leaving It entirely in
The 50th anniversary ot the milval tll0 llands of iocal authorities resulted
of the Soldleis Free Homestead col- j jn ,m overwhelming voto for central!
on.v at (Million will be celt hinted zatIon In tno Btato sonate committeo
April 7. ot tho whole.
The district convention of the I. O. ! .
O. l, held at David City last week, I Urge Governor to Veto Bill
was one of the most successful held In Governor McKelvle, haviru? been bo-
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p,. ,u, n., ,m0 i ,), ),istor,v of
tja(, ,m,H vvonieu assessors will
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V.iimi PiiL-slev unit Aits. W. W. Dun-
can of Beatrice ate the lhst of their ' tho bill, which puts a stop to tho pres
sox tn bu, appointed as pteelnet as- 1 n' practico of selling bread by tho
sessois I dime and requires that it bo sold by
The Incteiise In ptucel post bulnosi tho pound and multiples thoreof
at Wyniore hits necessitated the cm-
plovnient of tin additional earlier for
"Ity deliveiy, uud whose work will bo
cvinflned emlrel.v to the delivery of
parcel post packages
Two-thirds- or the herd of Short
horns 011 the Movvinaii ranch near Hen
tilce. have been found lo be tubercular,
us result of an investigation conducted
- 1 ,v a local veterinarian.
fJm. HerN stttte sheriff. Im olTeied
a levvurd of $200 for Information lead.
m. to the am -i of 1 II t uifnlCP.
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c riot is
BILL AIMED AT HOTEL PROPRK
ETORS WHO TAKE ADVAN
TAGE OF BIG CROWDS
MUST POST RATES IN ROOMS
If Measure Becomes Law Visitors t
State Fair and Other Large Gath
erings Will Be Protected
From Profiteers
Lincoln Sentiment against hotel
keepers who take advantage of hli?;
crowds by shoving their rates found
an expression in the legislature in
the adoption by the house of a propo
sal by Mr. Leftwich forbidding them
to ralso rates at any special tim
above those ordinarily charged for
like service tlnoughout the jear.
This action was taken while con
sidering in committee of the whole
a iblll limiting the liability of hotelB
for loss of or damage to valuables be
longing to guests, and also providing
a maximum penalty of $100 fine for
any person who falls to pay for the
service he receives.
The bill presented was a committee
substitute tor H. R, 550, introduced
by Mr. Good. Its chief champions on
tho floor wero Messrs. Dysnrt and
Medlar of Douglas county. It was ap
proved for passage.
Criticism of the practice of somo
(hotels In raising rates during the
state fair at Lincoln, the Ak-Sar-Ben
festival at Omaha, and other largo
gatherings was expressed.
Together with Leftwich's amend
ment tho chamber adopted another
by Mr. Snow requiring the rates to ha
posted in rooms. Later on Mr. Med
lar got another clause tacked on
which allows hotels to specify what
the charges shall bo for two or more
beds in tho same room.
Expect Changes In Movie BUI
A fight to cut out the "censorship"
of the movie censorship bill which
has passed by tho house and substi
tute a license and bond system of con
trol over Improper films will be made
In tho senate when the child welfare
committeo reports the bill out on the
general file.
Among Its provisions is one requir
ing tho posting of a ?1,000 bond with
the state by every exhibitor, -with the
bond subject to forfeiture it any of
tho rather rigid rules of pictorial dis
play to bo included in tho amendment
aro violated.
Tho censorship board is done away
with in the bill.
Investigation On In House
A motion providing for legislative
investigation of chatges that state
funds were used for lobbying and
propaganda to secure passage of the
inovio censorship bill and other child
welfare acts was introduced by Rep
resentative Anderson of Hamilton in
the house and passed after a stormy
debate.
Anderson said such charges were
made on the floor of the house dur
ing debates on the censorship bill and
that papers in tho state had 'been
commenting on the charges Members
of the children's code commission
favored such an investigation, he
said.
House Accepts Amendments
The house unanimously accepted
senate amendments to H. R, 273, a
bill requiring Insurance companies
organized hereafter in Nebraska
to select ofilcers of good character
and men capable of holding such
posts. It places a ban on pay for pro
motion In excess of the amount pro
vided for In the insurance laws. Tho
senate attached tho emergency clause
and added to section one tho follow
ing: "mutual life insurance compan
ies heroaftor organized, are prohibit
ed from using scaled contracts for the
purpose of using earnings therefrom
to stock tho company "
Governing Delinquent Taxes
Tho house recommended for pa
sage H. n. 582, which provides that
after state taxes due from counties
bocomo more than twenty years de
linquent the auditor shall transfor
them from the current tax ledger to a
suspended account McLellan, author
of the bill said that all of the coun
ties, save Cheyenne and Burt, owe an
aggregate of $751,000, all running
back to before 1901, and at the rate
they are paying up it will take about
2,000 years to get square with the
state
Approve New Tax Bill
The tost nt strenctli nvnr tlin nnllrv
1 seechod by representatives of tho
' bakers to voto tho Smith broad law,
' passed by both houses, granted a pub-
t !-.- Al. Id. - M
KoproBoiitauvo bniun is author of
To Preserve Law Makers Pictures
A picture of tho house and senate
membors was taken before the Lin
coln statue by the department of
conservation and soil survey of tho
state university under tho auspices
and direction ot Dr George Condra..
Tho purpoBO of tho picture Is his
torical. Tho department of conser
vation and noil survey proposes to en
large tho pictures to near a four by
five feet dimension and to tang them
In tho new capltol Pic lures of tho
two groups will be taken every ses
sion and kept for historical purposes.
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