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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD 1 u v. t I 1 DEAD II OILPLANT FIBE BODIES OF 6 OTHERS THOUGHT TO BE IN DEBRIS. TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS HURT Tanks at Salt Lake City Which Had Been Burnlno All Night Bursts with Fearful Results. . A r Salt I,ako City, Utah. Two known doail, the probability of at least six others dead in the debris, moro than twenty-five injured, many others un accounted for and a property loss of nearly ,000,000 was the toll of the iro -which started at tho plant of tho Utah Oil Refining company, when i bolt of lightning struck a tank con taining 1,500,000 gallons of gasollno dlstlllato. Tho total loss of lifo will I not bo known until tho rolls of city A decree granting the restoration of firemen and company employes aro , conjugnl rights tho first step In checked. British law toward nn nbsoluto dl- Tho known dead aro: Walter Rom- vorcc lins been granted Kathleen, noy, Jr., 19 years old, and Goorgo H. ' Countess Droghoda. Lady Drogheda, Larrabeo, 10, employes at tho plant, who Is popularly known ns "tho fly Tho death of Romnoy was caused by Ing countess" because of her interest scalding In tho trench of hot water In nvlntlon, testified that tho Earl and oil surrounding ono of tho tanks. ! her ast September ard had slnco Tho body of Larrabeo was burned to refused to livo with her. Tho suit was a crisp and Identification by tho father not contested, was posslblo only by tho cap which he had worn. In tho samo trench aro bollovod to ho bodies of several othor men "who wero caught In tho flow of burning oil when it was thrown from tho collapsing tank. Tho loss of lifo came when tho tank, Tttlch had boon burning fiercely all night, burst scattering its contonts with deadly results. Romnoy mado av. attomnt to reach safety, but was ! thrown back into tho tronch by tho scalding water. Of tho twenty-flvo Injured, sovoral woro seriously burned and will dlo. Sims Called Home. Washington, D. C Rear Admiral Sims was ordered homo from London ay secretary uunuy as urnuii. ui. u by csccltors n( ,ll0 All, n. Woodward speech attacking Sinn Fein sympathlz- cstaU) , AIlll)um, wi,ch held thnt tho ora in. tho United States. Tho secretary , government erred In refusing to up said ho had received messages tmml. I)r0T0 8Uch (iU(,lc;ton froin th lug if press dispatches had quoted I cstnto's Income for 1018. -correctly oxcorpta from tho spoecb oti motion of Solicitor General Frier and had decided to rovoko tho romaiiv ,JOn tho court dismissed tho govern ier of tho admiral's leave Tho order, i ment's appeal from lower court de howovor, was not expected to expo crocs, holding that tho American Can dllo Admiral Sims return, as ho had i company did not constitute n monopo plannod to return on tho Olympic, ly under tho Sherman antitrust law. which sails Wednosday and is the The government's action wns based first available Bhlp. ' on the decision of the Supremo court in tho United States Steel corporation Search for Escaped Men. case. In view of that decision, Sollc- Portland, Ore. Posses directed by ' Itor General Frlerson said, it was con federal, county and railroad officers ' sldcred useless to contlnuo tho case woro Boarchlng for Ray Gardner and against tho American Can company. Norris Pyron, fodoral prisoners whe I Contention of tho Western Union escaped from a train at Castlo Rock, , Telegraph company that It cannot bo Wash., after, transferring shackles ' "'! " for damages caused ! from themselves to two fodoral offl through errors in transmitting mes rs In whoso custody thoy wero bo W w"n Us linos were under gov iag taken to McNoIl Island ponlton tlary. Immltjrants Released. Now,York. A haggard army of 6 s U) Immigrants, from Europo released ahoorod wildly in Uiolr natlvo tongues i for it mysterious bonofactor "Tho " Congress of tho United States." Tho iost of tho 5,000 woro hold up for '-weeks At Ellis Island or pn ships, ftp Stunt Filer Killed. , Calgary, Alberta. Alf Maboo, a fltunt fllor, was killed, and A. Fleming, pilot, was probably fatally Injured, when tho latter's nlrnlano crushed from a liolcht of 100 foot, whllo flvintr. Flood Toll 106. Denver. Colo. Ono .hundred and six person:, tvoro known to bo dond In floods which Bwopt through Colorado laat week, according to coni'dlntloim from 'throughout tho stato nuuio liure Arkansas River Hlnh. TuIhii, Okln. Tho Arkansas river showod a rlso of Hlx feot flvo Inches and is still rising steadily, accordtug to announcement by tho local weather bureau. Father Slays Son. Dob MoIiiob, la. R. M. Wast shot and killed his son, Myron West, aged 18, while ho was Bleeping at thnlr homo horo. Tho father was arrested. Urges Purchase of Canal. Washington, 1). C. Purchase by the govornment of tho Capo Cod canal for $11,500,000 has boon recommondod to congress by Secretary Weeks, , Bull Fighter's Injuries Fatal. Madrid. Krnoslo Pastor, Mexican toreador, dlod as a result of tho In juries Buffered In 0i6 bull rlnc Negro Held for Murder. Dob MoIiicb, la. A huna negro who gavo his nnmo as Pormau, has boon arrested hern on suspicion of being 'ono of thu parties wanted in connec tion with tho murder and ustmult of 6arn Thorudnlo, a nchool teacher, near Valley Junction, moro than a wook go. Fourteen Killed 'n Wreck. Madrid. Fourtoef. persons aro known to have been killed and many injured when an expieus train from Madrid collided with a train from To ledo, near VIHavordo. COUNTESS DROGHEDA. x EXEMPTS ESTATE TAX "Allowable Deduction" in Com puting Net Income. i 6upreme Court Rules That the Amount Paid on Estate Should Be Deducted. Washington, Juno 7. An estate tux Is nn "allowablu deduction" from the Income of an estutc In computing net Income, tho Supremo court ruled. Tho court alllrmed a decision of tho Co)Jrt of c,flins ,n t)l(j cn8o br0UB,lt eriiiiieiii cumroi wero upuciu oy me court. Tho court adjourned until Oc tober 10. GERMANS BEATEN BY FRENCH Garrison at Deuthen, Silesia, Near Polish Front, Attacked by Teutons. Oppoln, Juno -l. -French soldiers forming tho garrison of Rout hen, a ,clty ln southeastern Silesia near tho old'Pollsh frontier, huvo been attacked by forces organized by tho German In habitants of tho town. Reports stato tho Germans In tho ! fighting numbered .1,000, Tho French -used tanks In charging tll Germans, and are said to havo ! p.,nod thu 'PW T'loro imv0 boe" n,,u,y ai,rI"" casualties, It Is , reported, but tho Freuch havo not suf- "od losses. 18 HURT IN INDIANA WRECK Michigan Central Train No. 43 railed Two Miles West of Hammond. De- Chicago, Juno 7. Klghtoen porsrtna' wero Injured, two perhaps mortally, when train -K5 of tho Michigan Central railroad was derailed two miles west of Hammond. Four coaches left tho track. Two overturned. Train -111 Is one ofuho road's crack llyurs. It was returning to Chicago from tho Ktist. Upholds Detroit In Street Car Fight Lansing, Mich., Juno 8. Tho Su preme court ufilrmed the Wuyno coun ty Circuit court decree dismissing tho Detroit United railway suit to enjoin tho city of Detroit from proceeding with tho construction of n municipally owned street railway system, Obregon Takes Railroads. San Antonio, Tex., June 0. President Obregon has taken tho direction of tho ratlroads of Mexico out of the hands of the minister of finance and will havo personal charge, aided by Ramon P. DoNogrl. Named Chief of Mllltla, Washington, Juno P. Tho appoint ment of Colonel George R. Richards of the Pennsylvania 'National Guard uh chief of tlje mllltla bureau, War department, was announced by Secre tury of War Weeks. MEXICO OFFERED NEW U.S. TREATY Secretary Hughes Insists on Recognition of All Property Holdings. CAN'T DESTROY VALID RIGHTS Declares Mexicans Are Free to Adopt Any Policy Which Pleases Them, but Must Respect Titles of American Citizens. Washington, June 0. The United States government proposes as a solution of the Mexican problem a trenty of commerco and' amity with Mexico. This announcement was mnde officially by Secretary of Statu Hughes. If Mexico agrees to the I treaty, recognition will follow. I rpi . . , .i j. . i . .,. The text of the Stato department's announcement follows: "Tho fundamental question which ; confronts the government of the , United States in considering Its rela- tlons with Mexico Is tho safeguard-1 ing of property rights against conns- i cation. Mexico is free to adopt any policy which sho pleases with respect to her public lands, but she is not i free to destroy without compensation valid titles which have bean obtained , by American citizens under Mexican ,UW8- ! "A confiscatory policy strikes not only at the Interests of particular In- ! divldunls, but at tho foundations of i.., ...I.,.,.., i. ...,..,. ....,.,. rn i. i.. r...i iii.iuiiiii,iiui iim-iwuioi, x,(1 .i ,a "...j JunQ 3.anAIN-Tradlnf- In July wheat on the basis of tho security of prop- restricted during nrot half o week ac-, ertv vnlldlv nossessed under -tho laws ' rount nervous and erratic fluctuations ln city vaimiy possessed unutr uio awn May future M wheat coscd tll0 31flt existing at the time of Its acquisition at J1.87, tho highest point of the season, that commercial transactions between Gd ,ePrt, demand developed during ., .mi. ., i ii latter half of week; with bullish crop ra the peoples of two countries and the ports and estimates by private experts, Conduct of activities in helpful CO- J and removal of uncertainty In May fu .. ... I ture, July prices upturned sharply. On operation nro possible. , tho 3rd prices reached a new high, but "This fitimttlnn nhniilil not h ron- i markot later became unsettled. Export mis question suouiu not Dt con demanj now 8low Receipts cash corn fused with nny matter of personalities liberal; country offerings continue small or of the recognition of nny particu lar administration. Whenever Mexico Is ready to give assurances that sho will perform her fundamental obliga tions in tho protection both of per sons and of rights of property validly acquired there will be no obstacles to tho most advantageous relations be tween tho two peoples. "Tills question Is vltnl because of the provisions inserted In the Mexl- can constitution promulgated in 101i. If these provisions are to bo put into effect retroactively, the properties of Amerilcan citizens Will be confiscated on n groat scale. "Thln wnnlil pinmtltnto nn Intertill- j.nis would constitute nn lniimn tlonal wrong of tho gravest character mwl tlila fFnvornniPiit innlil nnf Hiihinlt ...... , to Its accomplishment. If it be said that this wrong Is not Intended, and that the constitution of Mexico of 1017 will not be construed to permit, or enforced so as to effect, confisca tion, then It is important that this should bo mado clear by guarantees In proper form. The provisions of tho constitution nnd the executive de crees which have been formulated with confiscatory purposes make It obviously necessary that tho purposes of Mexico should be definitely set forth. "Accordingly, this government has tha wook ending May 27 wero. Cattle and proposed a treaty of amity and com- t a'ves 32.737; hogs. 8.074; sheep-, 18.4H. merco with Mexico, In which Mexico ' will agree to safeguard the rights of COALITION WINS IN CHICAGO property which attached boforq tho constitution of 1017 was promulgated. Mayor Thompson's City Hall Machine The question, It will bo observed, Is Is Overwhelmed In the Judl- not ono of a particular administration, J clal Election. , hut of tho agreement of the nation on . tho' proper form which has become , Chicago, June 7. Every coalition necessary ns an International matter 1 candidate was swept Into otllco In tho beenuso of Iho provisions of Its do-' Judicial election by pluralities ranging mestic legislation. If Mexico does ' from 00,000 to 100,000. not contemplate a confiscatory policy, I Tho coalition candidates eleven tho government of thd United States Democrats nnd ten Republicans run enn concelvo of no posslblo objection nlng In tho Democratic column not to tho treaty." only swamped the Republican ticket EUROPE NO LONGER HUNGRY Hoover Says Two-Thlrds of Popul tlon Now Eating Regularly Food for All. Washington, Juno 8. Kuropo Is no longer going hungry. Authoritative advices to thu Depart ment of Commerco t.how that ration ing has boon abandoned In two-thirds of thu total population and that It lina ltnm fill f 1 vitil mi tnn t nAmitniil. ittej uvu x.i.vi mi imiiiij .IMU 111UI.I I Itles among tho remaining third, Sec rotary Hoover announced. "With tho forthcoming harvest," said Mr. Hoover, "It Is expected that tho economic recovery will have pro seeded so fnr, both In local production nnd tho ability to provide full amount of needed imports, thnt rationing can bo abandoned In all countries, except possibly Austria." In this event, ho pointed out, Eu ropo will havo accomplished tho first great fundamental step in recupera tion. District Attorney Ousted. Washington. Juno 8. Hugh It. Rob ortson, United Stntes district attorney for tho western district of Texas, has been removed from ottlco by Presi dent Harding, It was announced ut tho Department of Justice. Reds Kill 100 Prisoners. Tokyo, Juno 8. Tho Hochl Shlmbl Harbin correspondent says tho Rolshe vlkl, who aro preparing to ovneuato KhahnrovskVtcnpltuI of tho maritime provlnco of Slberln, shot 100 political offenders In tho Jail there. MAJ. GEN. HARRINGTON u is reported tl,nt operations by bandits around Constantinople nro a9sumI fcerloU8 1JPolinrtlonS nn(1 tho American embassy Is under guard of nnncd sailors. Maj. Gen. Charles Harrington, commander of tho allied forccg ln thIs lf,cnljtyi jmg gono to Lon(i to lay the military situation before British authorities, " M. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT May wheat Reaches $187i Highest Po(nt of the season Live Stock Prices Up. . weekly MARKnTGliAM. (By u. s. bureau of markets.) Washlncton- Juno 6. For week ending unu expecieu to ran on greatly witnin next ten days. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat J1.C0: No. 2 hard H.C4; No. 3 mixed corn Ko; No. 3 yelow corn C5c: No. 3 white oats 40c. For 4ha week Chicago July wheat up 9s4s at H.iWtt; Juiy corn lc at two; Minneapolis July wheat up lie at $1.30; Kansas City July Sc at $1.30. DAIRY PRODUCTS Butter markets steady during the week under fairly ac tive storing demand with prices about half to ono cent higher than week ago. PlnRlni? nrlrnQ n vnnm "Mnw V.-.r!r 9Qln- Chicago 29c; Philadelphia and Boston i0co.e mnrkets nro ot nctlve but fce,. Ing Is better and tono of markets firmer. .rnorTrfsx'ecfedVorck up. Pastures in good shape and quality Improved. Wisconsin primary markets prices now average almost one cent higher than a week ago. Twins 14c. Dal- Bles 15WC- Doublo Dalbles 15c, Longhorns an( young Americas 15M;C. fruits and vegetables Sacked round white potatoes slightly lower at Sllnnosota shipping points, closing ai round 60c per 100 lbs. Chicago carlot market up 20-2T!c from season's low point, closing at 76-85c. Texas yellow Bermuda onions slightly lower ln consuming markets at U-1.75 per standard crato. LIVE STOCK-The trend of Chicago live stock prices was upward tho past week. Hogs ranged 15-25c higher: beef steers gained 10 to 25c per 100 lbs. Butcher cows and heifers steady to 2ao higher; veal calves up 75c to $1; feeder steers down 25-60c. Fat lambs up 75c to U; yearlings and fat ewes 25-G0c. Juno 3d Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of rales, J7.C5-8; medium and good beet steers, 17.60-8.C5: butcher cows and heifers. J4.B0- 6.75; feeder steers J6.0O-8; light and me dium weight eal calves $1.76-10.00: fat lambs $3.76-12.50; yearlings, JG.75-10.50; fat ewes 53.1:5-4.73. Stocker and feeder ship- mania tnn 11 mnirlnnf mnrtf.ta ilurtnr nnd tho city hall organization in Chi- cago, but carried practically every country town of Look county. ' ARKANSAS IS ALL AMERICAN Population of Stato Practically Born In United States of Na tive Parents All Wnshlngton, Juno 7. Arkansas' whlto population of 1,270,757 "consist almost entirely of natlvo American born of natlvo American parents," tho census bureau announced. Arkansas' leturns showed only 13,i 075 foreign-born whites. Ship Burns Off Florida; Crew Saved. Miami, Fin., Juno 0. Thirteen offy cers and men comprising the crew ot tho Norwegian schooner Mount Hamil ton wero landed hero after fighting for two hours a fire which finally burned their ship to tho water's edgo. off Capo Florida. Tanks of benzlno exploded. Several of the mcu suffered severo burns. China In Disarmament Move. London, June 8. Dr. Wellington Koo, China's representative In tho' League of Nations, has notified the' league of his country's Intention to give effect to the league's recommen dation for restriction of armament. Spaniards Clash With Natives. London, June 0. Fighting has again broken out between Spanish troops and natives In Morocco, Heavy losses wero Indicted upon tho Spanish forces near Abarnn during an attack by tribesmen, said a dispatch. NEBRASKAJN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Parts of the State, Reduced for the Busy. An average wheat crop with good prospects for oats, rye and liarli'V evident since the recent rains are pre dicted for Nebraska by A. K. Amlo'son of tho bureau of crop estimates. Ho reports that potatoes have begun to bloom rind the first crop of alfalfa Is being harvested. The only crop ap parently damaged by the rain Is corn, where some plants were either wushed out or covered un. Lewis E. Smith of Long Pine wns elected grand master of the grand lodge, A. F. and A. M. at the annual communication at Omaha. He wns formerly deputy grand master. A i committee appointed to conduct an In vestigation Into the future establish ment of a Nebraska Masonic hospital, will report at the ,1021 session of the grand lodge. A fer-delance, the deadly serpent of tho tropics, was killed at Auburn when run over by an nutomoblle. It Is, supposed that the reptile was brought to the city In a shipment cf bananas, his speech. "When an American nc It Is repotted that tho first time in . cep,ts citlzonshl be glvo an Implied years, rattles'nakes nro numerous on .promise that lie will exercise that the Missouri river bottoms. Farmers ; and fishermen report that hardly a day passes without killing one. As a result of the tuberculosis In spection work carried on among live stock by the state and federal bureaus of anlmnl Industry, there are now ninety accredited herds In Nebraska. Tests have been made of 1S.001 an imals since the first of the year, only 4 per cent of which were found to re act to the tubercular test. Four thousand additional feet of the Valentine Sparks state-aid road Is to be hard surfaced. The road Is 20 miles long, extending from Valentino to the Cherry-Keya Paha county line. Over 15 miles aro covered with hard clay surfacing. It Is estimated that 10,S00 pounds of Paris green and otlier poisons will bo used on the .I.I'.OO acres planted ln potatoes In the vicinity of Kearney. The growers aro considering pooling their crop and contracting for Its sale. A well-known poultry raiser near Wymore hns discovered that the refuse oil from tho crank case of a motor or tractor engine makes an ef fecllve spray for mites and vermin in nnd around poultry yards and houses. The Hessian fiv and loose smut are seriously Injuring wheat crops, east of P.lealr. County Agent OH-on estimates Hie pest will cost Washington county fMi.i.r nnt 1p.o tbnii Sir.fMIO llils vonr. p.nii.iin nn.l fnrm p,.in,pnt were completely destroyed and members of the family Injured by a small cyclone whlch swept over the home of William Iluchholz, nenr West Point. Payment of bounties on tho scalps of wolves nnd coyotes has ceased ln Cass countv. following an opinion handed down by the county attorney that the matter must first be submitted to tho voters, at a regular election. The total actual valuation of Box Butte county real estate and personal property Is $1.",003,S7-1, nccordlng to nn estimate "submitted by County As sessor Pllklngtnn. The American Legion of North Platte Is planning a series of enter tainments with a view of starting a fund to build an auditorium and post heudnuurters. Scottshluff has asked the govern ment for a grant of land on the shores of Lake Mlnatnre to make a perman ent camping ground and picnic place. Wheat conditions in Nebraska drop ped fropi 02 to 75 per cent of a nor mal crop between May 1 and June 1, according to n federal crop report A srles oft motion pictures . farms of the county, at the expense of the Saunders County Fi'Mi bureau, will be tart't .Tune 17, at Wnlioo. Work Is progressing rapidly on Mc Cook's new $800,000 hotel. Last week pouring of cement for the sixth story was started. P. C.'Rnlrd sold his "0-acre tract of opening it has fed 1,000 men. land adjoining Superior on the smith j In (l lloty contosted election nt Sut to R. C. Mendell for a consideration of j (on w,,cll nImost hvI(.(. t)l0 n,.,i $.100 an acre. ; vote wns cast, Sunday base ball cur- Fanners In tho Fnlrhury district e.s- ! rled by a majority of 70. thnntp that wheat will yield but ten I liability ,to realize on loans Is bushel? an acre. given as the reason for the dosing of The work of paving streets of Clarks .the Pioneer State bnnk nt Omaha, will be finl-hed ln about three weeks. I a volunteer lire department vItli Fire of unknown orgin dpstroyed the two companies has heun organized nt opera house building nt Whislde. I ohknsl.. 1 A committee of the Nebraska dis trict of the Evangelical Synod of North America has authorized im mediate construction of a $100,000 de nominational hospital at Lincoln. 'liurty-one cnurcnes in ine suite are supporting the hospital. , Nebraska, with a total population of 1,20fl,;i72. lias i.2iH,21'.i whites. i;,'-r-negroes, 2SS Indians, 1S0 Chinese, SOI Japanese and HO Filipinos Hindus and Koreans, tlie census mireau announced. Foreign-horn whites constituted H-f' per cent of the total population, com- pared with 14.S per cent In IplO Tho members of the Nebraska Shorthorn Cattle Rreeders' association will hold a hlg.plcnlc on the state farm campus, Lincoln, on June 2,". Shorthorns are the most popular breed of pure bred cattle on Nebraska I wuck "'' u wns OVi'It'd uiuinlmotiMy farms, aceoidlng to the stato depart- jt0 Prtts hoIr demands for 11 depot ment of agriculture. There are 112.777 ' To have n carload of stock wei lk Shorthorns on 0,017 farms In the state, .more In Kansas City than It did whoif Hereford? ore next with 27, IIS on first weighed In Chester was the ex M'.M) farms. Others follow : Polled perlence of O. It. Miller on it recent Shorthorns, 11,420 on l.-Ufi forms; , shlpmunt of fat steers that brought 1,010 Angus on 022 farms; 111 Giillo- $S.3!. Ills carload weighed 105 way on ninety-two farms; all other (pounds more nt Kaunas City than nt breeds, r.r0? on l.Uffl farms. , i Cluster County Judge Harrow of Thomas county hns given his version of the recent seizure of county records at Thedford, when' county officials him been engaged In n fnetlonnl flirlit for some ,tlme. Judge Harrow's statoment If similar to one made by County Clerk lilven, who wild thnt County At 'J torney Relstier demnnded a meetln of (he county, board in his olllce In stead of tin court house and that, when the county clerk declined, i,,,, ,. , - . , , . '-i"'-i wiuiTcii me i evuni seized in hpiii" ot jirruests. 't no occurrence is the culmination of nn effort on the part of the taxpnyors of the county to clean sail J up "lrregulnrltles." A ca designed to test the con tutlonally of the law enncted by tho la"t legislature, forbidding the teach ing of nny subject in a 'orelgn lang uage In any school In Nebraska In srades b:low the ninth, Ins beuu filo.l In district cent t of Platte county. Tin Nebraska dhlrlcts of Evangelical Luthern.i f..u;i.ds of Missouri, Ohto anil otlier states t're the pH'.VUrs, nuit Governor McLflvie, Attorney General Davis 'Hid county attorney nre the de fendant.'?. General John J. Pershing delivered the commencement oration to fi 10 grad uates of the University of Nebraska the largest class ln the history of tho school at Lincoln. General Pershing; stressed the duties of citizenship In privilege Intelligently. Society also Ives an Implied promise that it will assist him in attaining this aim." - All tests to determine the weight resisting capacity of different strata below the surface of Capitol square, at Lincoln, disclosed that the sand stone formation starting at a depth of twenty-three feet nnd continuing thence downward thirty or forty feet Is capable of holding up any loal which could be placed upon it Tests wero mado preliminary to the erection, of Nebraska's new state house. v After n delay of nearly seven jenrs the state bank guaranty fund of Ne braska will get back a part of the $35,000 drawn from It in 1011 to pay depositors ln the Tirst Savings bank at Superior. Prospects nro that about !?:i5,000 will be returned. The otlier $20,000 will be the net loss of tho guaranty fund. This was the first stato bank to fail after the guaranty law bccAinc effective in 1011. The state depositors guarantee fund will be replenished to the amount of of $n3,000 within a short time as tho I "? f uf ''"I1' (,,t-;" P oC nf Tf;lirs of the Superior, First State Bniifc. Ilis was the first bank to "go under" nnd make n draft on the guar anty fund Photos of the municipal trash burn' ,- ,u ":ueniHirg, KUHl to "O nil only .. rt..M 1 -. i 1 - .. -- ." affairs of the kind In Nebraska, were j tn,on byu" Flr Inspector. Butcher !nml 'iu..be scnt to evr-v flr (,t,l1ilrt- ment in the stnte. An order by tho Brown county dis trict court was served on the depart ment of trade and commerce, to pay $232,000 to depositors In the llrownA ! County bank at Long Pine, which , closed Its doors some time ago. I Extension of tho lighting plant at ; Stratton and the erction of a four- ton Ice plant recently authorized by voting bonds of $12,000, will -be flu. Ished nnd In operation by August 1. Only nine votes. were cast against a $5,000 bond proposition to give the City of Ncligh additional wells for the water plant. Tho proposition carried by 101 majority. Tho Seward Amusement association Is making extensive preparations to entertain tourists, picnickers, campers, ln fact, any who are seeking n summer vneation. Tho North Platte city council Is ask ing bids for two pumps for the water plant which will have a combined ca pacity of nearly 15,000,000 gallons a day. Citizens of PnpiUion recently cel ebrated the completion of u mllo of new paving In the city. The Grand Island municipal kitchen recently instituted by Mayor J. T. Ellsberry Is proving a success. Slnca The state supreii) court sustained the findings of the district court in Morrill county on which formor Sheriff Wlllllun I. Dyson was pronounced , guilty of receiving and giving away , ntoxiPating liquors ; frnn otuCCi and removed , ' T(l0 nonrtj 0f regents of the rjnl- versity of Nebraska, declined to de prive tho editor, business manager a.id , art editor of the 1021 Cornhusker of lt,h. ,,,., WWi oh recommended bv tin , committee appointed to Invpsilsmtn- ',,'ieged objectionable features In tluX. annual. The people In the vicinity of Wnre- ham, a small place five miles east of Randolph, nre asking the railway coir ir.Is.slon for 11 depot at that pl.ire. A meeting of the fanners wns held lost i 1 p A M r ft k F 'I T ' i v. w 1 V