DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
TARIFF BILL DRAFT
IS
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BUT FEW SCHEDULES REMAIN
UNACTED UPON.
IMPORTERS WAGING A FIGHT
Display Determined Opposition
American Valuation Plan Pro
posed by House Committee.
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Washington, D. C, Administrative
jtrovlsloiiB, Including tlio Amorlcun
valuation plan and a schomo Tar pro
moting reciprocal trado arrangements
with other countries, form tho chief
features of tho permanent tariff bill
awaiting approval of tho republican
members of tho ways and means com
mitteo this weak.
Tho Amoricau valuation plan will bo
approved by almost u unanimous vote
of tho republican mombora. Only one
of tho republicans on tho committee,
Representative Groon, of Iowa, Is un
derstood to have opposed tho plan. In
yIow of the fact that all tho other re
publican mombora nppoar to bo lined
op for It, he Is not expected to carry tho
fight to tho floor. It Is his position
that the present plun of assessing ad
valorem duties on tho foreign valua
tion Is proforable, In view of tho ad
ministrative difficulties In prospect
la changing the century old custom
to tho ossossmcut of duties on tho
Amorlcan wholesale selling price.
As drafted tho Amorlcan plan Is to
hecoino effective on all commodities
on which nd valorem duties are im
posed and without any additional time
being allowed beyond tho date when
tho now rates of duty go Into forco.
It provldos for tho determination of
tho wholcsalo Helling price In tho prin
cipal markets of tho United States on
tho dates tho goods loft foreign ports.
"Whllo opposition to tho American
valuation plan may bo expressed on
tho floor of the houso n a result of
tho determined fight being wugod
against tho Bchomo by importers, a
eerlous attompt to ollmlnnto it prob
ably will not bo mado until tho bill
roaches the senate. Predictions uro
mado by opponents of tho plan that
tho sonato finance committeo will ro
Jcct It.
Various provisions for reciprocal
trado agreements with othor countries
and for authority by the president to
bargain with othor countries will bo
included In tho bill, but that theso
will bo ontlroly satisfactory to tho ad
vocates of tho bargaining tariff is
doubtful.
Amendmontu will bo sought in tho
senate financo committeo If tho houso
committeo falls to deal with tho bar
gaining tariff In Just tho way desired
by such organizations as tho national
foreign trado councils, which are In
terested in tho dovolopmont of foreign
trado.
Nearly all of tho Bchodulea of tho
tariff bill have boon complotcd, tho
chief exceptions being tho wool
echcdtilo and tho dyo embargo pro
vision of tho chomlcnl schodulo.
Tho tariff commission has complet
ed Its work on tlio wool schedule and
havo it ready for tho committeo. This
Bchcdulo may causo mora trouble and
prevent yulck action.
Tho tariff commission 1b also work
ing out a modification of tho dyo em
bargo provision.
Haywood Gets Din Ovation.
Itlga. William D. Haywood, of tho
I. W. W., who fled to Russia recently,
was given an ovation by tho dalogutos
to tho Third Internatlonala of Mos
cow, says a Moscow paper. Ho was
Introduced ns one ovor whom twenty
tbrco years of ponol sontonco was
banging. Ho Bald that formerly op
pressed ItURSlans flod to America, but
that now Amorlcun workmen escapo to
truly freo ItiiSBla.
"BluebeardcBs" Denied Liberty.
Twin Kails, Idaho Mrs. Lydlu
Southard, alleged sluyor of flvo men
who was hold to trial In district court
horo on n charge of first degree mur
dor of lid ward F, Mayor, hor fourth
kusbnnd, was donlod liberty on bund
by I'robuto Judge O. 1. Duvall, the
committing magistrate.
Two Big Fortunes United.
Chicago. MIbb Lolltn Armour, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ogdou
Armour, beenmo tho brldo of John J.
Mitchell, Jr., son of a Chicago finan
cier and a director in a score of pow
erful financial institutions.
Heat Fatal In Chicago.
Chicago. Several deaths und muny
prostrations attributed to the heat
wore roported, when tho mercury
touched 95 for tho second time In 48
hours.
Another Bomb Victim.
Washington, D. C apt. J, K. Hall
of Now Haven, Conn., dloi' at Waltor
Reed hospital of Injuries received In
the airplane bomb explosion at the
Aberdeen, Md., proving grounds on
May 31. His death mukcB tho sev
enth in the accident.
Four Killed In Wreck.
Jackson, Mich. Pour persons wore
klllod and about bIx Injured near Ann
Arbor, when a Detroit Limited railway
steel limited luterurbau car toloscopod
a wooden car.
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IMPORTANT HOUSE BILL
ENACTED BY THE SENATE
Substitute Measure Offered by Ster-
ling of South Dakota, Goes Down
to Defeat, 33 to 31.
Washington, D. C Tho long fight In
congroso owjr legislation to .regulate
tho packing industry, was virtually
ended through adoption by tho senate,
45 to 21, of tho regulatory bill recent
ly passed by tho houso. Sovoral
amendments by tho senato necessitate
return of tho bill to tho house, which
probably will order It sont to confer
onco. Passage of tho houso bill camo aftor
seven days of continuous and heated
dobato and after tho sonato had voted
down tho bill roported by Its agricul
ture committee and a measure offered
by Sonator Sterling, republican, of
South Dakota. Tho houso bill as
passed provldos for regulation of tho
meat packers of tlio country by tho
sec-rotary of agriculture. Tho agricul
ture committeo bill, which provided
for regulation by a Hvo stock commis
sioner, was rejected, 37 to 24, and was
defeated again, 34 t,o 31. Tho Sterling
bill with provision! similar to the
committeo measure, excopt for regula
tion by tho federal trado commission,
wont down to defeat, 33 to 31.
Tho houso bill on tho final roll call
was supported by 27 republicans and
18 democrats and opposed by 1G re
publicans and G democrats.
Tlio moro Important amendments
mado by tho sonato Included ono by
Sonator Konyon, republican, of Iowa,
requiring packers aud stockyard op
erators to keep such records and state
ments of account ub tho secretary of
agriculture may require and authoriz
ing tho Bocrotary to prescrl'bo uniform
mothods of accounting and to diam
ine business mothods. Insertion of
this amendment war) doBcrlbod by
packor regulation forces as having
"put tooth in tho houso bill." An
other amendment adopted Is dosfgnod
to remove tho small btitchor from tho
regulation.
Tho bill forbids tho packers to on
gago In unfair or doscoptlvo dovlcos or
practlcos, to apportion tho supply by
Intor-deallng, to restrain commorco or
create monopoly, or to manipulate
prices by Intor-donllngs. It also pro
hibits Btockyard operators from charg
ing unreasonable rntos or engaging In
docoptlvo practlcos.
Tlio houso bill during tho dobato In
tho sonato generally wus doscrlbod as
Iosb drastic than tho agriculture com
mittee measure and Senator LaFol
lotto, republican, of Wisconsin, charged
that It had boon written In part by
tho packers. Tho Wisconsin Bonntor
voted for tho houso bill on tho final
roll call and later explained that tho
Konyon mid othor amendments had
made It moro acceptable
Another Arrest In Murder Case.
Dob Moines, la. Tho nrrost of Ar
thur Jordan, a bakor, was tlio latest
development In Shoriff W. E. Robb's
Investigation of tho Thorsdnlo murder.
Jordon, married and tho father of
three children, was unable to account
for his actions, Robb said, on tho day
Miss Tliorsdalo wus slain In tho woods
near tho littlo schoolhouso whore Bho
taught, a mile and a half south of
Valley Junction. Ho previously was
arrested twleo on assuult charges, po
lice records show, although convic
tions did not follow.
Dempsey Made n Co-respondent.
Pawhuukn, Okla. A petition stating
his wlfo, Mrs. Lilly Roulangor, has
been "rurrylng on a clandestine cor
respodonco with one Jack Dompsoy,
of Los Angolos, Cal., who Is a married
man known to tho. defendant us a mar
ried man," has been filed In district
court horo by P. R. Roulangor, an
Osage Indian of this county, It bocamo
known. It In a divorce action, llou
lunger's uttornoya declare tho Domp
soy roforred to In tho petition wob tho
heavyweight pugilist champion.
March Retires November 1.
Washington. MaJ. Gen. Peyton C.
March, chief of staff of tho army, will
retire from uctlvo sorvlco on Novem
ber 1. Ho will bo succeeded by Gen.
PorshliiK on July 1 und will go on
leave at that tlmo until his retirement
tukes effect, Socrotary Wooks an
nounced. Widow Shot by Roomer.
Chicago. Mrs. Margaret Rens, 55,
a widow, wns shot and killed by John
Smith, a formor rooinor. Ho thca
killed himself.
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UNCLE SAM 13 TO SIFT
ALL WARTIME CONTRACTS
Attorney General Declares Men Who
. Made Unconscionable Profits
Will Be Punished.
Washington, D. C. Investigation by
tho department of Justlco of all major
war tlmo contracts with tho govern
ment has been begun, Attorney Gen
oral Daughorty nnnounced.
To handlo tho work, which has tho
approval of President Harding, Mr.
Daughorty said a special bureau is be
ing organized. Tho purposo of tho in
vestigation, ho explained, is to sift
wur time dealings of business con
cerns and Individuals with tho govern
ment in order that thoso guilty of dis
honesty may bo punished and thoso
whoso dealings have been fair may bo
cleared from what ho declared were
suspicions provalont that all of tho
government's war contracts aro open
to question.
Doclarlng that tho Investigation was
not directed primarily at "tho littlo
follows," he said, "wo will throw back
any minnows wo catch and lot them
start ovor again."
At tho conclusion of. tho work, Mr.
Daughorty said, ho would report to
tho president.
Mr. Daugherty oxprossod confldonco
that tho great majority of tho business
mon who hnd doallngs with the gov
ernment woro beyond reproach, but
that thoro had undoubtedly boon many
Instances whoro business had been
dono on an unfair basis.
Tho government, he said, could not
Justify Bonding mon and boys to pris
on for antagonizing tho raising of an
army during tho wnr if men who mude
unconscionable profits out of the na
tion wont unscathed.
Murphy Admits Part In Robbery.
Chicago. "Big Tim" Murphy, Chi
cago's most powortul labor loader, con
fessod complicity In tho Dearborn sta
tion mall robbory, postal operatives
Bald. Following his confession, "Big
Tim" loci inspectors to the home of his
father-in-law, William Drlggs, whoro
$112,900 iir small bills out of tho total
loot of $350,000 was recovered. Mur
phy was charged with, participation In
tho daring mall robbory which occur
red April G. Ho was arrested at tho
headquartors of tho Gas Houso Work
ors' union of -which ho is president
VInconzo Cosmano, head of tho Stroet
SweoporB' union, nnd Edward Golrun,
Murphy's aides, woro seized with him
and held incommunicado. Postal au
ituorltics said Murphy confessed aftor
two postal clerks, "Insldo dupes," had
impHcatod him. Ralph Totor, ono of
tho clerks, Is Bald to havo admitted
receiving $11,000 ns his share.
Arabs to Take Over Mesopotamia.
London. The British government
Intondu to replace the British admin
Istratlon In Mesopotamia with an Arab
assombly and an Arab rulor during
the coming Bumnior, Winston Church
111, Bocrotnry for tho colonies, an
nounced In the houso of commons.
Tho ruler will bo oloctod by tho poo
plo. Leach Wins In Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Minn. Goorgo K.
Louch wns oloctod mayor of Mlniie
npolls by a majority of 14,787, over
Thomas Van Lear, complete unoffl-
rctunia from tho election showed. Tho
vpto was: Leach, 78,124; Van Lear,
03,337.
Sunnr 4 Cents a Pound.
Now York. Tho lowest level, re
corded in tho local sugar market In
flvo yours was reached with tho Balo
of 24,500 bags of contrlfugal at 1
conts. Ronewed pressure on Porto
Rlcan sugars brought about the do
cllno.
Nov U. S. Representative at League.
Washington, D. C Tho United
States probably will not bo ronresont-
od at tho coming mooting of tho coun
ell of tho Loaguo of Nntlons which is
to tako up tho question of mandates
for formor enemy countries, It was
said at tho state department.
Woods Envoy to Spain.
Washington, D. C Cyrus E. Woods
of GreenBburg, Pa., has boon soloctcd
by President Harding as ambassador
to Spain, succeeding Joseph E. Wll-
lard.
NEW ANGLES IN KABER CASE
Alleged to Have Administered Pclson
to Kaber and to Have Partici
pated In Stabbing.
Cleveland, O. Retuin of a first do- t
grce murder Indictment against Mrs.
Ermlna Colavlto, a midwife, tho fourth
woman to bo Indicted in connection
, with tho murder of Daniel
two years ago, and
the persons who nro bellovod to havo tNtlcs hud report showing new births J from $10 to R50 'for tlrst offense,
stabbed Kaber twenty-four times at- In IKS families in Nebraska where the! The stnte lens law has been publlMicd
tempted to secure a $2,G00 reward of- total number of, children In each was ! In booklet form mid may be hhtnlned
fcred for their arrest, were develop- , t,.,i or more. Mr. and Mrs. Oi'orgo j from State Engineer flooi-ge E. John
meats In the murder mystery. , Kncimor. llvinir near Full rtv. mmiJemi nt t inni., i... .... i .,i. :.
Tho other three women under Indict-
ment aro Mrs. Eva Catherine Kabor,
widow of the slain man; Mrs. Mary
iincnei. o:i, nor moiner. aim ;uibs .uar-
iuii .uc-iruui, nur uuuBmur.
Tho indictment ugainst Mrs. Cola
vlto came after she had mado a state
ment to the police. It contains two
counts, (no alleging Bho administered i
poison to Kaber and tlio other that slio
participated In the stabbing. ,
Cqunty Prosecutor E. C. Stanton ,
said ho had begun work on the theory
that Mrs. Colavlto herself wielded tho
weapon that killed Kabor. He said ho
believed two foroginors woro present , l""" ?"' lo ?1-' "" An, ii-ti n-iuriiminry nc
at tho death scone. At tho same time ! A committee of three ministers pre- I "nnm.
he announced that a woman fortune "l0'1 the city council of Superior two ' "n account of the new stnte law,
teller, hor daughter, son and son-In- IetItlons each will, over threa hundred , wlUch goes Into effect July 28, roqulr
law, had promised to make statements "nes, mostly Indies, usklnp that Sun- tlmt women linve llsblng and liuiit
covoring their knowledge of tho nf- lnv '""vies bo closed and ball playing ' ln" "censes ns well ns men, the rush
fair. They were being questioned.
The fortune teller has boon in cus-
tody Binco Sunday. 12 ,0 voto l' "'' two propositions.
It was learned that the two foreign- Reports from Lincoln are that the
crs went to Joseph Kaber, broUier of executive committee of the Nonpart
tho dead man, and offered to show him ' league has revised the nrtlcles of
a woman "who could toll all about the association to provide for precinct
murder." ' i locals of the league, and lias nuthor-
They took him to a placo and point-, teed ' ralllim of n convention to
ed out a houso whore Colavlto lived, ! organize the Nonpartisan women of
according to tho brother's statement,
nnd tried to collect the reward.. Their
efforts failed, however, when they re
fused to give furthor information.
Following tho testimony of Mrs.
Colavlto implicating Miss McArdle
and Mrs. Brickel in tho murder plot,
Miss McArdle denied all of the accusa
tions. A temporary injunction was issued
restraining Mrs. Kaber nnd Miss Mc
Ardlo from disposing of tholr rights In
property left them by tho will of Dan
iel Kaber.
Kill Bandit In Battle.
Kansas City, Mo. Ono bandit was
shot and klllod and nnothor captured
in a running revolver battle In tho
heart of the Kansas City business dis
trict. E. A. Prossor, a bystander,
manager of tho Chllllcothc, Mo., Hvo
stock exchange, was struck by a stray
bullet. Hundreds of persons pouring
out of office buildings for lunch
dodged whizzing bullets. Joe Clem
ents, said to bo the leader of a des
perate "daylight bandit band," was
J-lllod. J. C. Williams was captured,
A third member of tho gang escaped.
Marine Strike Ends.
Washington, D. C. Terms of an
agreemont on wages and working con
ditions for engineers on shipping
board vosboIs, reached in conference
botwoon Secretary Davis and Rear
Admiral Bonsan, formor chairman of
tho board, and representatives of the
Marino Engineers BenoflcinI associa
tion, woro approve-? by Chairman
La8kor and will bo signed, according
to statements of officials of tho de
partment of labor, W. S. Brown, presi
dent of tho engineers' association, and
officials of the shipping board.
Brown Sugar at Bargain Price.
Now .Orleans, La. Brown sugar sold
for 25 conts a hundred pounds hero.
Five boxes and bags, brought hero last
year from Guatemala In tho "sugar
"rush," brought from tfc to c a
pound at a government auction. The
prices obtained were not sufficient to
pay tho duty.
Free Canal Tolls Favored.
Washington. Tho Borah resolution,
providing for freo tolls through tho
Panama canal for Amorlcan ships, en
gaged in tlio coastwise trado, was or
dered favorably roported by tho sen
ato committee on mtor-ocennic canals
Sugar Still Lower. '
New York. A now low price for the
last four years was established in tho
refined sugar markot when several re
finers quoted fine granulated at C
conts a pound becauso of tho weak
ness In raws.
Former Philippine Official Dead.
St. Johnsbury, Vt. Henry C. Ido,
formerly govomor general of tho Phil
ippines and later minister to Spain un- f
dor tho Tuft administration, died at
his homo here
Oil Price Is Cut.
Independence, Kan. Tlio Pralrio Oil
und Gas company announced n 25 cent
cut In crud" oil, making tho now prlco
$1.25 per barrel.
Gen. Gomez Dies.
Now York. Gen. Jose M. Gomez,
former presldont of Cuba, died at tho
Hotel Plaza.
Two N. D. Banks Closed.
Bismarck, N. D. The Slope County
Stnto bank and tho Amldon State bank
of Amldon, havo been orderod closed
by O. E. Lofthus, state bank examiner,
ponding an oxam'nntion, it was an
nounced. Tho banks havo on doposit
$S0.350 of Slope county funds which
they say thoy cannot pay.
Mellon Opposing Vet Compensation.
Washington. Seerotnry of tho
Treasury Mellon will opposo tho grant
ing of a soldiora' bonus at this sotsaion
of cougrcsT. It was loarned.
NEBRASKA IN BlF;r
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
Daniel P. Kaber During the first three months of this i the Nebraska lnw Is to be rigidly (ti
rovelatlons that 'yen r the stnte division of vital stu-1 fnn-eil mid Mint Hu n..... u-ni i-.,ii.-n
the banner showing, with n total of
olirlitcfii children. f,.inf..o., c wi.,
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nre stm )JvnB M,. UI1(, Mrs. .I().S0I)ll
J sttirnk, cvilar Rapids bave had
i seventeen chtlilrin m..l ivi.. t
those nre alive.
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This year there will lie more harvest
hands In Nebraska than Jobs and less
wages than in recent years, accordini:
to statement by employment agents in jof llu- Nebraska Press association,
Lincoln. A Nebraska harvester this comprising editors of Lincoln, Dawson,
summer will receive from $2.50 to $3 ' K,-th, Deuel, Garden, Perkins, Ar
il day, while u year ugo lie wns getting n'lir ,in,J McPherson counties, have
from $(! to $S a dnj and two years ago I nsked the state board of control- to
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fcununy ny proiuniteil. The city clerk
R called a special election for July
tho stnte.
Governor McKelvlo has authorized
the appointment of every county hlgh
wny commissioner In the stnte ns a
deputy state sherllT to have full power
to enforce automobile owticrs to use
proper light lenses In compliance with
the new law, get proper licenses nnd
observe the speed laws.
The stnte auditor's olllce nt Lincoln
hns registered $14,.100 of electric trans
mission line bonds nnd $1,000 of dis
tribution system bonds voted by 'the
village of Snyder for electric lighting.
Current will be furnished from Scrlb
ner over transmission lines to be con
structed. The stnte of Nebraska, at the re
quest of Lincoln men who belong to n
llshlng nnd hunting club which owns n
lodge nt Red Deer lake In Cherry
county, bus agreed to put In n con
crete dam nt the outlet of the Inke. It
will be paid for out of hunting nnd
fishing license receipts.
From estimates made by Lincoln
gruln men the average yield of Ne
braska wheat will be 1.1 bushels an
acre. The rains of the last few weeks
are held to be responsible for bring
ing the wheat up to n better standard
than was expected.
Contract has been nwnrded the E.
W. Stephens Publishing Co. of Col
umbia, Mo., to furnish Nebraska's re
vised statutes for 10UI at the price of
$34,050 for 4,000 copies bound in buck
ram, estimated to run .'1,000 pnges.
each.
Rumors, said to have orlglnnted at
Norfolk, that black and red rust are
seriously Injuring wheat In Madison and
adjoining counties are denied by eleva
tor men and others In close touch with
the situation.
The "lawful lens" regulation passed
by the Nebraska legislature becomes
effective July 123 und pence officers all
over tho state are preparing to wage a
vlgorlous campaign against the driver
with dazzling lights.
A report submitted nt the annual en
campment of ths United Spanish
Wnr Veterans at Lincoln, shows there
are fifteen active camps, with n mem
bership of 7.'12 in the stnte.
The Hastings bricklayers union nn
nounced a voluntary reduction of 12
cents 1111 hour in their wage scnle",
making the new scale Sl.12 an hour.
A dam built north of the South
Platte river at North Plntte wns all
that saved tho City from being flooded
last week.
Citizens of the school district at
Dubois voted $:t0,000 in bonds to erect
nnd furnish n new school building.
Five hundred dollnrs havo been
raised by people of McCook for
Pueblo, Colo, flood sufferers.
The mile of paving being lnld
through the business section of Nelson
Is about llnlshed.
Six cents n dozen pn eggs, or n total
of ?SS5, was saved (fanners of Ilnmll-
ton county during April nnd May by
cooperative grading und marketing
of eggs, according to the State College
of Agriculture.
The Keith County Community club,
nnd the officers of the Alliance Chnin
ber of Commerce have perfected plans
to have 11 highway established from
Imperial through Oram, Ognllaln,
Lewellen, Oshkosh, Broadwater and
Alliance, leading through the Pluck
Hills, and on wtst to the Yellowstone
Park.
Nebraska's new capitol building to
be erected nt Lincoln Is to have a
dome nt the top of Its tower, as first
designed, members of the cnpltol com
mission say.
Following a recent meeting of potn
to growers of Buffalo county, with a
number of buyers. It was stated that
the price which the 'growers may ex
pect to receive will bo one dollnr per
linshel. The cstl"int of yield in Buf
ulo county Is p'nred nt about one
hundred and fifty bushels to the acre,
while some will undoubtedly go to
two hundred.
nutomobllc dealers are
t present In sin effort
nrs of customer. with
lenses that comply with the new stale
law, which provldos that only lenses
I receiving oiiieiul recognition nm be
used In I he stnte. Stock enrs on
linnd must be equipped also, ns n pro
vision slates that u cur must not hi
offered for sale unit'-- properly
equipped. State officials declare that
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It Is estimated that the state of Ne
braska will have to pay $125,000 In
, sir.0,000 during the noxi yo'miil n
naif to pay the board bills or pris
oners in county JnlN, who cnnuol 'o
received at the penitentiary at Lincoln
because of the overcrowded cmd'tlon
nt the prison.
Members of the west central district
i lnnn xi Mm n.m .,,..! . i . . .
. iUl i"u i me siaie game warden a
office nt Lincoln is unprecedented.
With a large attendance and with
department and regimental officers
present, the comer-stone of the arm
ory built nt nnstings by people of the
City, to house Its national guard unit,
wns laid with appropriate ceremony.
The giving of citizenship pnpers to
newly made Amerlcnns of Superior
will be a part of the 4th of July cele
bration. It Is pnrt of tho plan adopted
by the Superior Order of Shifters lit
their Americanization work.
Lincoln county commissioners say
that the Platte river bridge at North
Platte, damaged by the flood last
week, will have to be entirely rebuilt.
The structure wns erected three years
ago nt a cost of ?4S,000.
Tests by federal nnd stnte veter
inarians liave disclosed that only two
milch cows out of eighteen recently
shipped Into thlft state from Illinois,
received by a dealer In Cedar county,
wore freo from tuberculosis tnlnt.
Mrs. Ira Lyman of Wakefield,
mother of eighteen children, died after
giving birth to triplets. All the child
ren Including the three babies nro liv
ing. Six of the other children are
under S years of age.
James B. King, who killed R. L.
Taylor, a guard nt the Nebraska state
penitentiary, May 11, was sentenced
j ,11e '" the electric chair November
4, by District Judge W. E. Stewnrt at
Lincoln.
In Guge county where the harvest
ing of wheat has begun It Is estlmnted
that the yield will run nil the way
from 12 to 15 bushels to the acre. It
will be about a 50 per cent crop com
pared with that of Inst year.
Three spans of the new concrete
bridge across the Platte river at Min
utaire fell Into the river, because of the
swollen condition brought on by re
cent floods. The loss Is estimated at
$25,000.
Spnnlsh Wnr Veterans of Nebraska
nt the annual encampment at Lincoln
pnssed resolutions favoring disarma
ment and opposing ball gnmes nnd
similar sports on Memorial day.
County Agent Davis of Adams
county Is mnklng n list of all fanners
In the count' who havo Kunred wheat
on their farms nnd who wish to have
the wheat Inspected.
The third school- bond election to
secure $50,000 additional bonds for the
building carried nt Ashland. When
completed the building will be one of
the best in the stnte.
Plans are being formulated for the
erection of n $200,000 homo in Omaha
by the Oniulin chapter of Disabled
American Veterans of the World War.
Contract for the new school house
at liny Springs, for which !?.r.O,000
bonds were visited some time ago, bus
been let.
A bond Issue of $,",000 was authorised
by the voters of Ellis for the purpose
of remodeling and enlarging the school
building.
A 125 foot steel bridge Is to be built
on the Iioatrlce-Fairbury road, a half
mile e. st of Fnlrbury.
Plnttsinouth merchants have united
In offering bargains one Wednesday
each month.
Many farmers In the southeastern
part of tho. stnte have begun to cut
their wheat and oats. Farmers aro
offering about $:i n day forhelp, but
do not expect to hire much extra help
this year.
Pending n decision of the Thomas
county district court In the case of
ouster suits filed against the county
attorney and two commissioners on the
one side, nnd one commissioner nnd
the county clerk on the other, a truce
has been declared nnd the officials are
harmoniously tending t the duties of
their respective offices.
P. C. Bnlrd sold his IlOacre tract of
land adjoining Superior on the south
to B. C. Mendell for a consideration of
$500 nn acre.
The crest of the Colorado flood In
the Platte claimed two victims at
Grand Islond, when Mrs. II. C. flllles
ple, aged about 32, wife of a Union
Pacific freight conductor, nnd her
littlo son, nged O, were drowned. Tho
accident oceurcil near the Hamilton
Hall county stnte bridge, when tho
mother went to the rcucue of her son,
who had wandered over his head while-wndlng,
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