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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
CHICAGO'S LISI OF
IDLEJSJOli
THREE APPLICANTS FOR EVERY
OPEN JOB.
UNCLE SAM TAKING A HAND
Country Divided Into Nine Districts
and Employment Offices Opened
in Each One.
Chicago. For every Job open In
Chicago thero aro three applicants. In
Bomo lines of work tho proportion is
greater, but this 1h tho averago an
nounced by tho general advisory
board of tho Illinois freo oinploymcnt I
sorvlco, which maintains thirteen of
fices In eleven cities of tho stato.
Tho federal government has stopped
In to do what It can to rollovo tho de
pressing situation. It has divided tho
country into nino districts and oponed
employment offlcoa In oach district.
Tho ono of which Chicago Is tho
center covers Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan and Wisconsin.
Chicago loads with tho numbor of
nnomploy.od mon, proportionally to
population for the stato. Somo of tho
smallor cities show considerable Im
provement over tho figures for May
and part of Juno. All Industrial cent
era show an increaso in unemployed.
In Chicago tho situation will bo Im
mensely holpod with resumption of
building operations. With contractors
reudy to expend millions of dollars,
thero should bo nmpla work for all in
this city, for from three to flvo years,
counting only tho building projects
now In night and for which plans
liavo boon drawn and tho financial ar
rangements inado.
Ono of tho hopoful features of tho
situation Is that tho unemployment In
tho cities i forcing hundreds of young
mon back to tho farm. Thousands of
theso boys woro lured from tho farms
by fancy, salaries and onsy work in
factories during tho war; now that
tho pinch has como, tho glamor of tho
city Is gono and thoy aro gottlng back
wlioro thoy aro assured of plonty to
oat and a placo to sleep. Pay, for
farm labor Is much lower than It was
last year, but tho farmoru aro gottlng
a higher grado of men and not having
to got on tholr ltnoos and bog for holp
ua thoy did during tho war poriod.
Berlin Gets News of Peace.
Borlln. Ellis LorJng Dress.)!, tho
United Statos commissioner in Berlin,
communicated to tho Gorman foreign
offlco tin unofficial copy of tho com
promise Portor-Knox rosolulion end
lug tho stnto of war botwoon tho
Unltod Statos and Gormany. This
copy was tho first dotailed Informa
tion roclvod by tho Berlin government
concerning tho nctlon of tho Unltod
States. Activo unofficial negotiations
aro now bolng carried on botweon tho
American commission and tho Gor
man foreign offlco concerning a final
peaco treaty.
Farmers 8eek Lower Rates.
Dos Moines, la. Arrangomonts aro
bolng mndo, It was nnnouncod by tho
Iowa Farm federation, for a confer
onco to bo hold soon at which mid
wost farm buroau organizations as
woll as organlzod agricultural and
commercial Intorosts will bo asked to
loin In a gonoral movomont to bring
about a reduction in frolght rato3.
Catch Many Rum Runners.
Dotrolt, Mich. Moro than thirty
mon have boon npprohondod as rum
runuors on Detroit rivor during tho
past fow days by offlcors In a power
ful spood bout, It was loanied. Tho of
ficers aro empowered to act on olthor
flldo of tho International boundary.
Harry Ward to Hang.
Chicago. Another insanity plea
bubble hurst when a Jury in Judge
Friend's court quickly, decidod that
Harry II. Ward, tho "lono wolf rob
bor and doublo inurdoror, Is buiio. IIIr
spoctacular career will tormlnato at
' tho ond of tho ropo July 15.
Five Killed at Langln Field.
Moundsvlllo, W. Vn. Flvo porsona
woro killed and approximately fifty In.
Jurod at Langln field horo when a
Martin bombing piano crashed into a
Croup of automobiles parked on tho
grounds.
Bergdoll Probe to Bo Resumed.
Washington, D. C Tho houao com
mittee which investigated tho escapo
of Grovor Clovoland Bergdoll, Phlla.
dolphla draft dodger, has decided to
reopen hearlnga, but no dnto has boon
fixed.
Bank Guaranty Fund Hit.
Topokn, Kan. Tho IConsas bank
guaranty fund must mako good $2G0,
000 in bank accoptunccs Issued by H.
J. Loffcrdlnk, missing cOBbler of tho
defunct Kansas Stuto bank, of Sallna,
Kan., according to a decision lniudod
down by tho Kansas supremo court.
$160,000 Fire In Portland.
Portland, Oro. Flro of undeter
mined origin destroyed tho auxiliary
Plant of tho Monarch Lumber com
pany, entailing n loss of 1160,000, cov
ered by Insurance.
A Bumper Crop
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ALLIES MUST PLACE ALL
THEIR CARDS ON TADLG
President Will Await Developments
on Anglo-Jap Alliance Before Tak
ing Action on Versailles Treaty.
Washington, D. C Tho character
of tho next moves by tho Unltod
States to carry out tho Harding peaco
program depends upon tho uttltudo of
Groat Britain and tho other allies on
pending questions involving American
rights and Intorosts.
Whether wo shall settle war ac
counts with Gormany by ratifying tho
Versailles treaty With reservation, un
dertaking thoroby to partlclpato In tho
enforcement of thoso treaty terms wo
approvo or shall sottlo with Oormany
In a soparato treaty indopondontly of
tho allies, has not been determined by
President Harding and It may bo
soma tlmo beforo bo reachos a con
clusion. Tho president does not intond to
reach a decision ponding develop
ments In cortaln International nego
tiations now in progress, notably tho
following:
1. Anglo-Japaneso alliance Wheth
er Great Britain continues Us allianco
with Japan, and, if so, whether tho
character of tho allianco is detrimen
tal to tho interests of tho United
States.
2. Mandatos. Whether tho allies
rccognlzo Amorlcan rights derived
from tho fifth sharo of tho United
Statos In territories ceded by tho cen
tral powors, rescind tho action allo
cating tho island of Yap to Japan, and
accord Aniorlca tho commorclai opon
door In tho formor onomy possosslous.
3. Cables. Whother tho alltos aro
disposod to divldo tho formor Gorman
cables on a basts restoring Amorlcan
communication directly with northorn
Europo and assuring the United Statos
increased cublo and radio facilities hi
tho Pacific.
Tho attitudo of tho administration
toward tho question of ratlfy.iug tho
Versailles troaty or making a sopa
rate settlement with Gormany whllo
theso other Issuos aro undetermined
was thus stutod by a high official:
"Why should wo lay all our cards
on tho tnblo whon no ono elso Is do
ing It now?"
Orphanages Seized by Turks.
London. A message to tho British'
Armenian committee horo from Its cor
rospoudont In Cyprus, In tho Lovant,
says Information has boon rocolvod
from Americans In Marauh, 95 mllea
northwest of Alopho, Syria, to the of
feet that tho Turks havo soizud tho
orphanage and other Amorlcan Insti
tutions In that town and havo ordorod
the expulsion of forolgnors. Tho out
look for tho Christian population of
tho district is described by tho Amer
icans as oxtromoly serious.
Peggy Joyce Granted Almony.
Chicago "Foggy" Joyce, formor
Follies show girl, was granted $1,350 n
month temporary alimony by judgo
Josoph Sabatli. Tho court also al
lowed tho protty blondo ?27,Ei00 attor
ney's foes and $12,500 to gather ovl
douce in her fight against tlio suit for
divorce brought by hor millionaire
huabund, J. Stanloy, Joyco.'
Howat and Dorchy Get G Months.
Columbus. Knn. Alexander Howat t,
presidont of district 11, United Mlno
WorkorB, and August Dorchy, vlco
prosldent, wero sontoncod to six
mouths In Jail and fined $500 oach by
District Judge Boss for violating tho
Kiuibiu Industrial court law by calllug
a local 'strike over a wogo controversy.
Chinese Stowaways Arrested.
Gulveston, Tox. Fifty Chlneso stow
nways aboard tho Amorlcan steamer
AiiBublo woro taken into custody L
Immigration officials when tho vessel
docked from Havana, Cuba.
Farmers Advised to Hold Wheat.
Wichita, Kan. Tho National Whout
Growers' association, through Its sec
retary, E. R. Kelley, has advised all
furmora to hold tholr now wheat If
possible, aa tho rush to market of
grain testing high In moisture is tend
ing to force down tho prlco.
For Lower Grain Rates.
Jefferson City, Mo. Tho Missouri
publlo sorvlco commission decided to
Join Kaunas in Its petition with the In
toratato commerce commission for
lower grutn rates In tho west.
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RAILWAY UNIONS ARE TO
BALLOT ON WAGE SLASH
Representatives of Sixteen Employes'
Organizations Pass on
the Case.
Chicago. Tho membership of six
teen railroad labor organizations In
cluding tho Big Four brotherhoods
will decide through a referendum voto
by Soptembor 1, whether to accept or
reject tho 12 per cent wago reduction
that went into effect on railroads
throughout tho country July 1, It was
decided by tho chief oxcfcutlvo and
1,500 general chairmen of tho organiz
ations. Tho goneral chairmen decided that
thoy, could not assume rcsposlbility
for tho wago reduction that was or-
dorcd by tho United States railroad '
labor board.
E. II. Fitzgorald, prosldent of tho
Brotherhood of Railway and Steam- I
ship Clorks, Frolght Handlers, Express
and Station Employes, said that "noth- '
tag can bo expected of tho railroad
employes interested In tho decision
of tho labor board oxcep't to resist to ,
tho fullest extent tho reduction of
rates of pay and tho proposed abroga
tion of certain favorable working con
ditions." i
Tho organizations that woro ropre- ,
sented at tho confo.'onco at which tho
decision to havo a referendum voto
was mado follows:
Brotherhood of Locomotivo Engl- ,
neers; Brothorhood of Locomotivo
Flromon and Englnomon; Brothorhood
of Itallroad Trainmen; Ordor of Rail
way Conductors; Brothorhood of Rail- J
road SIgnalmon of America; Brother- j
hood of Railway and Steamship
Clerks, Frolght Handlers, Express and
Station Employes; Brotherhood of .
Railway Carmen of America; Interna-1
tlonal Allianco of Amalgamated Sheet
Motal Workora; International Associ
ation of Machinists; International
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop
Forgora and Helpers; International
Brotherhood of Boiler Makors; Iron 1
Shipbuilders and Helpers of Amorica; j
Intomatlonnl Brothorhood of Eloc- !
trlcal Workers, International Brothor
hood of Flrome,n and Oilers; Order of i
Railway Conductors, Switchmen's Un
ion of North Amorica and tho United j
Brothorhood of Maintenance of Way '
Employes and Railway Shop Laborers. I
All but tho Big Four brothorhood3 of I
the foregoing organizations aro mem- i
hers of tho railway employes depart
ment of tho Amorlcan Federation of
Labor of which B. M. Jowott is presi
dent. A resolution in oxtonuatlon of tho
chairmen's position was adopted, stat
ing that It was only a wago matter
thoy woro called upon to decide. It
was doclarod that in many instances
railroad offlcors havo served notico of
tholr Intention to abolish tlmo and
one-halt for ovortlmo In road, frolght
and yard sorvlco, and In addition
thoroto to nbollsh many present rules
and conditions.
Airways to Cover Continent.
Washington, D. C A system of
model airways, covering tho entire
continent, is planned by tho army ah
sorvlco for tho uso of all operators or
ownoi'8 of aircraft. It contemplates
various chains of well organized land
lng fields, supplemented by frequont
omorgoncy fields and Identification
markers connecting tho principal
cities, Because of tho lack of federal
appropriations, air sorvlco officials
said, It was tholr purpose to appeal to
tho Chambers of Coiuinorco, aerial
clubs and civic organizations to assist
In creation of airways.
Snow In Colorado.
Denvor, Colo. A light snow foil
near Bouldor and at Estos Park. It
wn preceded by heavy rains. The
lowest temperature here was hi.
Wlllard Would Fight Dempsey.
Iiwrenco. Kan. Jess Wlllard In
willing to moot Jack Dompsoy again,
ho said on his farm near here. Tho
ox-champion added that ho was oven
anxious to got a chance to recapture
tho world's heavyweight chumplonshlp
which ho lost two years ago nt To
ledo. Jess said It was a lucky pinch
in tho first round that ruined him.
"I'vo led tho simple life; I nm in splen
did shapo today," ho addod. "I would
need four months for training and con
ditioning then 1 will bo ruady foj
Jack Dimpaey."
WETS PUT ON HUGE PARADE
Thousands Raise an Awful
Tramping Alonn Fifth
Avenue.
Thirsf
New York. A great many New
Yorkers let tho world know that thoy
boar no love for the eighteenth amend
ment. Several thousand raised a ter
rible thirst tramping up Fifth avenue
in an anti-prohibition demonstration
and others packed tho sidewalks for
moro than two miles to cheer them.
It was called a wet parade and It
was wet soaking wet with perspira
tion. The afternoon was one of the
hottest of the year.
Mayor Hylan smiled and sweltered
In the seat of honor In tho reviewing
stand at Madison square. Each group
passing by greeted him with compli
mentary outbursts. Every now and
then somebody would Inqulro loudly If
his honor didn't long for a schooner
of lager on this hot day.
Tho foreign born and they made up
a big percentage of this demonstration
against dryness always addressed the
mayor by his title, or as "Mister Hy
lan." Somo of tho marchers bore ban
ners which called on all to witness
"tho outrage on personal liberty."
Not a few women and children par
ticipated in tho parade. They wore bo
outnumbered by masculine marchers,
however, that it seemed manifest that
tho male of tho species Is moro thirsty
than his mate. Everybody in tho lino
had an American flag. Many wore
mlnlaturo liquor bottles appropriately
inscribed.
Thero woro moro thna 300 organiza
tions in lino, about 100 of them Ital
ian, thoso in charge announced. Bands
played drinking songs dedicated to '
tho absence of drinks.
Placards, in a manner of speaking,
put tho kick in tho parade. Ono read
"Prohibition took tho sunshine from
our homes nnd put the moonshino In."
Anothor said: "Russia went dry in
1910 and mad In 1921. How rational
do you feel yoursolves?" Another de
clared: "Four million soldiers fought
for liberty and wero rowarded with
prohibition."
Tho serious signs asked everybody
to notico what alcoholic aridity had
done to tho American merchant ma
rine. They suggested Bible readings
as a means of learning who mado wlno
from wator that tho wedding feast
might bo merry, and tho bible line,
"Uso a little wlno for thy stomach's
sake," was quoted. There were pic
tures of tho last suppor and of tho
Goddess of Liberty, shorn of her
priestlike poso by shackles that bound
her arms together.
Somo bannors urged people to tako
tho parado and tho sentiment it ropre-
sented with seriousness, explaining
tho marchors wanted tho eighteenth
amondmont and tho Volstead act "lib
eralized," anil, furthermore, that thoy
wero going to fight for that cause.
French Loyal to Georges.
Paris. Tho superiority of Jack
Dompsoy, world's heavyweight boxing
champion, over Georges Carpontier,
tho French Idol, was accepted frankly
by the newspapers. Press and public,
however, remain loyal to Carpenter,
who still is lauded as a great fightor,
who went ngainst a "stonewall."
L'Oouvro said: "Tho Americans win
with Dompsoy, and tho British with
Lemonora, but wo still hold tho cham
pionship of Vordun."
Troops Guard a Court.
Sandy, Hook, Ky. Twenty-two mem
bers of Troop C, Kentucky national
guard, arrived to guard tho Elliott
coijnty courthouso during tho trials of
a numbor of alleged bootleggers and
moonshiners. Tho cavalrymen, armed
with rifles, woro ordorod horo by Cov.
Morrow at tho request of tho trial
Judgo.
Rickard Makes Half Million.
Now York. Tex Rickard figures
that his not profit from the Dompsoy
Carpantior fight would bo in tho
neighborhood of $550,000. He said that
expenses of all kinds would approxi
mate 950,000 and taxes on his share,
?10U,000, whllo tho gross gato receipts
woro expected to exceed $1,000,000.
Fire Damages Potash Plant.
Allianco, Neb. Flro partially de
stroyed tho Nebraska Potash plant at
Antlocb, twinty miles east of this
place, and for a tlmo threatened tho
town. Sparks from a loconiot;vo aro
bolioved to. havo started tho bluzo.
Cafe Smoking Banned in N. D.
Bismarck, N. D. It will bo illegal
to smoko in a cafe, hotel dining room
or a dining car in North Dakota, in
which women aro present under a law
passed by tho last legislature.
Fire Destroys Grain.
Sacamonto, Cal. Three grain fires,
one of which was not under Control,
burned over about 5,000 acres in this
section. About 700 mon aro fighting
tho larger of these.
Tornado In S. D. Town.
Aberdeen, S. D. A tornado struck"
Fredorick, S. D., killing one man and
causing over $100,000 dumago. Prac
tically overy building In tho town was
demolished, Arno Anderson, s,on of
Mike Anderson, who was nsssiting his
family to the basement of tholr home,
was killed in his effort to escapo when
tho houso was torn from IU fsi.nda
lion. Nino Injuries not conaldirei se
rious wor reported Im.a ovr pr-.-'c-ally
domoraliqdx Hum .' ;r. n t .ct
tlqn. Daira, hi is jr., .' at
mo.oco.
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Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
In nddltlon to (lii! regular seml-nn-mini
assessment of $112,500 to lie made
this month, an additional assessment
of $500,000 must be made against
luniks of Nebraska to bring the state
guarantee fund up to Its legal level
of 1 jier cent of tho total of deposits
in stato banks. While this sum will
be n drain on the bankers of Nebraska,
It Is probable that when the bunk fail
ures of recent date nre wound up that
much of the money necessary now to
guarantee depositors will be returned,
according to J. E. Hurt, secretary of
the state department of trade nnd
commerce.
Fire, believed to have started from
sparks from an engine, destroyed the
plant of the American Potash com
pany, the Catholic church mid several
other buildings at Antlocb. Tho loss
Is placed at $500,000. As n result of
the lire the town will be without
electric light for an Indefinite period.
This Is the second big fire at Antlocb
In three months. The American Pot
ash company's $500,000 plant was de
stroyed by lire of similar origin with
n loss of over $300,000 a short time
ago.
A bulletin issued by tho slate de
partment of agriculture entitled "Ne
braska at a Glunce" shows this state
ranks first In alfalfa, second In wild
hay, third In wheat, third In corn, fifth
sugar beets. It nlso shows that in
I li)20 Nebraska produced 33.8 bushels
or corn to tlio acre; 10.7 bushels of
wheat; R4.G bushels of oats; 14.1
bushels of rye; 29 bushels of barley;
9S.7 bushels of potatoes; 2.SG ions of
alfalfa ; 1.02 tons of wild hay.
On .Tuly 19 citizens of the school
district of Gllead, and four surround
ing districts will vole on n proposition
to unite In one high school district.
There nro already seven such schools
in- the state. They nre located at
Champion, Chase county; Lyons, Burt
county; Dix, Klmlmll county; Lowell,
Kearney county; Bellevue, Sarpy
county; Mlnatnro, Scottsbluff county;
nnd Stockvllle, Frontier county.
According to a statement made by
C. W. Watson, secretary "of the federa
tion of Nebraska retailers, nt Lincoln,
ninety per cent of the women of
this state buy silk stockings exclusive
ly. They nre also, he said, buying
correspondingly better attire in all
lines. This applies to the sinnll towns
nnd on the farms as well us In the
cities, he declared.
A drive for memberships in the
United Stntes Grain (J rowers, Inc.,
the fanners' $100,000,000 marketing or
ganzatlon hns started In Nebraska and
several co-operative elevators of the
state havo passed resolutions author
izing their oflleers to sign the neces
sary contracts which will alllgn them
witli the national organization.
According to the quarterly report
of 90S hanks on May 23 compiled by
J. E. Hart, secretary of the stato de
partment of trade and finance, Ne
braska bnnks In the Inst quarter have
made nn average Increase in reserves
from 10 to 19 per cent in spite of the
several failures during that time.
Contract for Polk county's new
court house to bo erected at Osceola,
has been nwnrded to the John L. Sod
enburg Co., nt Omaha, the price to be
$14G,0S9,
Tho congregation of the EvnngclHil
church nt Mil ford unanimously voted
to petition congress to call a confer
ence on International disarmament.
Work of remodeling the Iluywnrd
Military ncademy nt Lincoln recently
purchased by tho stnto for the men's
reformatory has been stnrted.
Governor MeTCelyle, nt Lincoln, an
nounced Hint tho state staff of officers
for the enforcement of dry lnws will
be doubled Immediately.
Harvestns: of the nearly 3,000' ncres
of potatoes around Kearney Is well
under way. The yield Is good and so
Is the quality.
Property at Omaha was damaged to
the extent of more than $50,000 by a
cloudburst which swept over tho city.
Tho Pierce city council has granted
'permission to tho Commercial club to
uso the city park for u tourist park.
A terrific hail storm totally destroyed
grain ovei an ueni of more than thirty
miles square, northwest of Alliance.
Twenty-eight ncres of a thirty-live
acre field of wheat belonging to Roy
Carlisle, near BraiNhaw, was destroy
ed by lire. The lite is thought to have
been caused by the carelessness of
some smoker.
Figures compiled by tho state de
partment of agriculture show that
practically SO per cent of the Nebraska
farmers are native, white Americans.
Of the 121,121 farms In Nebraska, 99,
129 are operated by native, white
farmers. 24,595 by foreign-born whites
and ."97 by colored farmers, Including
Indians.
Fefr Petersen, farmer near Te-
kamah, has lost ICO acres of his form
ns tho result of the Missouri river
cutting Ii o his land. Other farmers
along the river hn,ve also suffered
heavily.
It Is understood that the principal
reason for the failure of the Midland
Savings bank at Lincoln was Its con
nection with tho Pioneer State bank nt
Omaha which wns closed Just recently.
J. K. Hurt, secretary of the state de
partment of trade nnd commerce has
taken charge of the Lincoln Institution.
NEBRASKA
BRIE
The nctlon of the lust legislature in
permitting u reassessment on properly
In 1921 In order (o get nwny from the
"peak" valuation of u year ago -hows
that nso.inr In 21 counties of Ne
braska have decreased their n ol"sV
incuts nn average of 15.33 per .V.?,
ncroidliig to figures announced Tiy
State Tax CoiiiiiiKslnncr Osborne. The
counties are: Adams, Antelope, Box
Butte, Boyd, Cedar, Chase, Hall, Hitch
cock, Keyn Paha, Klmlmll, Loup,
Nance, Nemiihn, Pawnee, Pierce,
Platte, Red Willow, Stanton, Wheeler,
York.
Ilolmosvllle. n village of less fjt.tn
150 people, located near Beatrice, is
being exploited ns one of the best t -iimplcs
In tin stnto for boosting. l!t
cently n meeting was held there nt.
tended by 500 people, for the purpoe
of discussing the Ice plant proposition,
nnd beforo the meeting ended $5,300
worth of Ice books were subscribed for,
and the plant will be built and be In
operation by tho middle of July.
After nn absence- of sixty years the
old fashioned potato bug has again In
vaded the Held of Saunders county.
The bug wns discovered by County
Agent Roberts, who sent specimens to
State Entomologist Swenk at Lincoln,
who Identified the stranger as oplcnrtn
lninnlsrntn, or old-time potato bug.
The bugs were fully an Inch long nng
striped like n liberty shield, Roberts
asserted.
Suit ngainst tho American Potnh
Co. to enjoin It from the insurance
money which will bo paid ns a result
of n fire which destroyed the plant nt
Antlocb was begun In the federal
court at Lincoln by George II. Harris,
who Is the plaintiff in a suit ngainst
the company to recover $700,000 which
bo holds as n claim against the
company.
Thousands of acres of corn near
Kearney nre constantly under Irriga
tion, this being the only place in Ne
braska where the Irrigation of corn is
practiced. There have been few bad
crops In the district nnd the irrigation
project Is growing constantly, to safe
guard against drouths.
Although the Nebraska corn crop, as
a whole, wns nowhere near the danger
line preceding the recent heavy rain?,
tho crop has been greatly benefited,
according to A. E. Anderson, govern
ment crop expert. He stated that we
still need more moisture to make It a
bumper crop.
As n menus of increasing church at
tendance nnd the elcmliiatlon of rlvnlrj,
nil Christian bodies of Moorelleld have
been consolidated Into ono non-sectnr-Inn
church and the plan hns so en
hanced attendance that it Is roc.vm
mended to small towns nil over the
state.
The $7,000 monument erecteSL at
Bloomfleld to tho memory of those
who sacrificed their lives in the late
war, was unveiled amid n huge as
semblage of citizens of the town and
community.
Governor McKclvte has requested
presidents of railroads in Nebrnsjka
to return to tho practice of alining
a half rate on shipments of live stock
for exhibition purposes to the fairs of
the state.
Citizens of Walton voted to retain
the consolidated school and ns n result
nn issue will be put before the people
soon t.) bond the district in the sum of.
$40,000 to erect n new school building.
Sugar beets In the vicinity of Ml
atare were set back nt least a montli
and small grain was badly damaged
as the result of n terrific hail storm
that swept the district.
More than $100,000 worth of con
flscated liquor was presented to tho
hospitals of Omaha by prohibition en
forcement oflleers to be used for medi
cinal purposes.
George K. Leonard, assistant sec
retary of tlio department of public
works, forcasts n serious shortage of "
cars before crop movements nre wellJH
under way.
Several small buildings, private ,
garages, chimneys and windmill i
towers were blown down and many f
trees uprooted when a high wind vis
ited Gordon.
An ordlnnnce prohibiting the oper
ation of auto busses over tho streets ol 1
the village of Ralston, Douglas county, r;
went into effect July 8.
Corn In Garfield county is tassellnr,
fully three weeks ahead of the usual
tassellng time for the district.
It is reported that the plant of tho
Great Western Sugar Co., at Mlnatare
is to lie completed this fall.
Nehuwka has live boys' and girls
pig clubs with a combined membership'1
of forty-one.
The anti-Saloon League of Nebraska
is up in arms over an order recently
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issueu oy .uinge oiuy in uiu uugo j
county district court, directing Sheriffs
Emery to turn over all of the eontraWi
band liquor In bis possession to tho 0
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uuon inirt til itvdiiiLv. i
Commissioners of Lincoln county
have called it special election for Au
gust 3 to vote on the proposition of
issuing $105,000 bridge bond vMos
of the money will be used In impair
ing bridges that wero damaged by tho
lil'jli water In the South Platte river
last month.
Crops In the Humboldt district were
badly wnslied by the heavy rains tl
past week. One downpour measii
six and a half Inches and fell In le
than live hours.
The Nye-Schnelder-Fowler coifip.inyM
Ol rri-iiiuiH, "in- in nit: nugi-si. cmviiiu
companies in the country, reported In
financial dllllcultles, will bo accord
every llnanclal assistance possible tc
avert n craMi, It was decided at con
ferences between bankers In Chicago
and Omaha, The general slump lu
business Is said to be tho cause of thri
coiiiDuny'ji critical condition.
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