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FACEJTARVATION
Famine stalks in drouth
stricken districts.
WELLS AND RIVERS DRY UP
tfecldento Subsisting on Most, Grass
and Dark Refugees Pouring
Into Moscow" and Pctrogrod
Berlin. Twenty million perfcons am
on the verge of Htnrratlon In drouth
Btrickon BectlonM of Russia, subsist
Ing mainly on moss, grass nml the
bark of trees, according to the Vos
ehJehe Jioltung, quoting information
from "rellnblo Russian sources."
Refugees arc reported to bo pouring
Into Moscow and Potrograd by thou
sands, and to be fleeing hopelessly In
every direction.
Tho parched earth. It Ik asserted, Is
opening tip great erovlces, and wells
and rivers nro drying up. Many vil
lages are reported on fire. AIL cattlo
in the stricken districts have been
slaughtered.
Locusts Destroy Crop,
Rlgn. A plngiw of locusts Is adding
to the famine In Russia, according to
r dispatch received here from Mos
cow. A swarm of the Insects has
greatly damaged crops In tho Kubanu
and Illack sea governments, where
part of the army has been mobilized
to destroy tho pests.
League Takes Up Disarmament.
The league of nations Is going ahead
with its disarmament work on the
theory that It will hi no wise Interfero
with tho proposed 'conference on lim
itation of armamraita in Washington
And that It may develop information
which would bo of use to such n con
ference. That was tho decision an
nounced at tho opening session of tho
temporary mixed commission for tho
reduction of armnmonts appointed by
the league.
Man Killed at Crossing.
Sloui (Jity, Io.P. M. Evans, 7f
years old, a wealthy retired fanner of
Sloan, la., was tajurcd fatally when n
motor car whloh ho was driving was
fitruck by a southbound Chicago niir
Northwestern freight train a mllu
north of'Onawn, In. A crushed bead
and n largo hole torn In the skull bp
hind the 7cft oar resulted In death a
uliort time Inter. "
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1 Cleared of Killing Major.
Washington, T). C All federal pro
ccedings agnlnst Capt. Robert Rosen
bluth, of Now York, and Sergeant Ro
land Pothler, of Providence, R. 1., In
connection with tho shooting of MaJ.
Alcxnndor Cronkhlte, at Camp Lewis,
Wash., In Octobor, 1018, nro to bo dis
missed ,lt wns announcod by Attorney
General Daugherty, avuo mndo a pur
itonal Investigation of the enso.
More Troops to Silesia.
Paris. Pronator llrland has sent a
nolo to tho llrltlsh nad Italian gov
ernments, proposing tho sending of
roInforcomontB to tho allied troops In
upper Silesia In order to mako suro
that they are not disturbed and to
assure respect for the decisions of
tho allies under tho treaty of Ver
sailles before tho convening of tho
allied supremo council.
j Woman Tarred and Feathered.
' Shrevoport, La. Mrs. lleulah John
son was taken from tho porch of a
hotel nt Tenaha, Tex., stripped, larrcd
and feathered, according to ndvlooa
here. It Is understood that Mrs.
Johnson had bcon nnested on u
chnrgo of bigamy and pluced In Jail
nt Center, Tex.
Two, Germ'nn Officers Guilty.
Leipzig, Germany. Lieut. Dltttnnr
and Lieut, lloldt, charged with mur
der In tho first degree for fining on
lifeboats after (he Canadian hospttul
ship, Llandovery Cnstlu had been tor
pedoed in tho summer of 191S, wero
each sentenced to four jours' Immls
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(, Fire Destroys Light Plant.
Wortliiugtoii, Minn. Klre totally
destroyed tho wuter works, puui)lng
station and electric light plant nt
Adrian, and thnt city Is without light,
power or water.
$30,000 Fire In Minnesota,
Sloyton, Minn. PIro originating in
n Ilvory barn at Garvin destroyed that
ntructuro and three adjoining build
ings, entailing a Iojh estimated at 3u,
000.
To Dispose of Sugar Surprise,
Havana. Cuba- will employ her dip
loamtlc corpsln a campaign to sell the
existing enormous sugar surplus under
a decision reached at u meeting of the
cabinet with President Zayns. Tho
secretary of state was Instructed to
Initiate negotiations In every country
where Cuba Is represonted dlsplomat
Ically for tho salo of sugar on condi
tions favorable both to Cuba nnd the
country approached. Specific mention
was made of Chile an u poHslblo cus
tomer for sugar, denatured alcohol
uid tobacco.
PRESIDENT WARNS
OF BONUS PERIL
Harding Appears Before Senate
to Ask Delay. i
WANTS ACTION POSTPONED
Takes His Appeal Personally to the
Solons and Delivers a Message
Which Paints In Anything but
Glowing Colors the Economic
Condition of the Country
Would Imperil Treasury.
Washington, .July lit. President
Harding conveyed a solemn wurnlng
to congress that the condition of the
nation will not permit the passage nt
this time, of legislation granting ad
justment of compensation to soldiers
who .served In the World war.
Per congress to pass contemplated
legislation now, the President warned,
"would binder every effort of restora
tion and greatly Imperil the financial
Hlnblllty of our country."
The President took his appeal per
sonally to the senate and delivered n
brief message in which ho painted In
anything but glowing colors the eco
nomic nnd llnanclal condition of the
country today. He pointed out that
tin.1 nntlon now Is engaged In u mtghty
struggle toward restoration, and he
emphasized that this restoration can
only be brought about by careful
llniincing and reduced expenditures.
Urges Action on War Taxes.
The President's message deals chief
ly with the bonus question and the na
tion's liniinces, but the President took
occasion to warn congress that there,
"Is much confessed disappointment
that so little progress has been made
In tlie readjustment nnd reduction of
wartime tuxes," anil urged early ac
complishment of this.
"1 want to emphasize the sugges
tion thnt the accomplishment of the
major tusks for which you were nsked
to sit In extraordinary session will
have a reassuring effect on the entire
country," the President said.
President's Address.
The text of President Harding's
message to the senate In part was as
follows:
"Mr President and Gentlemen of the
Somite:
"There has come to my attention
the pending unfinished business before
the seiintu nnd It Is an Imperutlve
duly to convey- to you the probable ef
fect of the passage at this time of
the proposed act, providing for adjust
ed compensation to our service men
In the World wur. If this measure
could be made effective at the present
time without disaster to the Million's
finances nml without hindrance to im
perutlve readjustments of our tuxes, It
would present tin entirely different
question than that which Is before
you. In n personal, ns well ns n pub
lic manner, which ought to bo u plight
of good fallli, I have commended the
policy of generous treatment of tho na
tion's defenders, not as ti part of any
contract, nor us tho payment of n debt
which Is owing, but as n mnrk of (lie
iiiitlou's gratitude. Every obllgntlon
Is to the disabled and dependent. In
such reference as has been made to
general compensation there has been a
reservation as to the enrllest consist
ent time for such action If It Is taken.
Even without such rcservntlon, how
ever, a modified view would be wholly
Justllliilile lit the present moment be
cause (he enactment of the compensa
tion bill In the midst of the struggle
for readjustment ami restoration
would hinder every effort nnd greatly
impel II the llnnnclal stability of our
country.
"More, this menacing effort to ox
pem" billions In gratuities will Im
peril our capacity to discharge our ob
ligations to those we must not fall to
aid.
"1 -I'll addressing the senate directly,
hoe'iuso the problem Is Immediately
yours, ns your unfinished business, but
the executive brunch of the govern
ment owes It to both houses of con
gross nnd to the country frankly to
state the dllllcultlos we daily nro
culled upon to meet ami the 'added
peril this measure would bring.
Had. Dut One Thought.
"Our liiud has Its share of the finan
cial chaos and the Industrial depres
sion of the world. We little heeded
the growth of Indebtedness or the
limits of expenditure during the war,
because we could not stop to count the
cost, Our one thought then was the
winning of the war and the survival of
ine nation, we borrowed ami loaned
Individuals to the nation nnd the
government to other governments, ami
to those who served the nation with
little thought of settlement.
"It was relatively easy then, 'be
cause national life wns nt stake. In
the sober nflermath we face the order
of reason rather than act timid the
passions of war, and our own bind and
tho world me facing problems never
solved before. There can lie no solu
tion unless wo face the grim truths
nnd seek to solve them In resolute de
votion to duty.
Three Problems Cited.
"After a survey of more than
four months, contomptMlng conditions
which would stngger all of us, were It
not for our abiding faith In America,
1 am fully persuaded that three things
are essential to the very beginning of
the restored older of thlnirs
reduction, of our Internnl taxation, the
refunding of our war debt nnd the
adjustment of our foreign loans,
"It Is vitally necessary to settle
these problems before adding to our
treasury any such burden as Is con
templated in the pending bill.
"It Is nnthlnkublo to except n busi
ness revival nnd the resumption of
the normal ways of peace while main
taining the excessive taxes of war. It
Is quite as unthinkable to reduce our
treasury to an additional obligation
which ranges from $3,000,000,000 to
.55,000,000,000. The precise figures no
one can give.
"If It Is conceivably true that only
?200,000,000 n yenr will be drawn an
iiuully from the treasury In the few
years Immediately before us, the be
stowal Is too Inconsequential to be of
real value to the nation's defenders;
and, If the exercise of the opinion
should call for cash running Into bil
lions, the depression In finance nnd
Industry would be so mnrked that
vastly more harm thnn good would at
tend. Must Meet Obligations.
"Our government must undertake nc
obligation which It docs not Intend to
meet. No government Hat will pay
our bills. The exchanges of the world
testify today to that erroneous theory.
We may rely on the sacrifices of pa
triotism In war, today we face mnrkets
and the effects of supply nnd demand
nnd the Inexorable laws of credits In
time of pence.
"At the very moment we nre obliged
to pay !i per cent Interest for gov
ernment short-time loans to care for
government Indebtedness, a rate on
government borrowing, In splto of tnx
exemption, which ought to prevail In
private transactions for the normal
Interest charges In financing our In
dustry and commerce.
"Definite obligations amounting to
seven nnd a half billions In War Hnv
Ings certificates. Victory loans nnd
certificates covering Hooting indebted
ness nre to mature In the two years
Immediately following, and the over
burdening of the treasury now menns
positive disaster In the years' Immedi
ately before us. Merest prudence culls
out In warning.
"Our greatest necessity Is a return
to the normal ways of peace activities.
A modest offering to the millions of
service men is a poor palliative to
more millions who may be out of em
ployment. Stabilized llnnnce nnd well
established confidence are to be es
sential to restored Industry nnd com
merce. Slump War's Aftermath.
"The slump which Is now upon us
Is an Inevitable part of war's after
math. It has followed In the wake of
war since the world began. There was
the unavoidable readjustment, the In
evitable charge-off, the unfailing at
tendance of losses In tho wiikj of
high prices, the Inexorable deflation
which Inflation had preceded.
"It has been wholly proper to .seek
to apply government relief to minimize
the hardships, ami the government
has aided wherever possible, and Is
aiding now, but till the special acts
ever dreamed of, all the particular fa
vors ever conceived will not avoid all
tho distress nor ward off all the
losses.
"The proper mental state of our peo
ple will commit us resolutely nnd con
fidently to our tusks, and definite as
surances us to taxation and expendi
ture will contribute to that helpful
mental order. The only sure way to
normalcy Is over the paths nature has
marked throughout all human experi
ence. "With the approvnl of congress the
executive branch of government hns
been driving toward that decreased ex
penditure which is the most practical
assurance of diminished taxation.
"War Is not wholly responsible for
staggering costs; It hits merely accen
tuated the menace which lies In
mounting cost of government and ex
cesses In expenditure which a success
ful private business would not toler
ate.
Promises to Save Millions.
"1 can make you no definite promise
In figures today, but I can pledge you
a most conscientious drive to reduce
government cost by iiuriiy millions. It
would be most discouraging to those
who are bending their energies to save
millions to have congress add billions
to our burdens nt the very beginning.
"Kven were thero not the threatened
paralysis of our treasury, with Us fa
tal reflexes on all our activities which
concern our prosperity, would It not
be better to await the settlement of
our foreign loans' At such a time It
would be a bestowal on the part of
our government when It Is ablu to be
stow.
"The United States participates In
none of the distributable awards of
war, but the world, owes us heavily,
and will pay when restoration 1
wrought. If the restoration falls
world bankruptcy attends.
Work of War Risk Bureau.
"In view of .some of the thing
which have been said, and very care
lessly Mild, perhaps 1 ought to report
ollK-lally some of the things which
have been done. In the department of
war risk insurance, there have been
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men up 10 .iiii.v i, ii'-i, compensation
nnd Insurance claims numbering SRI,-II'-.
Of these, 717,780 luivo been ad
judicated, at an expenditure of ?71,
010,70'.:. There were 1200,000 claims
ponding wheu the war risk department
was reorganized, lute In April this
year, and the number of pending
claims bus been reduced by RILItll.
"There have been requested 887,01-1
medical examinations and more than
14,000 nwalt medical action.
"There has been paid out in allot
ment and allowances the sum of $578,
105.05:1, and nearly $4,000,000,000 f
ADELA ENRIQUEZ
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Senorltu Adeln Knrlquez, niece of
Gen. and Mrs. Emlllnno Chnuiorro,
who Is a uew arrival In Washington's
diplomatic social set. Her uncle Is
the newly appointed minister from
Nicaragua. !
U. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
Wheat Prices Advance Black Rust
Reports From American and Cana
dian Northwest Hogs Up.
WKEKLY MARKETGJIAM.
(Hy U. S. HURKAU Or MAHKKTS.)
Washington, July 16. i-'ot week ending
July H CHAIN bullish crop and weath
er news and Increased olitsldo buying re
sulted In bolter undertone and higher
prices for the week. The only weakness
wns on the Dili and 10th over government
crop report, but tho loss wns more than
regained on tho 12th. The market con
tinued strong throughout the remainder
ol' the week. Black rust reports continue
from American and Canadian Northwest,
but extent of damngo not yet determined.
Drought In Argentina and parts of Eng
lund relieved by rains. Country corn of
ferings light; cash demand slow. In Chi
cago c-iisli market No. 2 red winter closed
at t.3l: No. 2 hard U.32; No. 3 yellow
corn C2c; No. 3 mlxt.l corn 62c: No. 3
white oats 37c. For the week Chicago
July wheat up llc, closing at J1.32V.
July corn 3c, at Mc; Minneapolis July
wheat up 16c, at J1.3S; Chicago September
wheat up HVfcc. nt 11.32; September corn
1c, at 62c. Minneapolis September wheat
up 1210. at 1.37?i: Kansas City Septem
ber up ic, nt Jl.ai.
KHUrrs AND VEQETAnLES-Vlrglnla
Histern shore Irish cobbler potatoes lost
Iho JI.W) ailvanco of tho previous week In
New York, cloning $2.75 per barrel. Kan
sas sacked early Ohlos Xl.M to J1.63 per
100 poll nd b In Kansas City. Texas toma
toes slow and weak In Chicago, at 50 to
75c per basket carrier. Salmon tifit can
taloupes closing 3 to J3.50 In tho Middle
West. Elborta peaches tlrm at Georgia
shipping points, closing J1.75 to J2 per six
basket carrier f. o. b. cash tracts. Con
suming markets were weaker. Prices
closed at a slightly wider ranga In east
ern markets at 2 to J2.SC. The Chicago
market cloBcd at 52 to J2.50. Georgia nnd
South Cnrollna Tom Watson watermelons,
medium sizes, nearly steady In New York,
closing J275 to JI00 per car. I'rifceK
dosed July 12th nt J125 to J230 per car for
! to ?S-pound stock, carloads f. o. h. cash
track to growers. Texas melons ranged '.
12.00 to 3 per loo pounds In Kansas City, j
HAY Light stocks and continued light
.receipts caused advance In prlco of old '
timothy hay In eastern mnrkets and at
Chicago and Cincinnati. Light demand
and Increased receipts cause lower prices '
Rt Kansas City. Receipts light, but mar- i
ki-t dull at MemnhlH nnd Omulm. Quoted
jiny ij. iNo. i iimoiny mew York J31.60,
Philadelphia 24, Chicago new 22, ol.l J2S,
Cincinnati now Sl9, old 121.50, Minneapolis
J1H, Kansas City new $13.60. No 1 alfalfa
Memphis $21, Kansas City $20, Omaha
$10.60. No. 1 prairie .Minneapolis $15,
Kauris City $15, Omana $11.50.
DAIRY 1'RODUCTS-Hutter markets
llrm nnd continue! upward tendency.
Preliminary storage reports, covering en
tire United States for July 1, relcnsed
July 11, show stocks 63,"00,X) pounds, com
pared with 52,360,000 pounds lyi'O and 'J0,
158,000 -pounds In 1919. Closing prices. !t'2
score New York 41c. Chicago 3914c, Phil
adelphia 404c. Boston 42c. Cheese mar
kets very firm nnd prices nverago jtc to
2c higher, following advances at country
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tots. Wisconsin primary markets
xse: Twins 17c. Daisies lTlie. Douhln
inurneiu,
uvera
Daisies 17c. Longhorns and Younir Ami-r-
Icas 18',ic.
LIVE STOCK-Chlcago live stock prices
show a decided upward slant for the
week. Net advances ranged a to 45o
on hogs per 100 pounds, 15 to 23c on beef
steers, 25 to 75u on butcher cows nnd
holfers and $1 on veal calves. Keccllng
lambs ndvnnced 25c, fat owes strong to
10c higher. Fat lambs declined M to 73c
per 100 pounds. July 14 Chicago prices
Hogs top, $10.25; bulk of sales. JS.73-J10.13;
medium nnd good beef steers, $7.25-S.S();
butchor cows nnd heifers, $l-S.75; feeder
steers, J5.70-7.50; light and medium weight
vent calves, $9-11.50; fat lambs. JS.23-11;
feeding lambs, $6-7; yearlings. $6-S.50: fat
ewes, $3-5.33. Blocker nml feeder slilp
inentH from ten Important mnrkets during
the week ending July S were: Cattle nnd
cnlvcs, 16,(37, hogs. 4.31S; Bhcep. 9,763.
BUSINESS INCREASE IS SEEN
Chicago Railroads Adding to 'Their
Working Forces to Be Ready for
Rush.
Chicago, July 11. That railroads en
tering Chlcau'o are preparing for a
resumption of big business in the very
near future was learned with the an
nouncement that (he Chicago, Itiiillne;.
Ion - Quiuey had added 'J,:W) men to
Its forces.
Announcement of Uu- employ of the
men was made by l-J. I. Itraekeu, oper
ating vice president.
"We expect a heavy resumption of
business at an early date." Mr. llrtuik-
en sum, 'anil i ne -I- wants to He
ready for It."
Similar action is contemplated by
the Chicago .Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad, an ofllclal of that line slid,
wlille the Chicago ,V Northwestern
railroad said Unit tliey were very ,op.
tlmlstie on the whole situation.
N. Y.-Germany Ship Fare Cut.
New York, July 18. Competition of
steam lines operating from New York
to (lertnany resulted In a redact ton of
passenger rules by one line. The first
cabin rate to Hamburg Is to be re
duced to .flfjri.
Perish in Cloudburst.
Alliance, Neb., July 18. Several
persons perished ami thousands of
head of live stock hnve been lost, nml
many homes swept away ut Andrews,
neur Crawford, Neb., by a cloudburst.
NEBRASKAJN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, r.educed
for the Busy.
Hauling bogs by ulrplnne front Ne
braska to the Chicago markets was
one of the visions of Professor K. C.
I'austlan of Mitchell, S. D., at Ne
braska Wesleyan. He regretted that
records had been kept for high-bred
calves but that statistics were only
now in the making for the human life
In rural, districts. "Kvery problem
which confronts the louder lntn rural
community Is an opportuntty,"'ho said.
"Here Is a chance for some original
work. The farmer Is no longer a hay
seed or clod hopper."
The Fremont Milling company has
sold 1,000,000 pounds of Hour to be
shipped directly to (Jlasgow, Scotland.
The sacks of flour carry tin; company's
private brands. This Is a very unusual
deal as Inland mills are usually forced
to handle .such trade through export
ers, who used their own names- to
withhold the source of the products to
the foreign consumers.
With an explosion that shook the
town and shattered window lights
for a block, the ncytelene welding
plant of the Sims gi.rnge at Aurora
blew up and (Jus Stohl and Otho An
derson who were In the room were
knocked down. The partitions of the
garage were demolished. The damage
totaled about $1,000.
During the Ak-Sar-Ilen festivities to
be held hi Omaha September 1.V.M
there will be a reunion of the .'14th
Division of the American Expedition
ary Forces. It is anticipated that this
will bring together 8,000 to 10,000 of
the boys who saw overseas service
luring the World's War.
Omaha Elks have closed the deal by
which they come into possession of the
vacant property a'l Eighteenth and
Dodge streets. On this property they
will soon commence the erection of a
VI.OOO.OOO home.
It lias become necessary fur the man
ngement of the Crete .swimming pool
to make a large canvas awning or
cover for the pool. There Is such a
crowd of swimmers during the day
that It lias become ncces-sr.ry to pro
vide .shade over the entire pond.
Recognition by the New York Art
gallery has been accorded Mrs. John
W. Johnson of Harvard, formerly of
Hastings. Three of Mrs, Johnson's
paintings were landscapes and one
a girl's head.
The supply of Ice at liloouiMcUt Is
running low and as a result the Itloom
Held Rutter Co. has been compelled to
discontinue the manufacture of Ice
ei-i'inn. An artificial Ice plant has
been talked about.
Tlie community play ground at
Liberty will be opened July III. The
boys and girls up to fourteen are to
make use of the grounds which will be
under the supervision of Miss Thelina
MoMurrny.
Hastings Is to have a new $17,000
swimming pool. The pool will be
eighty feet wide by 1C0 feet long, and
will contain .10,000 gallons of water,
which will be tillered every twenty
four hours.
Nebraska, through the stale railway
commission, will take n hand In the
light, which It Is proposed to make be
fore the interstate -commerce commis
sion ngaiuvt high grain shipment rates.
Just as soon as new plans and spec!-'
HcatioiiH nre received by the building
committee, work will go forward on the
new Methodist church nt Fremont.
The church Is to cost $00,000.
Marions Undhmit, of Norfolk, whose
neck was broken when he struck the
bottom of the river after diving Into
two feet of wuter, Is still alive, al
though his limbs are .aralyy.cd.
Work has started on a municipal
swi'imlug pool at Teciim'seh. Funds
for ei nst ruction have been donated
and citizens are contributing labor.
Fifty men and boys now are at work.
Cass county has employed a home
defnoiisttator, Miss M, Wllkins. a
graduate of the home economics de
partimv.t of the Nebraska slate uni
versity.
A special school election at Suther
land has heen called for July 'J in
vote on the levy for the coming year,
to cocr an estimated expense of $.'',
000. Corn In the Cent nil City community
Is from two to three weeks ahead of
usual tills year, due to the unusual
warm weather.
The Clysses flour mills have received
an order for 70,000 pounds of Hour to
be shipped to Scotland some time in
July. The mills are running day am!
night lo till the order and lo keep up
the local supply.
To have V'0() volts of electricity
pass through his hoi and yet live to
tell the tale, is, (lie peculiar experience
of Ituby .Smith, doing to the building
in which the switch and other equip
ment of the llelvidere electric Ulil
plant Is located, he took hold of the
lock on tlie door ami was knocked
down, lie will recover.
Mell Voder of Sterling, electric line
man who came near being electrocuted
when tie came in contact with a lle
wire n month ago, will o to a hospital
for skin grafting to some of his bums
before he can recover.
Figures compiled by the Mud. de
partment of agriculture show that
practically SO per cent f the Nebraska
farmers an native, white Americans.
Of the 124,4'Jl farms In Nebraska, W,
41!f are operated by native, white
farmers, W.MiS by foreign-born whites
and .11). by colored farmers, Including
i Indians.
Julius Welgel of Itnvennn has re
turned home after an absence of eight
years. Welgel, a wealthy Schneider
township farmer, Is a native of nor
mally nnd In 101 1! he decided fo visit
relative.! in that country. Shortly af
ter his arrival nil Europe was seething
In war and Welgel was imiible to leave
despite frantic protestations against
his retention. Then America got into
tlie game and there was nothing left
for Welgel to do hut make the best of
his stay, regardless of how disagree
able it was under th" olivnmstnneos.
Eight years later, through the Swiss
consulate, he finally had his passports
properly vised and took the next
steanur for home.
A schedule of wages for rural teach
ers has been prepared by a committee
nppotnted by the Frontier county farm
bureau. The wage scale suggested Is
Intended to encourage teachers who
wish to continue In (he proproportlon
lo experience and MtmliHcatioii.
Teachers, those with at lei:st four
yours high school, Including two years
In normal training, and with fwo years
experience in teaching nre to receive
the maximum of salary, 100 per cent ;
those with one year's experience in
teaching, 00 per cent ; and those with
no experience, but 7.0 per cent of the
usual salary.
State Auditor George Marsh wax
turned down by the district cant of
Lancaster county in his fight against
the code department .when the court
allowed the claim, of J. U Jueolm
of Chicago, the "eflielency" expert
hired by the government to put tin
code Into operation, after the claim
had heen denied by Marsh. Tim
amount of I lie claim was .fl,,-l7:t. It
was for special services performed by
Jacobs In Installing Iho code depart
ments In operation in Nebraska.
Governor Mclvelvle wrote a lettr
to tin princlnal banks nm tlux-
llnaiiclal institutions of the country,
la which lie set out for them the con
ditions of Nebraska from an economic
standpoint. The state, the governor
declares Is getting back to normalcy
fast. The farmers liac just about
liquidated their post-war losses, he
says, and are getting on their feet
again.
Drilling' for oil by the Home Oil 'o
composed of Hastings business men,
bus begun on tlie Dan Nettleton fuiiii,
five miles and a half east of Pauline.
Government geologists have a survey.
The company lias leased several thous
and acres and If oil is not struck In
the first well, two or three more will
be drilled.
A Yellowstone National park "cut
off' was established on the National
highway near Kimball, which joes
north to the National Monument park
road to ScottsblulV, and northwest to
the Scottsbluir Valley highway via
Fort Laramie fo Guerney, Wyo. This
will save seventy-five miles.
day Fasley, a young farmer, nur
rowly escaped being killed while
working around a threshing rig on
the farm of D. P.runsen, near Friend.
His clothing was caught by the fly
wheel of a large tractor engine and
was torn off his body.
To lose three barns in the last few
years on the same farm was the ex
perience of Charles Dognec, a farmer
northwest of Hebron. The first barn
was burned,, the second was destroyed
In a cyclone and the third burned by
lightning.
Columbus Is to have a new band
stand, and the estimated cost of the
structure Js iC.OOO. Heneatli the, hand
stand will be the public comfort sta
tion with restrooms and lavatory for
women and children and another for
men.
A heavy windstorm which struck
Hloomlleld, blew out tho plate glass
front at the Preseott & Son furniture
store. Many trees were blown down
nnd damage In reported .to growing
crops.
There will still be Sunday movies
and Sunday baseball In Superior. In
the election hero baseball won out by
4.". and the movies by 'JO. Iuwns ii
hotly-fought campaign.
At a recent meeting t.f the Congre
gational church at Geneva nlnns were
made to start a fund for the erection
of a new church building.
The wheal harvest ill Lincoln and
adjoining counties is now In full swing.
The average yield being about twenty
bushels to the acre.
The poiato crop In the vicinity of
Ileiiilugroi-d Is about twice last year'n
acreage with about two-thirds of u
stand.
Tliirty-Hve blocks of asphalt paving
are being put in at llroken How ibis
slimmer.
Itoy Haines, a farmer living near
Lexington, has Just threshed a Held of
i twenty-live acres of wheat which yield-
1 ed forty-seven bushels per acre and
Rested sixty poifnds Turkey lied. Ills
j Held Is no better limn many other
; fields will prove to be In tills county.
I The congregation of the church of
'the Naxareue, of Heatrlce, through Ps
pastor. ;itev. C. E. Ryder, has raised
about -17.000 for the m w church edifice
ami expect to begin building, about
! September I. The sum of ?10,000 will
be raided In the campaign now In pro-
j gross.
, Heating or twenty loads or alfalfa
I stored In the mow on the B. Schmidt
farm, live mile west of Hastings,
j caused the total destruction, of the
' burn.
j Plans fiir the proposed Fremont live,
stock sales pavilion are Inking form
rapidly. The commercial club hns ap
pointed it conunltto, to buy a site and
erect suitable buildings.
More than $100,000 worth of con-
J Hscnted liquor was presented to the
nospiiais or uinaim by prohibition en
forcement ('Hirers to be used for medl
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