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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
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ATTACKS
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AGENTS
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DESTROY
SEIZED LIQUORS MISSILES
HURLED; TWO HURT.
MISSILES HURLED; 2 HURT
Entry of Officers into Gllroy, Cat.,
with Contraband Goods Heralded
By Blowing of Whittles.
San Francisco. Federal prohibition
agents were attacked by ubmit 500
persons nt Ollroy, Cal., and two of the
officers wore Htruek !) missiles, Jolin
Exnlclns, supervising federal prohibi
tion enforcement iKfiiit, announced,
The officers came In Ollroy with an
auto loaded wllh liquors seized In vari
ous raids between San Francisco and
WntsonvJlle. On their arrival at Oll
roy n erowil gathered, and, according
to Exinelos, attempted to mob the
agents and destroy the liquor, lie
said tholr entry Into Ollroy was hor
aided by the blowing of whistles.
According to the reports of those
Involved, most of those In the mob
were of foreign extraction.
Hog Cholera Rages In Northwest Iowa
Sioux City, la. Hob cholera is rag
ing In epidemic form throughout north
western Iowa and with special viru
lence in Uio vicinity of Sioux City, ac
cording lo information supplied by
G. P. Statter, veterinarian, who has
been aiding in the suppression of tho
disease
It Is roughly estimated that several
(houHiuiri swine either liuvo boon or
now aro affected with cholera. More
than 300 hogs In tho vicinity of HIoux
City have porished within ten days, at
tho commencement of which period
cholera wa first detected in this ter
ritory, uecordlng to the statement or
Dr. Stntter.
Imniedlato use of preventives admin
istered through vaccination Is urged
by the bureau of animal Industry aiid
all tho veterinarians in Sioux City
aro engaged In tho federal service.
If slock breeders object to Incurring
tho expense of professional treatment
they aro advised to proeuro tho rem
edies themselves and administer them
to their stock.
Ilotweon Sioux City and IIwkihoii.
In., on throo farms COO cases or hog
cliobaa havo beon reported, or tho
Infected herds 100 have died, and as
many cases still exist further -losses I
lire expected.
Five miles north of Sioux City in '
Plymouth county 200 swine aro Infect- '
cd. Tho situation In that neighbor- '
hood is regarded with much gravity, '
as heavy lossoa can scarcely, bo avoid- i
ed, said Dr. Statter. On two farms In
that neighborhood conditions aro ospo-
etally threatening, Firty nnlmnls havo
died on one farm. In tho vicinity or
Horgoant llluffs, la., cholera outbreaks
havo occurred on a number of farms.
Tho losses In that locality have not
teen reporte'd. I
Several serlour, outbreaks ot tho dla-1
cast) are reported en farms In Sioux j
county, Conditions In that neighbor-'
hood rtro decidedly, threatening, i
"Fnrnio'rs do not appear to realize tho
danger until largo numbers or tholr '
Bwlno before Infected," said Dr. Stat- i
ter. "They ought to vacclnato nil I
their stock at once, as It will bo tho I
meaiiB of saving many of them. The
veterinarians, those In private prnc.- '
lice us well as those In tho employ of
tho government, are doing all within
tholr power to chock the spread ot
the opldomle and to Bave ns many of
tho diseased animals an possible."
Half Million Visit Coney Island.
Now York. Half u million persons,
police estimate, visited Coney Island
Sunday, tho largest crowd or the sua
eon, and fully 1R0.000 of them wont
hwlmmlng. At 7 o'clock In tho morn
log a.000 enterprising Individuals were
lined up waiting for the bathhouses
to open and by noon every avallnblo
locker had been tnken. An enterpris
ing moving van driver was, arrested
for converting his huge truck Into a
bathhouse,
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r Great Crowd at Hay Funeral.
(Hidden, la. They laid Private
Merle D. Hay uway In tho soil that
ho loved and fought for, and where
lrlonds who loved him can keep watch
over his hist resting place. Ten
thousand persons gathered nt Ollddcu,
In., and paid their last respects to the
first Iowa soldier to die In Franco,
and with Corporal Jnmes II. Greshuni
and Prlvutu Thomas Enrlght, one ot
tho first three members ot tho A, K.
P. to full.
Passenger Killed In Airplane Fall.
Washington, I). C Carl Krelteh, of
this city, was killed In the tall of a
commercial airplane In which he was
b passenger.
Prltoners Given Free Shaves,
Clevelund, O.- Prisoners who desire
to dress up utiil retain a fastidious up
rcara.nco can do bo by taking advan
luge of luo opportunity offered them
at the Cuyuhoga county Jail. A bar
ber hhop is maintained without ""el
pense to 'its patrons and every prison
er la encouraged to make use of It.
INDICTMENT HITS
GOVERNOR SMALL
Illinois Executive Is Charged With
Embezzling $500,000
State Funds.
FOUR TRUE BILLS RETURNED
Lieutenant Governor Sterling Is
Charged With Taking $700,000 of
' the People's Money Verne S.
Curtis, Banker, Also Named.
Springfield, 111., July 22. Gov. Ken
Small and Lieut. Gov. Fred IS. Sterling
were Indicted by the. Sangamon coun
ty grand Jury on charges of embezzle
ment and conspiracy to misappropri
ate public moneys.
Verne S. Curtis, president of the
CJrnni Park Trust and Savings bank,
was named In two other Indictments
charging similar offenses.
In all, four Indictments were re
turned. Two are Joint Indictments
charging the three with embezzling
$700,000 of the state's money and the
third charges conspiracy and confi
dence game by means of which the de
fendants unlawfully obtained $2,000,
000 of state fund.
Governor Small and Lieutenant Gov
crnor .Sterling are also named in sep
arate Indictments charging the former
with embezzlement of $."00,000 while
state treasurer, from J0L7 lo 1010, and
the lieutenant governor with misap
propriation of .$700,000 while holding
the olllce from 1910 to 1021.
The true bills were returned before
Judge E. S. Smith In the circuit court.
The bonds of Governor Small and
Lieutenant Governor Sterling were
llxed at $150,000 and those of Curtis
at $100,000.
Grand Jury's Charges.
The grand Jury's report charging
misuse of state funds, In part, follows:
"The undersigned, the regular grand
Jury of Sangamon county, who were
Instructed by this court to Inquire
into the bundling of state moneys by
former state treasurers, beg leave to
report that we have devoted two
weeks to that work and In tho course
of our Investigations have examined
many witnesses.
"As the result of our Investigation
we return herewith n number ot In
dictments. "From the evidence submitted It ap
pears that the treasury of the state
of Illinois carries large dally balances,
and that during the administration ot
Fred E. Sterling these balances havo
ranged from $20,000,000 to $.'52,000,
000. "During the administrations of Len
Small and Fred K. Sterling ns treasur
ers of the state of Illinois, the law then
In force In tills state required the
state treasurer to deposit all moneys
received by him on account of tliu
state within live days after receiving
same In such hanks In the cities of the
state as In the opinion of tho treasur
er were secure mid which paid the
highest rate of Interest to (he stato
for such deposits.
"We find that both the letter and
spirit of that law was violated. In
stead of loaning the stnte moneys to
nil secure banks of tho state, without
discrimination, and to such of them
which paid the highest rate ot Interest,
only n portion of that money was
loaned In accordance with tho provi
sions of the statute. For tho purpose
of circumventing these provisions an
Ingenious scheme was devised nnd
closely adhered to."
Drundage Cites Constitution.
Attorney General llruuduge said:
"The constitution of Illinois says In
piaiu language nun me treasurer suaii
receive for his services his salary, and
that he shall not receive for his own
use any fees, perquisites or other com
pcjisntjr.n. "It has been the common gossip of
Springfield for quite a time that the
handling of public funds was a busi
ness of profit for the olllclnls charged
tvlth their custody.
"When the new state treasurer, Mr.
Edwnid E. Miller, brought to my at
tention apparent continuation of this
misuse of public moneys, I deemed It
my duty to lay. the entire matter be
fore the state's attorney for presenta
tion to the grand Jury of Sangamon
county.
"Tho action of the grand Jury In re
turning Indictments Is the view It took
of the sulllclency of this evidence."
Governor Small issued n statement
addicted "To the People of Illinois."
in which he charged the Indictment
resulted from his nitempt to cut down
state appropriations, resented by his
poiunui enemies.
"For the present." the statement
said, "may I not ask you to accept j
from i lie wllh tho same eontldenco
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ItlllVll ,1MI III I l-lll-l III 1 IIIIIIMIIIl ,1 Mil I
governor. assurance to you Hint I am
absolutely Innocent of any charges
which the public may consider brought
ugalnM me by the grand Jury."
The Art of Life.
The art of life Is to keep step with
the celestial orchestra Hint beats the
measure of our career, ami gives the
rue fur our e.lt ami our entrances.
Why should wo willingly miss any
thing, or precipitate anything, or be
ungry with folly, or in despair at any
misadventure? In this world there
should be none but gentle tears, and
tlutterlng lip-toe loves. It Is u great
carnival, mid nmougM these lights
ir.ul shadows nf comedy, these, roses
and vlcs t the playhouse, there Is no
voiding." G. Suntuyiiuu In the Dial.
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Skyscrapers
SHIP BOARD AGENTS SEIZE
SIX FORMER GERMAN LINERS
Company .to .Which -Vessel
Leased in Debt to U. S.
Sum of $40,000.
s -Were
in the
New York. Five of tho largest and
finest steamships In the United States
merchant marine, which had been
chartered to the .United Stutes Mall
Steamship company, were seized by
representatives or tho United States
shipping board because of an alleged
violation of contract. Tho seized ves
sels, all former German liners, aro the
George Washington, America, Sus
quehanna, President Grant and Aga
memnon. The shipping board repre
sentatives were accompanied by Unit
ed States Attorney AVilllam Hayward
and United States Marshal Thomas
Mccarty. A representative of tho
shipping board and u deputy United
States marshal were left on each ship.
Failure of the steamship company
to pay rentals which in the aggregate
up to the time of the seizure would
amount to about $400,000 was given as
tho principal reason for tho hoard's ac
tion by Elmer Schleslngor, Its general
counsel. Four other vessels also un
der charter to tho United States Mail
Steamship company, which are now on
tho high seas, will ho taken over by
the shipping board as soon ns they re
turn to American ports, Mr. Schleslng
or added. Seizure of the stuamshlps,
Mr. Schlodngcr explained, was defi
nitely decided upon at u meeting of
officials or the United States shipping
board In Washington. Other laxities
In carrying out tho contract under
which tho ships wore chartered bo
aides rentals being overdue wore al
leged. Tho ships seized vary from 20,-
i 000 to 25,000 tons. They wore taken
over by tho United States government
during tho war.
Tho George Washington, onu nt tho
finest of tho five, carried President
Wilson to Europe for the peace con
foronce. Mr. Schlcslnger said that
tho vessel Is scheduled to sull for
Europe from this port on July 30, with
a largo passenger list.
In order that persons who already
had booked passage may not ho Incon
venienced, Mr. Schlcslnger said that
If "no other company or no ono else"
could be found to operate the vessel
sho would be run by the shipping
board.
Before completing the formulltlos of
solzure, Mr. Schlcslnger visited tho
offices of tho steamship company at
120 Hroadway, ho declared, and there
Informed Charles Mayor, chairman of
tho company's hoard of directors, of
tho action about to bo taken .and tho
reasons therefore.
Tho seized ships aro valued at ap
proximately $25,000,000.
Mrs. Bergdoll'a Charges Denied.
Washington "My answer to Mrs.
Ilergdoll's charges thut I demanded
$100,000 from her and that I obtained
$5,000 to obtain her son's release is
that It is false In every particular,"
MuJ. Hruco Campbell stated before
tho house, llurgdoll committee. "There
Is not a word of truth in it," Campbell
added. Campbell has asked that a
number of vvityesses whose naiuob are
withheld be called to testify.
Carpentler Matched with Gibbons.
New York. Georges Carpentler and
Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul, wore
iniitf)nil In flirht fill- I lie IIl'IiI linnvv-
I wolght championship of the world
somu tlmo aming- October. Tho site
I ,, othCr details will bo announced
,lUor lu.c(mlng to Gibbon's manager.
Mnrtv Knno. who made the annoniwe-
ment. The bout will bo under tho
inaugaement of Tex Rlckunl, who has
Curpoutler's signature to an agree
ment. Tto financial sections of tho
agreement ere kept secret. Madison
Square Garden is considered tho most
probable site,
Eight Bathers Lose Lives,
Houston, Tex. Eight persons were
drowned and three- were rescued when
It! delegates to the Uuptlst Young Peo
ple's union annual state encampment
at Pallidas, forming a bathing party,
weie caught In the undertow of the
Gulfof Mexico at the mouth of Greens
Uayou, 22 mllos from Pnluclo Tho
bathers were members ot a sailing
party of 31 that le(t Palaciou for a
Kill uu Matagorda H.iy. The party was
composed mostly ot deleguteo from
Ilreekenrldge, Tex
THE NEWPORT SCANDAL
PROBE IS DENOUNCED
Report Filed by Republican and Demo
cratic Members Agree in Scor
ing Methods Employed.
Washlngton, D. C Republican ma
jority and democratic minority mem
bers of the senate naval subcommittee
which investigated the war time scan
dal among enlisted men at the New
port, It. 1., training station, in reports
made public agtco In condemning in
severe terms the methods used by the
navy in detecting those at the station
guilty or immoral practice.
Tho only outstanding point of differ
encc In the two reports consists In the
responsibility of former .Secretary
Daniels and Former Assistant Score
tary Iloosevelt for the use or naval en
listed men as participants In the im
moral practices to obtain evidence
against offenders.
Tho majority reports hold that the
methods used were with the knowl
edge of both officials, and declares
Mr. Iloosevelt to be "morally responsi
ble" for Instructions issued.
The minority views submitted by
Senator King, ot Utah, contends the
matter was conducted without the
knowledge ot either of the navy de
partment chiefs.
With respect to the methods em
ployed, the minority report said:
"That the methods employed in se
curing evidence by somo ot tho en
listed personnel were abhorrent and
call for the severest condemnation no
one can deny. The condemnation ot
tho majority committee of these meth
ods moots my approval."
Tho record of tho subcommittee's
Investigation is said by tho minority
to show that the naval officers who
prepared the plans for tho vice cam
palgn conducted by Lieut. Erasmus
N. Hudson, ot the medical corps,
"had no Idea that seamen were to em
ploy Improper methods In securing
ovldencc of moral delinquencies or
other crimes."
"Capt. Leigh (an advisor or Mr.
Hoosovolt) and tho judge advocate
general approved the organization and
prepared tho necessary orders tor Its
creation," thu minority report asserts.
"I believe the officers referred to
erred In adopting and approving their
recommendation."
Tho minority report disagrees em
phatically with contentions of the ma
jority that Mr. Roosevelt was present
at conferences at which methods to
bo used wore discussed. The minority
agrees In substance with the findings
of tho naval court of Inquiry which in
vestigated tho scandal.
Mr. Iloosevelt gavo out a letter ad
dressed to Chairman. Page, of the sen
ate naval committee, repeating his
charges of "bad faith and deliberate
unfairness" against Chairman Hall, of
tho subcommittee, and asking an opon
hearing by the full committee.
Kidnapers Ask $50,000.
Sharon, Pa. Kidnapers are holding
Thomas H. Randolph, 32, prominent
local business man, ror $50,000 ran
som, according to letters from Ran
dolph and tho kidnapers recolved bv
Randoph's father, E. V. Randolph. Tn
letter from tho abducted man urged
his father to pay the money aiul se
cure his release.
v Texas After Klan.
Austin, Tex. A resolution proposing
investigation into activities of tho Ku
Klux Klan In Texas Is being prepared
for introduction In tho stato legisla
ture, now in special session.
Army Aviator Killed.
Houston, Texas. First Lieutenant
Wlllard S. Clark, of Illinois, was
killed Instnntly at Ellington field
when his plane fell 2,500 feet in a tail
spin.
Mrs. Bergdoll Charges Extortion.
Washington. Mrs. Emma Hergdoll,
mother of Grovor C. Hergdoll, charged
before tho house Investigating com
mlttoo that Capt Bruce Campbell,
military counsel lor Hergdoll at bis
slacker trial, demanded $100,000 to fix
"hlghorups." Mrs. Hergdoll declared
that Captain Campbell, who defended
her son nt his trial on Governor'!
Island, nnd Clarence Glbbonoy, tho
dvlllan counsel for the draft evader,
joined In making the demand lor
$100,000
NEBRASKAJN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Eusy.
Stnte Treasurer Sam Cropscy an
nounced he will file suit against Gov
ernor .McKolvie and Phil Hross, sec
retary of ilnance, to see If they have
any legal right to refu-e him the
money appropriated for his department
by the legislature.. Under the pro
visions of the new budget law all state
oflicers must make quarterly estimates
or expenditures to Hross when they
will be passed on by him and the
goemor. The last legislature allowed
the treasurer $210 for collection of in
terest on 'bonds. The governor and
Press refused to allow Cropsey the
ionoy.
The mysterious character which has
been sighted at various times In the
ranch country, between Erlcson ami
Hartlett, Is thought to be "Rain In The
Foot," the son of "Old Throwing Hull."
"Rain In The Foot," more commonly
known as the Loup River hermit, is
now nearly 147 year old and" Is the
last surviving member on the once
large tribe of the Okabogis. He Is 8
feet, 2 Inches tall and lives in a cave
which he excavated In a hillside near
Harwell.
York's tourists camp is said to be
the best equipped place in Nebraska
for the overland traveler, according
to visitors. The camp is located in
the city park. Some of Hie equipment
In the park includes gas for cooking,
.bower baths, hot and cold water,
large pavllllou for shelter in case of
storm, under which cars can be packed
and bedding spread. The last conven
ience Is a washing rack for tourists to
use in cleaning their cars.
The Farmers Union Co-operative
Grain and Stock association and the
Lodgepole Lumber and Grain Co., .both
of Lodgepole, shipped :i70 cars, or
about 028,201) bushels of 1'IUO wheat
from that place from July 1, 1920, to
July J, 11)21. New wheat of the 1021
crop Is showing up well In yield and
quality. Combine wheat Is already ar
riving at the elevators.
With an explosion that shook the
town and shattered window lights
for a block, the acytelene welding
plant of the Kims garage at Aurora
blew up and Gus Stohl and Otho An
derson who were In the room were
knocked down. The pnrtltlous of the
garage were demolished. The damage
totaled about $1,000. ,
Nebraska City, Auburn nnd Te
cmnseh bands, totalling seventy-five
members, play in each of the cities
every third Sunday. A day nt the
Johnson county fair has been resig
nuted "Nemaha day" and music will
be furnished by the Auburn band. At
Auburn there will be a "Johnson day."
Mayor Green lias arranged for free
hose baths to be provided by the lire
department for nil Fremont children
who want to participate. About. 100
youngsters turned out for the llrst
showers given and hundreds of persons
crow tied round to see the fun.
Weitje Ilnruics, 24, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John II. Hurmes living near
Hebron, died of lockjaw resulting from
n null puncture in the foot. The ac
cident fccurred several weeks ago he
was apparently recovering when the
last complication set in.
Misses Luclle Hoobler, Ressie Hosek
and Clara and Flora Hlava, four
Ravenna young women, started to walk
to Denver. They will go through
southern Nebraska on the O. L. D.
highway.
Mls's Allie Hurke, of Genevn, lias re
ceived an appointment to the depart
ment, of vocational training of the
United States government, and has
left for Washington, D. O.
Tl;e Fillmore county fair at Geneva
will hold Its forty-sixth annual ex
hibition September 14,15,1(1. Some im
provements have been made In the
fair grounds during tho summer.
David llrysnn of Adams lias sold
his quarter section farm near that
place to George M. Christian and
Charles A. Herman for $.'1(1,000, or $225
per acre.
Crops In the community seven miles
northwest of Callaway were damaged
50 per cent by a hailstorm which was
accompanied by .a heavy rain.
Rlulr's municipal ice plant turned
out Its tlrst batch of Ice. The plant
has a six-ton capacity and has a day
and night shift.
The old Ice pond at Emerson Is be
ing cement lined and will be used as
a swimming pool. It will be OOxIUtO
feet.
Knnreil wheat Is being thre&hed on
the Seaiie ranch, two miles west of
Ognllala. This wheat Is averaging 40
bushel an acre and Is weighing out
It! pounds to the bushel. All farmers
np.tr here having kaured wheat this
year are receiving excellent yields.
Max Warlike, a farmer living near
Sterling, lias purchased fifteen acres of
laud and has a crew of men busy
erecting a fence about the premises,
building a swimming pool, dance pit-
j Ullion ami refreshment booth. A base
ball diamond will be laid out and an
amphitheatre pro ided.
A light yield of wheat Is reported
In the Pawnee City community, but a
bumper corn ciop is practically us
sured. The tlrst complaint of a shortage of
cars to move the new grain crop has
been received by the state railway com
mission. An elevator man of Prince
Ion, Lancaster county, complained by
telephone to the state railway commis
sion that unless he received some cars
tieforc night he would be In a serious
rendition. lie had bought 10,000
bushels of wheat at $1.05 u bushel-ntid
could i:ct no cars to ship.
While lllnng on the Pintle rler
near Fremont II. F. Andrcuson, farmer,
discovered a human skull protruding
from the sand. He uncovered tho
skull and part of the vertebrae, i
Couiify ofllcluls were called and con-V
tinned the search for the rest of tho
body. Physicians are unable to deter
mine whether the victim was male or
lemiile. The teeth are worn and they
believe that the river victim was nf ad
vanced .vear.s. Olliehils believe tho
bones to be those of Mrs. Emily Green
leaf, who was drowned in the liuttu "i
west of Fremont 15 years ago. Her
body was never recovered. The body
may also be that of a young man who
was drowned at North I'.eml some
years ago.
Commercial buy producers of Holt
and other western counties are up in
arms over reports emanating from
Washington that freight rates on hay
are not to be reduced in the general
rearrangement of freight rates ex
pected to take place tills fall. Holt
county Is the largest producer of com
mercial hay In the country, with
Cherry county second, nnd the hay of
the Elkhorn valley virtually feeds tho
live stock of the central western stale
where land is too valuable to be de
voted to hay growing. If buy rate
are not lowered thousands of acre
badly needed east of here t-umiot and.
will not be cut.
The Nonpartisan league of Nebraska
cannot bring suit for nn Injunction
against the $75,000 Fort Crook road
appropriation because it Is not u tax
payer or resident in the state, ac
cording to a ruling by Judge W. M.
Morning in the Lancaster county dis
trict court. With the elimination of.
the league from the suit the brunt or
the fight must be carried by Hie tlva
executive olilcers who signed it.
Wolls-Abbott-Nolmun company, of
Schuyler, the largest llour-maiiufactur-ing
concern between Minneapolis anil
the Pacific coast dosed lor reorgani
zation. The plant will be reopened
In three weeks under the management
of a committee of preferred stock
holders. Lack of ready cash was given
by stockholders ns the reason for th
action.
Group seven of the Nebraska Hank
ers' association met in Sidue.v last
week and the entertainment arranged
included a drive over the wheat belt
of Cheyenne county,, a swim in th
Country club swimming pool and a
base ball game between the Sidney
Roosters mid Sterling (Colo.) team of
the Midwest league.
The .site or a tourist camp has been
selected by the Community club of
Geneva and it will be put in order at
once. The .'rounds of the Third ward
school building have been turned over
for this use by the board of education.
The tlrst consolidation or schools ef
fected in Cheyenne county under tho
new law was successfully carried out
at Lorenzo. Three districts havo
united and a large school will bo
erected at Lorenzo.
Fire of unknown o-igin whlcli'liroko
out In the heart or the business section
of TMaxweil, destroying the general
store of J. M. Itomine and meat market
of R. P. AIcFadden. Tho loss is esti
mated at $10,000.
Chicken thieves took ihree hundred
bufT leghorn fowls from the poultry
house on Neil Tucker's farm four
miles north of Geneva. Seveuty-llvt
frightened chickens were left, nearly
all roosters.
The Wymoro lire department Ian
purchased- an auto truck and will
mount Its chemical tank on the chassis,
which will give the city it modern lire
fighting machine.
K. C. Chrlstensen's seven year old
boy had both legs badly cut in the
mowing machine nt their home near
Hlair. It Is thought the lad's limbs
can be saved.
James II. Hovvett has been nomi
nated for receiver of public moneys at
Alliance, Nebr.. and Jules llaumoiit for
register of the laud ollice at ltroken
How, Nebr.
The state convention of rural letter
carriers will be' held In York August 8
and !). Governor McKelvie will ad
dress the association on the second
day.
Mrs. PIIlp Garvey, of Albion, has
just celebrated her 107th birthday.
She came to America from Ireland
with her husband and five sons in 1S02.
The steeple of the Methodist church
at Cambridge was destroyed by tiro,
when struck by lightning during the
worst electrical storm in years.
Friend Is now making arrangements
for a three days Haobull Tournament
to be held there August 24, 25 and 2(1.
Chinch bugs are reported as exist
ing in damaging numbers in the south
ern part of Thayer county.
The United States land ollice at Al
liance lias received notice that ten
tracts of land, aggregating about 1,100
acres located in Cherry county, 50
miles southeast of that city, will lm
opened for homestead entry on August
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The Danish Lutheran church of
Hlair lias extended a call to the Rev.
J. M. Wlnther of Kumomoto, Japan, to
become Its pastor. The Rev. .Mr. Wln
ther was educated In Dana college, at
Hlair, and wns ordained and sent as a
missionary to Kumomoto twenty-three
years ago.
The Interstate aero meet, the tlrst
ever held in Nebraska, has just closed
ut Nelson, and was a great success.
No accidents happened during the
three days' program.
Figures made public by Hie weather
bureau show that the uverage maxi
mum temperature In Omaha for the
first thirteen dajs of July this year Is
4 degrees higher than the average for
July days during the past forty years.
The average July temperature for the
lust forty years! vv.us given as 88,
whereas the uverage so far tbiw year
has been IK
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