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GERMANS CHEER
FOB WORLD PEACE
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PACIFISTS SOCIETIES PUT ON
DIG DEMONSTRATIONS. l
"NO MORE WAR" THE SLOGAN
Many Praise Harding's Disarmament
Program Junkers and Kaiser
Lovers Sneer and Curse.
Berlin. Guarded by thousands of
poll co with revolvers and rifles to pro
toct them from the junkers, twenty
six organizations, Including war crip
ples and pacifists, held a demonstra
tion throughout Germany Sunday
under tho thousand-bannered slogan,
"No More War."
Republican, democratic, socialist
and religious societies, Including tho
Quakers, participated in parades and
meetings, tho chief demonstration be
ing held in tho Austgarten, in front of
tho former kaiser's palaco Moro than
20,000 persons wcro there cheering for
world pcaco, some praising President
"Harding's disarmament program, whilo
tho reactionaries and followers of tho
former kalsor sneered and cursed even
the crippled soldier boys Thus was
celebrated tho seventh anniversary of
tho declaration of the world war, or,
as one of tho pacifist banners an
nounced, "Tho seventh anniversary of
tho groat war murder," Several other
banners and many speakers ompha
olzcd the point that pcaco had not yet
come to Europe, but the majority in
stead of bolng German partisans
called for any plans that would avert
Another conflict such as that which
began in 1914.
Tho Impotent rago and hatred which
monarchists and junkers havo for tho
heads of tbo government who are try
ing to stabilize tho republican form of
government Is shown In many ways.
In sovoral districts the junkers aro
popularizing a song with the refrain,
"Lot us knock Wlrth's skull in."
Nothing can be dono about this, but
for tho insulting of President Ebert
thoro is a civil criminal trial almost
monthly.
Eight Sewer Gas Explosions.
Minneapolis, Minn. Nearly 130 per
sons woro Injured, none seriously, in
eight explosions in downtown Minne
apolis -which caused proporty damago
estimated at $50,000. Most of those
hurt wero cut by flying glass or wcro
bruised and stunned when thrown to
tho pavement. Tho first explosion oc
curred shortly after 10:30 o'clock and
was bollovcd to have been caused
when a short circuit in a power
Cftblo manholo at Sixth street and Nlc
oletto avenue Ignited sewor gfis. Tho
manholo cover was blown about twon
ty foot and flamos shot into tho air.
A numbor of poraons woro injured.
A few moments later another 'explo
sion occurred across tho street. Twon-ty-flvo
persons wero Injured In this
blast.
Rush Work on Tariff Revision.
Washington, D. C This will bo a
critical timo In tho consideration by
congroBR of tho provision of tho Ford
aoy tariff bill for tho valuation of im
ports not at .tho lower price abroad,
but at tho high prlco of such articles
In this country. At tho sonato finance
committtoo hearing Monday and Tues
day opponontB of tho American plan
will maintain that it would produco an
endlesB spirit of Increasing prices not
only of tho foreign, but of tho compet
ing articles of American production.
After hearings on tho dye embargo
tho commltteo will Bpcud tho re
mainder of tho week in executive ses
sion to tako dotlnito action on tho dyo
and American valuation questions.
Bandits Lock Man In a Huge Ice Box.
Now York Whilo Now Yorkers
have boon suffering acutely from tho
heat wave, Florclln II. Mallo, 30, Is
frostbitten and bolng treated at the
Lincoln hospital. Mallo, an Jco deal
or, waB locked In a hugo ico box by
throe bandits after they hod robbed
him of about $40. Ho was rescued
this morning after a night In artificial
Icnland. Hospital Internes say hlu con
dition is sorious.
Soviets to Release All Yanks Soon.
Jllga. Reloaso of all Amorlcan
prisoners in Russia may bo expected
within a few days, according to Mrs.
Marguerite E. HarrlBon, of llaltlmore,
who spent many months in prison at
Moscow, but who was released and
-rame hero under tho protection of
Senator Franco, of Maryland. Sho was
Informed before leaving Moscow that
all would be out soon.
Blue Law Appeal Turned Down
San Francisco,- Tho Knights of Co
lumbus convention hero this week can
lot consider nn appoal received from
tho International Reform bureau in
Washington, D. C, asking co-operation
In reviving Sunday blqo laws, It waB
said by Supremo Knight Jumes A,
Flaherty, following a meeting of tho
board of directors of tho order. Ap
plications seeking establishment of
tranches of tho organization lu Rub
ila, India and Rumania received from
citizens of those countries, probably
will not bo granted.
D
AH Wool and
UNITED STATES DEMAND8
SQUARE DEAL FOR 8HIPS
American Shipping Board Protests Al
leged Discrimination at Alexan
dria, Egypt, Against Yankee
Washington, D. O. Aggresslvo
measures havo beon adopted by the
shipping board to lnsuro fair treat
ment for American merchant ships In
tho award of trading privileges in for
olgn ports.
Although but partially revealed by
negotiations now In progress tho
board's policy is understood to rost
on tho proposition that other nations
must glvo every proper opportunity
to ships -which fly tho Stars and
Stripes or else run tho risk of encoun
tering retaliatory measures placed
within tho prerogative of tho board by
tho now shipping act.
Thoro is every indication as ro
vcalcd by officials that tho American
government will stand bohind such a
program and ovory confidence that It
will succeed without serious opposi
tion in placing the Amorlcan merchant
marino on a proper level in interna
tional trade.
A situation which has brought tho
board's policy into promlnenco exists
at Alexandria, Egypt, in relation to
contracts for tho carriage of Egyptian
cotton to the United Kingdom and tho
United States.
Eager to Get Rich Quick; Loses Roll
Chicago. If Andrew Shlmakuo had
paid moro attention to reading tho
papers and less to his, efforts to golj
ncn suuuoniy, no would not nuvo neon
taken in by tho glib arguments of
Philip Adnmovskl. Shimakus, a tailor,
confided in Adamovski Invited him to
his houso to talk it over. When
Shimakus arrived ho noticed a small
oblong box, with a narrow slot in ono
ond equipped with a crank. "That,"
said Adamovski, , "Is a machlno o
make money. You put ono dollar in
tho slot, turn tho crank and two dol
lars comes out." Ho insortod somo
bits of blank paper and now and then
a dollar and money began, to poiir out
of tho othor ond. Shimakus bocamo
greatly excited and finally handed his
$4,250 to Adamovski. to feed into tho
machine. Something wont wrong.
"It's getting hot," said Adnmovskl,
"run back to tho kitchen and get a
wot towol to put over it." Adamovski
said it would take half hour to cool,
so ho went on an orrand, leaving
Shimakus to gunrd tho machlno. Half
an hour later, when the lifted tho
towol and looked for his 44,250, ho
found only blank papor.
Cloudburst In Wyoming.
Omaha, July. Two persons
drowned in a cloudburst that
ttcally wlpod out Boulah, Wyo
woro
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lago fourteen miles west of Spoarflsh,
S. D according to advices reaching
Omaha. Tho known dead are Mrs.
Win Dower, Missouri Valloy, Ia and
John Bower, her grandson, Chadron,
Neb. Tho two woro members of a
touring party bound for Yollowstono
park, which had camped for tho night
In a canyon near tho village. Confir
mation of tho death of his mother and
son wns rocolvcd by Dr. Loroy Bower,
of Chadron. Tho body of tho son' hus
not beon recovered.
Nebraska Governor Enjoined by Court.
Lincoln, Nob. Judgo W. M. Morn
ing, in district court, granted a tem
porary injunction forbidding Gov. Mc
Kelvin and othor Btate otflcors from
onforclng tho now Btate broad law
compelling bakers to make loaves of
a pound or multiple of a pound. Hear
ing on tho application for a perma
nent injunction is put ovor until tho
fall term of court. Tho law, enacted by
tho recent lcglslatuuCwas to havo bo
como oftectlvo July 29.
Heat Crazed; Appears Sans Clothes.
Paris. Maddened by tho IntanBO
heat a man was arrested for prom
enading tho Paris streets naked. Tak
en boforo a police maglatrato tho man
waB adjudged Insane and eont to en
asylum for observation and treatment,
when he aBkod permission to speak.
''It is not me who is lnsano becauso
I am nudo," ho said, "It is you peoplo
who aro lnsano for woarlng high
starched collars, nnd heavy woolen
clothing, stiff tight Bhocs aud heavy
felt hatH during tho Intenso heat."
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SHOULD FUND DEBTS;
LEGALLY BOUND TO DO SO
Senate Responds Quickly to Request
for Broader Powers of Finance Cor
poration to Take Charge of Work.
Washington, D. C. Partial response
was mado immediately by, congress to
a special message from President
Harding requesting that powers of
war finance corporation be broadened
to tako charge of funding upwards of
$500,000,000 of railroad debts and to
provide additional farm credits.
Tho president In his messago de
clared that tho government was "mor
ally and legally bound" to fund tho
railroad debts and was under "an lm
polling moral oblgatlon" to provide ag
ricultural crodlts. The first step to
ward meeting tho second of tho two
rcquosts provision for additional
farm credits had beon taken in tho
senate beforo tho messago was read.
Senator Kellogg, republican, of Minne
sota, Introduced a bill drafted by Sec
rotary Hoover and Dlroctor Meyer, of
tho war finance corporation, and said
to havo tho approval of the president,
as a substitute for tho pending Norrls
bill to creato a $100,000,000 farm ex
port corporation. Tho bill embrace?
tho president's suggestions to empow
er tho war finance corporation.
Tho messago dealt particularly with
railroad financing and declared tho
proposal that tho war finance corpora
tion tako chargo of funding tho rail
road debts to the government would
causo "no added expense, no added
liability, no added tax burden." Tho
prosldont described tho proposal as a
slmplo remody "contemplating receipt
and disposition" by tho corporation of
"amplo securities" deposited by tho
railroads. The messago was referred
by tho senuto to its interstate com
merce committee.
Small Gives up His Fight.
Springfield, 111. Gov. Small, from
tho offlco of ono of his counsel in Chi
cago, is rcportod, nccoiding to word
received hero, to havo offered to sur
render himself without resistance to
Sangamon county authorities on war
rants charging ombozzloment of stnto
funds whilo treasurer of Illinois. Sher
iff Henry Moster announced he had
rccolvod tho following messago from
Chicago: "To tho Sheriff of Sangamon
County: This la to advise you that
Gov. Small la ready to submit to you
or any of your deputlos or to tho sher
iff of Cook county, according to your
directions, to any person designated
as agent, at any timo tomorrow, Wed
nesday, July 27, 1921, In my office,
Chicago, 111., in submission to tho
capias which I understood Judge
Smith has directed you ,to execute on
the govornor. In order to consorvo
all parties' rights, plcnso advlso mo
when you will como to Chicago. Al
bert Fink, Counsel for Gov. Lon
Small." Shorlff Moster Immediately
replied to tho mossago stating that h
would bo prepared to tako a sheriffs
bond at Gov. Small's convenience,
adding that ho did not Intend to go
to Chicago to servo the warrant. "I
will not go to Chicago to serve war
rants on Gov, Small," Sheriff Mestqr
Bald. "I nm sending a tolegram to
Mr. Fink, advising him that Gov.
Smnll may glvo bond In Springfield at
hla convenience."
Answer on Way to Washington.
Toklo. It la rollably reported that
formal Japancso accoptanco of Presi
dent Harding's Invitation to a dis
armament conference was ordered dis
patched to Washington by tho cabinet.
It Is said tho Japanese accoptanco in
cludes a suggestion that a preliminary
conference of the powors bo held to
propose tho ngonda for tho formal
conforonco. Shldoharn will probably
ropresont Japan at tho preliminary
conferences If they aro arranged.
World Tuberculosis Congress Meets.
London. Forty Bpoechoa mado in
almost ovory lanuuago In tho world
wero delivered within an hour at tho
International tuberculosis conferonco
which opened in London. The first
conference opened In Paris last yeaxJ
Lord Curzon extended an official we!
como on behalf of tho British govern
ment. Ho pointed out that it was tho
war which suspended the fight ngalnst
tuberculosis and said it wan u .wrc
sumod by philanthropy, aud wrick,
fortunately, knows no from .-,
JAPS TO ENTER CONFERENCE
Toklo Government Does Not Bind
Herself to Discuss Anything She
Wishes to Exclude.
Washington, D. C. Japan is roady
to accept America's Invitation to par.
tlcipate in tho disarmament confer
ence. In accenting tho invitation Japan
does not bind herself to discuss any- I
tning which sue wisnes to exciuuo
from the scopo of the conference such
as questions relating to Shantung or
Yap, or pthcr matters which Japan
may consider to havo been closed by
the timo the conference begins.
America has not specified what sub
jects will bo discussed except in a
general way disarmament and peace
in tho far east.
The statements from officials of
our government who are In touch
with the negotiations describe tho
status of tho interchanges between
Japan and the United States this way:
Our government originally asked all
the powers Informally If an invitation
to a disarmament conference would bo
accepted. That Is a diplomatic way of
avoiding a direct turndown. Tho In
formal inquiries resulted in agreeablo
statements from all tho powers, and
formal invitations wero promptly sent.
Japan is Just now replying informally
that an Invitation would bo accept
able. After that a formal Invitation
must bo sent and a formal reply re
ceived. Japan naturally wanted to
know what would bo discussed at the
conference. America politely said
that wns something all the powers, in
cluding Japan, would decide when
once the invitations wero accepted all
around. So when Japan accepts
America's invtation the real discus
sion begins as to what ahall included
or excluded.
Serious Blaze on Liner Mauretania.
Southampton. Fire broke out In tho
first cabin of the Mauretania of the
Cunnrd line, sister ship of the old
Lu8ltanla, and, spreading rapidly, de
veloped into a most serious confraga
tlon. Many hours after tho outbreak,
tho flame3 were still eating Into tho
interior. Tho flro is supposed to havo
originated from a lighted clgaret
dropped upon tho carpet in tho main
saloon and it had made much head
way beforo dlscovored. In addition to
flro brigades, tugs assisted in tho ef
foits to save tho vessel. Tho fhemon
worked under great difficulties from
stagings slung over the side. So great
was the amount of water poured into
her that tho liner took a dangerous
list to tho starboard. Timely action of
the pumps, however, enabled her to
right herself. Thus far tho first class
dining saloon and all tho staterooms
on the E and D decks havo been
burned out. Tho damago is estimated
at many thousands of pound3 and it is
said it will tako months to repair the
vessel.
Fined a Cent for Mislabeling Poison.
Chicago. M. L. Mayhow. found
guilty of "Insecticide," paid the small
est fine over assessed in a Chicago
federal court, 1 cent and no costs.
tMayhow, with a penchant for pot an
imals rabbits, piga, chickens and tho
like dovlBed an insect powder that
worked so well with his pets that ho
decided to put It on the market. A
consignment sent to a friend In St.
Louis was Intercepted by government
officials, who brought him to trial bo
foro Judge Landis on tho charge of
mlsabranding and mislabeling an In
sect poison.
Hal King, Pacer, Killed by Train.
Providence, R. I. Frlghtonod by a
locomotive whistlo as ho was being
led on to a train at East Greenwich,
Hal King, pacer, with a record of
2:11, broke away, ran about a mile
up the railroad track and was killed
by tho Shore Lino express. He was
owned by Thomas Quran, of this city.
Sweet Bill Again on Rocky Road.
Washington, D. C Tho Sweet bill
to establish a veterans' bureau and
end the scandal of government neglect
of disabled soldiers Is on tho rocka
again. Tho conferees appointed by
tho house have assumed a "hard
boiled" attitude toward all tho sonato
amendments and are fighting ovory
Important change proposed by tho
upper house to eliminate red tape and
liberalize tho treatment of disabled
veterans. At a meeting which ran
far into the night '.ho conferees failed
to como to an agreement.
Lobby Boosting the Ford Tender.
Washington, D. C. Despite tho tre
mendous pressure exerted by tho most
formidable and insidious lobby ever
organized In Washington, a. lobby se
curely Intrenched in such high places
as tho position of assistant secretary
of commorce, Henry Ford's proposal
to lease and purchase tho govern
ment's $100,000,000 dam and war
plants at Muscle Shoals, Ala., will not
be accepted by the administration on
the terms submitted.
Reputed Landing Place of Ark.
Tho desert de Carltttle, in tho
Pyronees, nearly 10,000 feet abovo tho
sea, contnina as many as sixty lakes
of varying sizes. According to local
tradition these wero left at the timo
of tho flood. When tho waters sub
sided, it said, Noah and his family
lauded on the Bay de Prlgue, ono of
the highest peuks In tho district. To
prove tho truth of tho tradition,
travels aro shown nn Jron ring to
which, the peasants declare, tho ark
was moored when tho landing was
effected.
HEBRASKAJN BRl.EF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of'the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
State ofllcIuW will .won turn over to
some soldiers' organisation $50,000, to
be used for helping ex-service men of
the world war who are In dire need
nnd are not being taken care of by the
federal government. Tins Inst legis
lature provided a trust fund of $2,
000,600, the Interest of which will be
used for Nebraska veterans. Since in
terest would not be available this year,
.$."(0,000 was appropriate' for Immedi
ate use. It Is quite likely the Ameri
can Legion will be selected to adminis
ter this fund, nnd that local posts
throughout the state will be asked to
Investigate and recommend action on
all applicants for aid.
Elaborate plans nre being mnde for
the American Legion state convention,
to be held at Fremont September 29,
.'10 nnd October 1. Invitations have
been bent to Gen. Charles Dawes, Gen
erul Pershing nnd "Buck Prlvnte" Bill
McCnulley, department commander of
the Legion In Illinois. A feature of the
meeting will bo a monster parade, to
be staged on the first day of the con
vention. Posts from various parts of
the Htnte will march In uniform. Mo
tion pictures will be taken of the pa
rade for historical records.
Complete return from SO of the 93
counties received by W. H. Osborne,
state tax commissioner at Lincoln,
shows the total personal property as
sessed in 1021 to be $809,150,005
agninst $1,000,812,505 In 1020, a de
crem e of 2-1.15 per cent. The value of
nil property returned by the 89
counties in 1021 Is $.'1,211 ,-198,553. Fol
lowing their equalization it Is found
that the value has been decreased to
$3,200,305,415.
J. E. Hart, secretary of the depart
ment of trade and commerce, announc
ed tlmt a levy must be placed ugnlnst
the guaranty fund of $150,000 to pny
depositors of the Ccreco State bank,
which failed recently. In a short time
Hart expects to make other levies
amounting to approximately $300,000,
to pay depositors in banks at Allen,
lladar and Hosklns.
At n meeting of the entire member
ship of the Shifters' club held at Su
perior, further arrangements were
mnde for the big historical pageant
which Is to be enacted August 10 and
17. The plans for the G. A. R. re
union, which Is to be held In conjunc
tion with the pageant, were submitted.
The Omaha central lnbor union plans
to organize a bunk with $5,000,000 In
deposits to begin with. Organizers are
now nt work and It i hoped to have
the bank in business before snow Hies.
The Institution will be controlled en
tirely by labor nnd will enter to union
members.
Application for lsunnce of $200,
000 worth of new stock in the Wells-Abbott-Nlermiin
milling corporation
nt Schuyler, will be Made to the state
authorities. The new stock will solve
financial dlflleultles of the company,
according to advices from Schuyler.
Housing shortage In Fremont Is so
acute that two families are living In
tents. One of the families of perma
nent campers is that of a Fremont vet
crlnary, who has equipped his "resi
dence" with a telephone nnd other
modern conveniences.
Anthrax- among cattle nnd horses on
the farm of John Merrick, near Butte,
hus been reported to the state bureau
of animal Industry. A veterinarian
hns been sent there to enforce a rigid
quarantine.
Dodge county threshers are showing
that the wheat yield of the county Is
exceeding the early estimate and tho
fnrmers nre as n general rule well sat
isfied with their small grain crop.
Reorganization of the Hebb Motor
works of Lincoln and a resumption of
business wns announced by C. O. Qulg
gle, representative of a number of
creditors of the bnnkrupt concern.
Arrangements nre being completed
by the Deshler Light nnd Power com
pany for the construction of several
country electric light transmission
lines for use of furmers.
O. II. Hill of Tecumseh hns been
notified that he has been appointed a
deputy Internal Revenue collector for
Nebrnskn.
J. C. McCorkle, near Alliance,
threshed 140 acres of wheat, which
yielded 50 bushels per acre.
Mason City will hold a three-day
Home-coming celebration, August 3-4
5
Curtis will soon begin the erection
of a $70,000 public school building.
Farmers In the vicinity of Coleridge
nre worrying over the fact that there
will not be enough hogs In that section
this fall to which the big corn crop
can be fed. Many spring hogs died of
lung disease which baffled veterinar
ians. The stnte guarantee fund was called
upon for $99,413.00 to pny depositors
of the defunct Barge bank at Hosklns,
Neb., and $92,000 for depositors of the
defunct Hndar bank. A claim for
those amounts was made on the guar
antee fund by Ben Saunders of Nor
folk, receiver of both banks.
A swimming pool, 180 feet long by
00 feet wide, Is being constructed by
the town of Lyons In the new Com
munity park. Work and money for
construction Is being donated by cit
izens of the town nnd fnrmers.
A tally of teams and people who
hnve crossed the government bridge
over theNlobrara river near Niobrara
for six days has Juit been completed,
resulting as follows: Autos, 940;
teams 800, people 3,110. It Ib to be
ised by the county in securing stnte
nnd government aid for a permanent
t'jrlui'e here.
George Schw ester, f,r of David City,
Just celebrated his 7()lh birthday and
In honor of this eeut 1,200 persons
were served with cake and leinoniidn
In the newly-completed basement of
the Schwester department store. Tho
cake measured 50 bj 30 Inches and was
two and n half feet high. It contained
10 layers and weighed 245 pounds.
The contents of the cake wero 73
pounds of powdered mi gar, 35 pounds
qi grunuiaieu sugar, -in pouuiis n
creamery butter, 35 pounds of Hour and
00 dozen or 720 eggs. It curried 70
red candles.
The pormnnent Injunction asked by
the village of Davenport In a suit
against the Mayer IIdro Electric
Power company was grnrted in a de
cision handed down by Judge L. W.
Colby. The defendant company asked
higher rates than Its franchise called
for, and a temporary Injunction win
granted until a hearing on the mailer
could be held In the district court.
Under the terms of the decision the
former rate will remain li. force.
The ranchers started cutting their
hay flats near Wood Lake and the ma
jority of reports received so far Indi
cate a short crop. It Is estimated thut
not to exceed two-thirds of the buy
ground will be cut this year as the ex
cessive freight rates prevent the usual
umount of baling for shipment on the
murket, so the liny men nre planning
on putting up Just enough for their
own cattle.
A grain shocker invented and con
structed by J. F. Grlfllth of Albion Is
said to perform work from 00 to 05 per
cent perfect. Gritllth 1ms been at work
on the machine for twelve years. A
local company was formed here in
1910, five years before the model was
completed, to handle the Invention and .
manufacture the machine.
So that the police department imiy
lind out the names of Fremont fam
ilies that are harboring unlicensed
dogs, Mayor Green has sworn In
twenty boy scouts to take n dog cen
sus of the city. It is claimed nt the
hall thnt there are three times as many
canines in Fremont as are accounted
for by the tax records.
Harry Housen, Deputy State fire
marshal!, has just completed the In
vestigation of a lire at the home of
Judge S. E. Twist, ut Salem. The fire
had been started In nine different
places. Judge Twist recently receiv
ed three blackhand letters, demanding
Ills resignation from tho city council,
which he had Ignored.
The protest of the Aurora people
ngalnst street carnivals took definite
form Saturday when the committee oC
five formulated an ordinance prohibit
ing such exhibitions and they will ask
the council to pass the ordinance nt
once.
The telephone strike at Bloomfield
hns been called off and the patrons,
will soon receive first-class service
again. The strike of tho patrons was
called last April when the telephone
company advertised an Increase In itu
rates.
George M. Case, newly elected
secretary of the local 0oung Men's
Christian association at Columbus haa
arrived from Kokomo, Ind., to enter
upon his duties. He Is nn ex-service
man and was with the army in France.
An epidemic of Infantile paralysis
has found Its way into Shelton. Three
cases so far are reported of children
between the ages of 8 and 12 years.
Quarantine precaution hns been taken
and the moving picture house closed.
Quadruplet calves were born on the
farm of George Butterbaugh, near
Gothenburg. They nre about half the
size of other calves but apparently are
normal In every respec.1 and will live.
A five-foot alligator that escaped
from an nnlmal show at Fremont has
been captured. It had traveled over
a mile through streets, alleys and
yards without being discovered.
In the report of County Assessor F.
C. Bundle of Aurora the total valua
tion of the county Is $44,331,305. Last
year the total was $51,033,475.
Cecil Hall, fifteen years old, of Ash
land, had her braid of hair, measuring
two feet long, clipped off while she wna
asleep in her home.
A contract has been awarded a
Kansas City firm for the erection of a
new $75,000 electric light nnd power
plant at Pawnee City.
The stnte board of equalization hns
refused to lower the assessment of Ne
braska railroads, demanded by rep
resentatives. The potato hnrvest has begun In the
vicinity of Cnzod and the yield Is good.
Twenty-five cars have been shipped to
market.
The volunteer firemen of North Loup
nre negotiating for a compressed nlr
fire alarm whistle of the siren type.
185 new laws passed by the Inst leg
islature, went into effect this week.
At a meeting of the Live Stock
Breeders' association nt Tecumseh, the
new sales pavilion became n reality.
It was voted to build one 200 feet by
80 feet, with a sales ring 40 by 40 feet
In the center.
A seven-acre field of oats belonging
to Henry Wellage near Crete was
threshed out that made over 100
bushels to the acre. The automatic
trip that dumps the grain under ordi
nary circumstances could not handle
the output, and men hud to be put be
side the machine with shovels to take
care of the overflow.
The new $75,000 grade school rapidly
Is Hearing completion at Sidney and
will be ready when the term opens In
September.
Editors of Nebraska nnd Western
Iowa are coming to Omaha August 15
for n meeting. While here they will
be entertained by the Chamber of Com
merce nnd the Knights of Ak-Snr-Ben.
It is estimated that 200 guests will bo
in attendence. Headquarters will be
at the Chamber of Commerce. G. S.
Foxworthy Is chairman of arrange
ments. There aro numerous gw4
things on the orogrnm
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