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MANY FARMER8 AND CATTLE
RAISERS SWINDLED.
LOSSES NEAR TEN MILLIONS
Five Concerns In Hawkeye 8tate,
Branches of 'French System,
Forced Into Bankruptcy.
Chicago. Now swindles, which may
totai $10,000,000, were credited to
Charles W. French and his associates
In' "Hank Wreckeis, Ltd.," by Assist
ant United States District Attorney
John V. Cllnnln.
Iowa farmers and cattle raisers
scores of them are reported to ho the
Tlctlma.
Four men, ono named In a confes-
J-)n hy Alva E. Harshman, former!
(secretary to French, are under flro In '
the new Investigation, following Invol-'
nntary bankruptcy proceedings .
against five concerns, all of Iowa. '
Col, Cllnnln received a telegram
from Iowa tuthoritles, tolling of tho
operations of the band and asking fori
cooperation In prosecut.ng the four.
He will send special investigators to '
Iowa. The men under flro are: Har
vey Boeson, namod by Harshman, 3,
8. Mesorvey, 13. K. Cook and M, B.
Cohen.
Tho concerns, all of which wero
forced into bankruptcy, are: Dankcrs
Loan Company, DoaMoJnea; Bankers
Mortgage company, Cedar Rapids;
Farmers Cattle and Loan company,
Council Bluffs; Missouri Valluy Cattle I
Loan company and tho Associated
Producors, Des Moines.
Beeaon Is reported under Indicttnont
at L.nn City, la., charged with fraud, j
Col. Cllnnln refused to comment on '
(he connection with French and his '
50,000,000 operations pending mora
ilioiough investigation.
Another wlro received by Col. Clin-1
nln from John E Bennett, bf San
Fransleo, related soino of French's
operations ou the Pacific coast soma
yeaio ago whon ho was promoting tho
"big Idea" Involving a $500,000,000 'in-1
Vestment in mines, smeltors, railroads, j
steamships and banks.
den. Harrison Gray Otis, former J
ewner of the Los AngeleH Times, was
named by Bonnuttns ono who llsteuod
favorably to Fronchs proposition, as
did tho lato U. S. Grant, son of Presi
dent Grant.
Tho specific deal related by Bounett
told of $150,000 in promissory notes
glvon French by W, 8. Tovls, of San
IVanclsco, and Bakersfiold Tovls la
roporte'd to have suffered a. loss of
$35,000 in the deal. Ho Is alleged to
havo given the notes to French when
tbn latter promised to discount thorn
through Chlcugo bauks, a service for
which ho was to rocelvo $25,000.
Wilson Steadily Coming Back,
Washington; D, C That Woodrow
Wll3on, formor president of tho Unit
ed States, is stoadily coming .back
Into lifs own physically was demon
strated, After having gone to see o
vaudovllle show at B. P. Kolth's thoat
r, walking Into and out of tho play
house unassisted, ho' stood up In an
cpott automobile and waved his hat la
renponso to tho plaudits of a large
1 crowd of thoatergbors on tho G streot
ldo of tho playhouse
Woman to Bo Daugherty's Aid.
Washington, D. C Appointment ol
Mrs. Mabol Walkor Willobrandt, of
Los AnguloB, as an assistant attorney
Ceueral, will bo rocnmtnondod to Frost- j
deut Harding by Attorney Gonoral ,
Daugherty Tho nppolnteo will sue-1
eed Mrs. Annottu Abbott Adams, of i
fiun Fransleo, who wbb tho first wo
un to hold office as an assistant at
torney general. ,
Ships Bid Rejected.
Washington, D C The shipping
Voard hns rejected all bids on four
teen formor German vossuls and In
structed tho oftlcor In ehargo of saloa
to open negotiations with tho bidden
Oa an all cash basis. Tho ship will
too sold "as Is" and "whoro Ib, It was
aid
Fifty Reported Killed,
Rome. Fifty pontons aro reported
to have boon killed and many serious
ly tnjurod whon a passenger train col
lided with a frolght train ten mllea
from Rome.
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Spain Abandons U. 8. Recruiting.
Washington, D, C Recruiting la
JUm United States by Spanish officials
tor Moroccan service has boon sus
pended on orders from Madrid, ' tho
Spanish embassy announced.
I Theater Bombed In Chicago.
Chicago. A bomb explosion in tho
Columbia thoater shook the ontlro
jbualn&ss district. Tho theater was
rapty at the time. Sovoral persons
nrere reportod, however, to have boon
Jured by flying glass. According to
tbe police, tho explosion was duo to
tebor trouble.
. Tho bomb had been placed at the
tranco to tho stage door in an alloy
Tfce force ot the blast Bhattored the
Iwavy steel door and broke hundreds
wi surrounding wl&dows. Tho interior
C the thoater was not damages!.
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MINERS SEIZE A TRAIN; V
ARMED MEN ARE ABOARD
Boone County Authorities Wlro Stats
Officials at Charleston That
Situation Is Tense.
Charleston, W. Va. Coal miners,
rebelling against union officials, cap
lured a Chesapeake and Ohio passeng
er train at Danville and started It
with several hundred armed men to
Blalr. Logan county Several persons
were shot. Tho situation is tonso.
This information was given to stato
officials by Boone county authorities
by telephone.
Washington, D. C Information
from West Virginia was discussed at
a moetlng of the cabinet and after
ward It was mado known that Presi
dent Harding was keoplug close watch
of dovelopments.
Indianapolis, fnd. President Hard
ing was asked In a message sent him
by John L. Lewis,' president of tho
United Mlno Workers of America, to
rail a Joint conforenco of mlno work
ors and operators of Mingo county,
West Virginia, with tho view of reach
ing an agreement that would end tho
Industrial conflict that has continued
thero for several months.
Mr. Lewis' message proposed that
ho conforenco first consider abolish
ment of what ho termed tho guard sys
tem maintained by operators through
a private dotect,tve agency, and second
(hut it consldor an adjustment bo
tweon tho operators and minors union
'upon any honorable basis which can
oe found." !
In concluding his mossago of moro
han 600 words. Mr. Lewis pledged
ho co-oporatlon of tho International
union "In an honorablo attempt to ad
Just tho Mingo county situation," nnd
offered to arrange for tho minors' rep
resentation A any conferonco called
by Prosldent Harding. (
Madison, W. Va. The mrrch of
Miners from Marmot to Mingo, In pro
test against marital law. camo to an
jnd when President C. F. Kenney, of
District 17, United Mine Workers of
America. Induced COO or 600 of tho
men to agreo to return to their homes.
Keenoy said that Bpoclal trains would
ha provldod tor tho men hero while
the thousands along tho road between
Madison and Peyton tiad alroady tak
en tho back track.
A meeting of tho advance guard of
about 200 was hed In tho baseball
park hero, tho mon occupying the
grand stand Enough stragglers came
In along tho Peyton-Madison road to
swell the gathering to about 1500.
Broken Parts Merely Spliced.
Now York. Girders of the ZR-3
snappod whon the dirigible first was
inflated and woro .novor proporly ro-
placed, Frank M. Gorey, former chlol
machinist's mate. U. S. N, apd ono ot
tho original crew of tho airship, de
dared In a sworn copyrighted state
ment published In tho Now York Dallj
News. Goroy alleged that 12 glrdors
out of 25 broke. This was at Bedford,
while tho ship was under construction
In 1919. Tho broken parts wero merely
spllred, ho said
Hundreds of Villages Wrecked.
Poking. Hundreds of villages have
boon doBtroyed and thousands of per
sons loft homeless by an overflow ol
the Hoang-Ho or Yollow river, which,
after a month of hoavy rainfall, has
flooded largo areas In tho province of
Shantung.
Plane Falls In Channel.
London An airplane carrying mall
from London to Brussels toll Into tho
English channel, a tow mllos otl
Calais, Franco, as tho result ot the
explosion ot Its patrol tank. It Is not
known whethor thoro wero any fatal
itles. "
Erxberger Killed by Two Youths.
Borlln. MathiaB Errborger, forraot
vlco premier and minister ot finance,
was murderod near Offenburg, Baden;
whoro ho was sojourning with his
family. Ills body contained 12 bullet
wounds. Horr Erzbergor had loft
Itad-Grlosback, whero he took tho
cure, in compapy with the rolohstag
deputy, Dlez, for a toot tour ot tho
Black forost An hour later both men
wero confronted by two youths who
separated them and then emptied re
volvers at Horr Ertbargor, who was
killed Instantly
Saver
GIGANTIC SWINDLES ARE
BLOCKED BY U. S. AGENTS
Banks, Bond Houses and Security
Brokers from Coast to Coast
Victims of Gang.
Chicago Worthless notes, stolen
bonds, fraudulent doeds of trust and
forged certificates of deposit running
into untold millions of dollars have
taonn flune on tho markets of tho
country, federal agents declared after
Investigating the operations of a nana
alleged to have been headed by Chas.
W. French and John W. Worthlngton.
Banks, bond houses, Investment se
curity brokers and wealthy business
men from coast to coast woro de
clared to have been victims of one of
the most gigantic swindles ever un
earthed by department of Justice
agents, It was declared.
Tho revelations resulted from a de
tailed confession accredited to Alva
W. Harshman. said to have boon a
private secretary to French, and who
surrendered to federal officials.
It was also revealed that the band
was oporatlng In Kansas City. Ac
cording to John V, Cllnnln. acting
district attorney, all of the notos ls
sued by tho band wero disposed of by
the Securities Company of Kansas
City. That organization, he said.
would sell the notes and issue trust
agreements as a guaranteo of the In
vestment. The agreements Issued by
the company, according to Mr. Clln
nln, woro signed by seven men. Worth
lngton, Harshman, Evans, Denlcke.
French, a man named Mlddleton and
a Chicago attorney. David H. Roblln.
Mr. Cllnnln said that he would ask
warrants for tho arrest of Mlddloton
and Roblln.
Worthlngton was arrested somo
weeks ago and Is being held In $100,000
bonds In connection with mall rob
beries totaling approximately $6,000.
000, French, alleged to bo his right
hand man, was arrested with several
of his assistants. C. K. Strobel was
taken Into custody in Akron, Oa., and
A. E Strelzln was arrested In Mil
waukee. Two Die In Booze Fight
Duluth. Minn. Frank Hicks, Du
Ittth federal prohibition agent and at
unidentified man woro killed In a gun
tight betweon a band of alleged rum
runners and government agents near
International Falls, on tho Canadian
border, according to a report received
by local authorities. Hicks Is said to
have been killed by a bootlegger, who
nn Instant later, was slain by George
King, a federal agent.
Sixty Excess Aliens Deported.
Now York. Sixty aliens, many or"
hem womon. who had arrived In ex
;ess of the quota for August proscrib
ed by tho uow restrictive Immlgra
'Ion law, woro deported on tho steam
hip Italia Forty-five woro Crooks
nd tho othor from Syria, Turkey, Ar
nonla and Palestine. Those woro the
first deported' since tho law became
affective last Juno.
'Sousa Recovering Hearing.
Philadelphia. John Philip Sousa,
ho famous bandmaster, has been
undo able to hear his own music It
vas learned Tho bandmaster lately
ias bocomo a patient of an osteopath
c physician of this city and, although
10 has recolved only two treatments,
leclares ho now hears much bo form
arly missed, in fact, ho expects in a
ihort time to be restored to acutoness
,)t bearing.
Capper-Tincher BUI to Harding
Washington. The ' Cappor-Tlnchor
bill to halt gambling in grain and cot
ton futures, was finally enacted. The
Senate adopted tho conforenco report
jn tho measure, soon after the House
had taken simitar action. The bill
now goes to Prrsldont Harding.
Rockford Into Fight with Trolleys.
Rookford, 111 -Corporation counsel
I). D. Maddon ot Rockford was In
struotod by Mayor J, Herman Hall
strom to domafd from the Rockford
Street Railway company a statement
ot what authority tbe traction com
pany Is now operating on local streets.
The move foUwed the Information
given to couhcll members by Mr
Madden that t ke present traction com
pany franchli.o is illegal, It was
granted in 1198 for 25 yoars, The
council at U.e tlm? had no rlut to
grant tor more than 20 years
PLANS WAR ON REDS
Government Sleuth Will Have Records
of All Dangerous Criminals
In a Central Agency,
Now York. William J. Burns, now
director of the bureau of investigation
of the department of Justice, inter
viewed at Scarborough, said one of his
first steps will be tho organization of
a central buroau of Identification,
where records of all dangerous crim
inals will be assembled for the in
formation of government investigators
and tho' police force of the country
Extradition of criminals and their
subsequent trial In states othor than
In which they are arrested, away from
all local "pull" or Influence, would be
materially aided by the proposed
identification bureau In particular
thlb bureau would enable the govern
ment to keep clo3G tab on bolahevists
and other avowed enemies of the gov
ernment. Presumably the federal bu
reau would be in closo touch with the
national police forces of European
countries and tho identification and ,
tracing of desperate criminals would '
bo greatly facilitated.
It is regarded as certain that gov
ernment agoncioB are clo3e on the
heels of the anarchists who arranged
tho bomb explosion in Wall street
which killed thlrty-nlno innocent per
sons. Closer espionage will be ob
served In connection with the com
munlsts who are undoubtedly making
many converts In the United Stales,
and getting their agents In positions
where they can do much harm, unless
tholr claws and teeth aro pulled.
One pleasing thing about the doc
trine of violence preached by the com
munists, anarchists, I W. W. and other
poisonous elements, is tho fact that
up to the present time they have, de
feated their own murderouB ends by
fighting among themselves. Out of
these battles there always emerge
some soreheads, from whom tho
agents of the department of Justice
are able to get valuable Information.
Flood Damage In Arizonla $150,000.
Phoenix. Ariz. Tho Phoenix flood
is over, Waters which inundated the
capltol grounds and flooded the base
ments and lower floors of state build
Ings were rapidly receding. A major
ity of the records stored In the base
ments of the state buildings were
saved. Those which Were ruined by
being stored In nonwaterproof vaults
wero of slight value. Total damage
to state property will bo much less
than estimated when the flood was at
Us crest. A preliminary survey after
the water had receded set the damage
at $150,000.
Wilson Cleared of Murder.
Sioux City, la. Following a tele
phone communication between H M.
Stoner, state agent, and W. R C.
Kendrick, assistant state attorney
general. Max Wilson, 26 years old
charged with the murder of Walter A.
Lapham on the night of July 26. was
released from the county Jail Wil
son's explanation as to his where
abouts on the night of the murder
satisfied state sleuths that the youth
ful Hawarden, Ia gaVage proprietor
was not the man who shot Mr. Lap
ham. Woman's Kidnapers Active.
Now York. Police started on the
trail of a daylight kidnaping gang
which operates near the Greenwich
village district of New York abducting
women. The latest crime charged to
It is tho kidnaping of Mrs Antoinette
Larue Kano, beautiful 19-year-old
French wife of Thomas J Kano. She
was snatched into an automobile
while crossing Broadway near Wash
ington place in Broad daylight, the
polico have been Informed.
Farmers' Aid Passes House.
Washington With a number ot
amondmeuts the Senate bill, which
would make $1,000,000,000 avallablo
through the war finance corporation
for stimulating exportation ot agri
cultural products wus passed by tbe
House.
Britain Formally Accepts Invitation.
Washington, D. C. Formal accept
ance by the British government of tho
Invitation to participate in tho Wash
ington conferonce on limitation ot
armament and far eastern questions
was received by Secretary Hughes.
100 Killed In Brazilian Riot.
Buonos Aires. Ono hundred per
sons are reported to have been killed
by soldiers In the course of an upris
ing In the village of Malta, Brazil.
Storm Kills Two In Wisconsin.
Milwaukee. Two persons were
killed and 50 to 100 Injured in a dev
astating storm which swept over Wis
consin. Many Believed Killed In Fire.
Macon, Ga. Throe pnrsons are
known to have lost tholr lives In a fira
which destroyed tho Browa House, a
frame hoteJ hore, and firemen ex
pressed tha belief the death list would
be materially increased when the ruins
ot the structure had boen explored.
Approximately 20 of the 150 guests of
the hotol were Injured. The guest
register was destroyed and thero Is no
way ot checking up the number ot
dead. Firemen and police,. assisted by
volunteers, wore searching the ruins
tor bodies.
NEBRASKAJN BRIEF
Timely News Grilled From All
Farts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
The loan of practically $2,000,000
which the Nyo-Schnelder-Fowler Co.
of Fremont requested of their cred
itors, consisting of bankers In Omuhu,
Chicago, New York City, Milwaukee
nnd Kansas City, will be granted, ac
cording to a statement made by F. 1L
Davis, president of the First Nntlonnl
bank, nnd representatives of the Om
aha banks. Tho amount to be ob
tained from Omahn bankers Is snld
to bo practically $150,000, the balance
being furnished principally by Chicago
bnnks. "With this loan tho organiza
tion will bo nble to tnka caro of the
Nebraska harvest," declared President
Davis. "It would have been a serious
loss to JJio Nebraska farmers If this
concern, with Its 100 elevators In the
state, hnd been forced to the wall."
With payment of taxes slow nnd
little revenue in the state treasury
promised In the near future, D. B.
Cropsey, stnto treasurer, In n letter
to Governor McKelvIe forecasted the
possible need of registering state war
rants nnd paying Inferos until the
treasury Is repleted. He also recom
mended tlio utmost economy In the
handling of various state Institutions
during tlie lean months and suggested
curtailment of public road work.
About thirty-five boys between the
ages of 0 and 12, of Central City, will
be made huppy on September 2 when,
accompanied by L. W. Carl, Y. M. C.
A. secretary, they will be taken to
Grand Island to enjoy the Rlngllng
Brothers circus. Funds to finance the
expedition were collected from busi
ness men and the Independent Base
ball club.
All Indications point to the fact that
the sugar making campaign will com
mence early tills year in the North
Platte valley. So at least Is the In
formation given out by the Great
Western Sugar company, who have
factories nt Scottsbluff, Oerlng, Baynrd
and Mitchell.
Three hundred and twenty-five Ne
braska fanners had signed contracts
with the United States Grain Growers
Inc., at tho close of the first two weeks'
and linlf of the membership campaign
according to an announcement mado
from the office of stnte headquarters
at Lincoln.
The United States bureau of
markets and the Nebraska bureau of
markets and marketing aro moving
their field equipment from Kearney to
Alliance to Issue n dally potato bullet
in nt Unit place.
Ground Is being broken nnd work
of construction on the new Llsco High
school building will cor-mence at an
early date. Bonds in the sum of $25,
000 were voted at a special election
recently.
Tho third State Convention of the
American Legion, Nebraska depart
ment, will be held In Fremont, Sep
tember 29, ao and October 1. Re
duced rates from all points In Ne
braska has been granted.
This year's convention of Nebraska
Sheriffs was held at North Platte.
Following tho business session a pic
nic was held in a grove two miles from
town.
The Scrlbner Agriculture Society
will hold their annual fair this year,
September 14, 15 nnd 10. Secretary
Slevers nnnounccs many new features
for this year's fair.
Grata from Nebraska, Iowa, South
Dakota nnd Kansas Is moving to the
Omaha grain mnrket in large quanti
ties. Tho Franklin county fair will be
held September 13 to 10. Several
new buildings are being erected for
the care of stock and poultry.
A new Methodist Church to ost
$90,000 will bo erected in Fremont and
it is expected to get tho building well J
under way before cold weather.
The melon crop in Pawnee county
and the surrounding country Is a real
.bumper. Watermelons and cunta
loupes nro plentiful.
The new lighting system at Stratton
hns been completed and the chnngo
from direct to alternating current has
beon made.
Tho new $40,000 Methodist Church
at Stromberg has been dedicated.
The building is modern In every par
ticular. Fremont boosters, numbering about
50, have been motoring to the various
sections of tho state.
A. J. Jorgenson of Sidney has been
appointed receiver of the Nebraska
State bank of Sidney, which was closed
on order of the state department of
trade and commerce.
Two ladles' ball teams have been
organizing In Fnlrbury nnd are giving
spectators tho view of their lives. So
far men hnve been used for the bat
teries as tho ladles do not feel com
petent ns yet to do In the pitching
and catehlng. One of the tenuis Is
called the Blacks nnd the othor the
Reds. They aro trying to arrange a
game with tho Plymouth Bloomer Girls
at an early date.
School district No. .15, a consolida
tion of three schools of Cheyenne,
Deuel and Garden counties, has Just
voted $25,000 bonds for the purpose
of erecting a modern rural high school
building to be located in Garden
county.
The McDowell oil well southwest of
Palrbury struck another vein of ar
tesian water recently, making the sec
ond vein that has flowed over tho top
of tho welL This water was struck
at a depth of 080 feet It was shut
off with casing and drilling proceeded.
A flow of artesian water was prevlous
9 struck at 387 feet
I Upon the application of Curl Modc
isltt, holder of more thun $15,000
worth of stock In the big concern,
the Peters Trust Co., of Omaha vvasi.,
named ns receivers for the Wells- 7
Abbott-Nlenian Milling Co. of
Schuyler. The bond for the I'etcm
Trust was placed nt $50,000 by Fed
eral Judge Woodrough, who signed
the order and announced that thera
will bo a hearing within n few days.
Earl W. Porter, president of tli
Omaha branch of the Aero Club ofA
America, announced that the PulltzerY
trophy race for 1921 will be held nt
Omaha during tho International Aero
Congress, November 3, 4 nnd 5. Lend
ing ilyers from all parts of the world
will enter tho meet In order to tako
part in this race. The meeting is tho
first gf the kind ever held In the
United States.
Jack Christopher, 20, may lose tho
sight of one eye nnd Miss Grace Purdy
suffered head wounds when they wero
fired on while automobile riding with
another Homer couple. It Is said they
were fired on by the sons of a prom
inent fanner who were gunrdlng tho
watermelon patch.
"The finest oil drilling, rig ever
brought Into Nebraska" is the report
of oil men who have visited the locu
tion of the outfit being erected by, the
Lakeside Development company at a
point a short distance west of tho
town of Lakeside, on the Burlington
railroad and Potnsh highway, about
twenty-five miles east of Alliance.
Mrs. Frank Foster of Central City
has received a bronze victory medul, to
gether with a letter from King Georgv
df England, in honor of her son,
Forest Jasper, who fell in action whlla
serving with the Canadian fores on
October 1, 101G. Tho medal which In
a large bronze affair, is inscribed:
"Died for Freedom and Honor."
Twenty per cent of the telephone
subscribers of Monroe will order their
phones out when the Increase In tele
phone rates granted hy the stnte rall
way'commlsslou goes Into effect, It was
stated here this morning. As yet no
definite action hns been tnken.
The Platte river roundup nt Suther
land drew n record breaking crowd.
Besides the usual features of tho
rodeo, the program included n cattle
roundup, complete In every detail, and
an Indian attack on an Immigrant
train.
A crowd variously estimated at
over 3,000 attended a farmers' pk-nlc
12 miles west of Grand Island. The
main speakers were Mr. Osborne, on
behalf of the Farmers union nnd Mr.
Heaton of the Federated Farm
bureaus.
1
i small cyclone passed through a
strip of country between Cortlnnd nnd
Plckrell, unroofing mnny of the farm
buildings, and leveling telegraph nnd
telephone wires to the ground. Tho
storm was about hnlf 11 mile In width.
As far as known no fatalities occurrcU
Sheriff J. C. Emery of Gage county
Is In receipt of a letter warning hlin
that unless he resigns In the ncxt
twenty-six hours he will "receive a T
dose of lead." The sheriff hns been
conducting an active campaign against
bootleggiirs.
Secretary Trimble Is receiving a
long list of entries for the horse races
that are scheduled for Ak-Sar-Ilen
track. September 13-17. Some of tho
fastest horses in the country will bo
entered.
Excessive hea.. and hot south winds
has damaged the corn crop In the
vicinity of Benlrlce. Unfavorable
weather tho last week, with lnck of
moisture, hns cut the :rop short fully
15 per cent.
Tho city council of Plnttsmouth Is
arranging to purchase additional acre
age adjoining its undeveloped park,
nnd provide a camping ground as well
as a municipal children's playground.
The year's hent records were broken
Monday in Nebraska when the ther- v
mometer climbed steadily until in the
middle of the afternoon It reached
100 degrees.
The Alliance potnsh plant nt An
tloch, built In 1917 nt a cost of approx
imately $000,000, was sold at a
sheriff's sale nt Antloch to Hermnn J.
lyrause for $32,000.
Fire at Hardy destroyed three build
ings and the entire stock of the Fair
& Byran Hardware Store. The loss
Is estimated nt $20,000.
Andrew Haas, 54, farmhand on the
Philip Llndstrom plnce, north of Ames,
fell from a haystack and was dead
when picked up.
The city council of North Platte
has let tlie contract for n sanitary
main sewer to the North Plutte Plumb
ing & Heating Co., for $53,000.
Next year n new system of number
ing automobile licenses will bo In ef
fect under a plan being worked out
by Georgo JoJhnson, secretary of tho
department of public works at Lincoln.
Each county will have a key num
ber and nil cars In that county will
run In serials. Douglas county's key
number will be 1. The first auto own
or to get his license from the Douglas
county treasurer will bo given a
license plate numbered "1-1," the next
to apply will get license plate num
bered "1-2," and so on. Tho same
system will 1m carried out In the other
counties of tho state.
Nearly all of tho talent of Chey
enne's frontier days' celebration will
appear at .Seward August 30 to Sep
tember 2 in tho first show of this
kind ever to be produced In ttrfs sec
tion of Nebraska.
Ono thousand five hundred and six
ty-ono feet of strong wire fence, ten
feet tall, with six sloping strands of
tho worst kind of barbed wire known
to the, wild animal trade. Is to bo
erected by the board of control around,
the men's reformatory at Llncola.
It will be strong enough to keep chick
ens In and also out, according to th
belief of a member of the board.
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