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CLERK8 AND FREIGHT HANDLER?
DE8ERT BIG FIVE.
STONE ISSUES A STATEMENT
Head of Engineers Will Lay Blame or
Labor Board If Some Way is Not
. Found to Avert Walkout.
Chicago. Promoters of tlio nation
wido railroad strike received an addl
tlonal and boavy blow when tho 350,
000 mombors of tho clorks and freight
bandlors union vptod not to stiiko
This loaves 400,000 mon pledged to
otriko, as against 1,500,000 who have
votod not to join tho walkout. Fit
toon thousand additional union rail
way employes hava not yet taken a
strlko voto.
Executives of nine of tho 11 shop
crafts unions are on tbolr way home
to officially acquaint their member
ship with thoir doclslon not to Join
tho Btrlko. Hall executives say the
action of thouo mon breaks tho strike
beforo It Is started.
Tho signal mon, who number 17,000
will mako thoir decision ns to the
strlko Wednesday. They aro close to
tfto train oporating unions nnd may
cast in thoir lot with tho brothef
hoods. Freight sorvlco has boon partially
rosumod on tho International nnd
Groat Northorn, tho Toxus road so
looted for a "trial strlko." Tho train
mon on this lino quit Saturday noon
and tho union chlofs hero and in
Cleveland said tho strlko was 100 pet
cont porfoct. Novortholcss, pas
aongor trains contlnuod to oporatc
and now tho frolght sorvlco is being
roBtorod. Union officials on tho I. &
Q. N. say they will not attempt to in
tproforo with tho movomont of trninf
and not a slnglo lnstanca of disordoi
has appearod In tho Toxas strlko sc
far.
Complications may onsuo If the
brothorhood chlofs fail to hold tholi
raon In chock until aftor tho confer
onco in Chicago with tho fodoral laboi
board boglnnlng Wodnosday. It Is ox
jpoctod thoso dollborationu will con
tinuo sovoral days, or until qtor Oo
tobgr 32, tho dato for tho strlko.
Ilf Bomo way is not found to nverl
Ujostrlko schodulod for noxt Sunday,
Jiljjj)rothodhood8 will lay tho bhuu
upon tho Unltod Stntos labor board
This is tho Btatomont of Wnrron S
Gtbiio, grand chief of tho Brother
hood of Locomotive Englnoors, who
say's tho fodoral board lms forced the
strlko by Its falluro to protoct tho in
toroBta of tho rail omployon and thoro
'by loft thorn no nlternatlvo but to
strlko.
Prosldont Stono also took a fling at
tho frolght rate roductlons ordorod by
tho Intorost commorco commission.
Ho says this Is tho result of an emer
gency offort of tho railroads to "gain
tho sympathy of tho public in this
trlko."
Prosldont Loo, of tho tralnmon, said
ho and his associates aro "pationtly
availing any dovolopmon.t that would
ftfpoar to offor any solution of tho
rotation that confronts us."
Prosldont Shoppnrd, of tho con
factors, was tho only member of the
Big Flvo chlofs tho brothorhoods thai
$avo ordorod tho strlko who would
dtocuss tho refusal of tho shop ernfU
unions to, join tho brothorhoods in the
strlko. Admlttodly this hoavy defec
tion has had a most depressing of foe
upon tho strlko loadors.
Wlrth Government Falls.
Berlin. Tho Gorman cabinet lias
rssignod. A now Gorman cabinet
niust ko formod by Wodnosday tc
moot tho ontont requirements foi
completing tho Upper Slloslan dlvl
ulon. It is statod in political clrclos
horo that Prosldont Loobo, of tho
rolchstag, is among tho llkollost of
Uio candidates for tho chancellorship,
Yank to Start Home.
Washington, D. C Tho gradual
Withdrawal of Amorlcan troops from
Gormany, oxpoctod to start within two
weeks, -will involve n roductlon of
tho Amorlcan forces thoro to about
ono-bftlf of tho present strongth ol
13,500 officers and mon. Tho roduc
tlon will bo accomplished by tho mid
dlo of noxt March.
Afjed Jap Woman Here.
Chicago. Mmo. Kajl Ynjlma, 00
years of ago, passod through Chicago
onrouto to Washington, Sho Is bear
ing a mossago from tho women of
Japan to tho women of America, urg
ing thorn to work for disarmament
and tho ond of wars.
Paris Police to Halt Reds.
Purls. Tho Kronen govornmont
prohibited tho proposod communist
demonstration outsido tho American
oinbassy, It was reported tho com
munists will attempt to hold tho dom
oustrntlon iuyway. Tho government
decision was ronchod at a cnblnot
council meeting proBldod over by
Prosldout Mlllornnd. It was tho first
Important offlclul nctlon following
tho throwing of a Ijomb at a commun
ist meeting, whero twolvo policemen
and throo or more civilians wore re
portod wounded.
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Traffic Regulation Needed
LABOR BOARD WARNS THE
UNIONS AGAINST STRIKE
Carrier line Chiefs and Brotherhood
Leaders Ordered to Meet
October 26.
Chicago Tho government moved
to prevent n railroad strlko and to en
force obedience by unions nnd roads
of docroes of tho railroad and labor
board, tho board announcing it had
assumed full jurisdiction in tho rail
crisis and ordering tho workers not
to strike ponding a conference of un
ion heads and rail chiefs which is
cnllod for October 20.
A decjf Ion from this conferenco will
not bo announced until after October
HO, tho scheduled strlko dato, board
mombors said, declaring that In' this
way a walkout would bo averted un
less tho unions defied tho board's
orders not to strike ponding a ruling.
Tho action was taken following ro
colpt from Washington of Information
that every interested branch of tho
govornmont would back tho board in
its attompts to settle tho rail diffi
culties, members declared."
While both carriers and unions
promptly announced thoy would com
ply with tho order citing them to ap
pear beforo tho board, W. G. Leo,
president of tho Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, ono of tho organiza
tions which has called a strike, in a
statement given out In Cleveland,
asked by what authority anyone could
compol a man to work, and pointed out
that tho right to strlko had been up
hold by tho United Statos supromo
court.
Tralnmon on tho International and
Groat Northern, a Texas road, prepar
ed to carry out plans to strike nnd tho
maintonanco of way and tho firemen's
unions, representing 400,000 rail work
ers, announced that thoy would Join
tho propo'iert walkout Octobor 30.
Those two groups uro part of tho
olovon unions numbering three-fourths
of tho rail employees, which had votod
to strlko but had not Issued a strike
cnll.
Bosldos stopping Into tho broach be
tween tho cnrrlors and tho flvo un
ions' which lmvo called a strlko the
trainmen, tho switchmon, tho engl
noors, tho 'firemen and conductors
tho labor board summarily ordorod
tho Tremont nnd QuU Rnllrond, n 67
mile lino In Louisiana, to rescind its
order installing nn open shop offoo
tlvo lnnnodlntoly.
If tho unions chooso to carry
through Btrlko plans which tho board
asked thorn to defer, mombors of the
board said thut tho next move would
go to Washington, Intimating thoir
prcsont action exhausted thoir at
tompts to furnish tho teeth which the
transportation act, creating tho board,
was said by many to lack. At tho samo
timo, it wns pointed out that the
transportation net glvorf tho board
power to cito tho interested partlos
for nllogod violation of Its rulings, as
It did In calling a conferenco October
2G, but provides no ponnltlos for vio
lation of Its decrees.
Lewis Appeals to Miners.
Indianapolis. A call for tho inline
Jlato resumption of work by Kansas
coal miners, who havo boon Idle since
thoir deposed lender, Alexander
Ilowut, wns Bout to jail under the
Kanaas Industrial court Inw, was is
puod by Prosldont John L. Lewis, o:
ilia Unltod Mine Workers of Amoricu,
In a lottor sent to overy union minor
u Kansas.
Arms for Vigilantes.
Maploton, la. Tho Monona Count
tankers' association has distributer,
arms and ammunition to tho 46 spe
cial deputy sheriffs located in tlu
differont towns in tho county. Those
vigilance committees aro now thor
mighty equipped mid organlzod to;
Imndlts.
Boozo Crazed Man Kills, Two.
Chicago A moonshine crazed white
man, nrmod with n long butcher
luilfo, ran amuck in Chlcngo's "black
bolt," killing two persons nnd wound
ing a third. In nnothor section of the
bolt two whlto men stabbed u negro
policeman who nttomptod to atop un
argument in a cubnrut. The assail
(tutu OBcapwl. Police roservea nnd
plain clothos men woro hold In readi
ness to rudh to tho bolt scono of tho
raco rlotB'of over a yoar ugo in case
feeling ran high because of tho
crimes.
A MOVE BEGUN TO AVERT
GREAT RAILWAY STRIKE
American Farm Bureau as Repre
sentative of Public Also Takes
a Hand In Controversy.
San Antonio, Tox. A telegram an
nouncing a meeting of railroad ex
ecutives of all Important lines in the
United States affected by tho strlko
order, to bo held In their respective
districts to discuss the situation and
steps to bo taken in carrying out the
program decided upon at tho execu
tive meeting in Chicago Octobor 14,
wns recolved in railroad circles to
night. Mennwhllo members of executive
associations, it was said, havo been
requested to announce nothing which
would disclose plans of tho railroads
for keeping trains in operation.
Chicago. Efforts to avert the na
tionwide strike, scheduled for Oc
tober 30, found governmental agencies
representatives of tho public, ' nnd
somo railway labor unions taking ac
tion simultaneously, which all throo
hope would provent a ticup of tho
transportation systom.
Foremost among moves boing made
wns a meeting between tho railroad
labor board and heads of tho flvo .un
ions, which havo nlroady authorized
thoir men to strike, called by the
board and at request of President
Harding, It was said by board mom
bors. .
Tho first movo by a public organi
zation to avert n strike camo when the
American Farnf1 Bureau federation,
representing 1,250,000 farmers, sent
petitions to the interstate commorco
commission, asking nn immediato 10
to 20 por cont roductlon in frolght
rates on necessities, and announced
that It would also appeal to tho labor
board not to grant a now 10 por cont
wngo reduction, which tho roads havo
announced thoy will Book, but rather
to rovlso wages generally In accord
ance with tho cost of living. Concur
rence in these requests should avert
tho Btrlko, tho federation said, nnd
volunteorod to meet with union nnd
rail representatives ns a mediator.
Meetings to last all week will bo
started by tho olovon rail unions
which havo not yet Issued strlko calls,
although most of them havo voted for
a Btrlko. Loadors of several of these
unloiiB nnnouncod that n.t tho meet
ings they will oppose n Btrlko call, in
hope n Bpllt between them and the
flvo unions nlroady authorized to walk
out may avert n strlko.
Union lenders callod In by tho labor
board woro W. S. Carter, president of
tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Firo
mon and Enginomon; Wnrron , S,
Stone, prosldont of tho Brotherhood of
Locomotlvo Engineers; William G,
Loo, president of tho Brothorhood of
Hallway Trainmen; L, E. Shoppnrd,
prosldont of tho Ordor of Railway Con
ductors, nnd T, C. Ciishon, prosldont
of tho Swltchmon's Union of North
America.
Tho conferenco was called for tho
avowed purposo of preventing a
strike, according to Bon Hooper, vice
chairman of tho labor board. He re
turned from Washington, whore he
and other mombors of the public
group conforrod with President
Harding.
Much Mall Burned.
Donvor Moro than 50,000 articles
of mall, including parcel post pack
ages, nnd second class mnttor, ad
dressed to Donvor residents, woro
burned at Akron, Colo., when a Unltod
States mall car caught flro from en
gine sparks and was destroyed.
G. A. R. Vice Commander Dead.
Wn3hlngton, D. C Capt. Amorlcus
Whodon, vlco commander of tho
Grand Army of tho Republic, died horo
nged 81 years.
Ulster Volunteers to Be Armed.
Belfast Tho Ulster volunteers aro
to bo nrmod and mobilized. This dras
tic stop was threutoued to havo ouch
serious consequences In 1014 and
which constitutes an open challouge
to Sinn Foln, had been decided upqn
by tho Belfast government, It was an
nounced because of tho British falluro
to provent Irish republican troops
drilling, Tho stage now has been set
for civil war cm tho largest scale Ire
laud luiB over known, should a brea
In tho negotiations occur, fighting will
begin
CUT IN RY. RATES SURE
President to Insist on Reduction ir
Freight Costs as an Offset
to Wage Cuts.
Washington, U. C. After u day oi
government conforoncos here Proal
dent Harding is considering a soriot
of recommendations of notion In tlu
railroad strlko crisis which are report
cd to Include u reduction of freight
rates to offset tho wage reduction!
against which tho rail unions are pro
tostlng.
Thnt thero will be an immediate
lowering of transportation rate!
whether the strike goes into effeel
or Is called off is the conviction ol
many government officials in touct
with the situation. It is'for such a re
ductlon of the cost of transportation
that President Harding has boon work
ing for months In tho belief that 1(
would go far toward rovlvlng business
Tho recommendations mado to the
president by the chairmen of tho In
terstato commerce commission anc
the railway labor board will bo dla
cussod at tho cabinet meeting aftei
which it is expected the prosldont will
be ready to announce his attitude or
tho strlko.
The mombors of tho railway laboi
board representing tho public wer
closeted with tho mombors of tho In
torstato commorco commission In t
discussion of tho relation of wagt
roductlons and transportation rat
decreases.
At tho close of tho conforonco Chair
man Barton, of tho labor board, and
Chairman McChord, of tho commerce
commission, went to tho White Hou3t
to lay tho results of thoir dellbcra
tiohs before Mr. Harding. Thoy spent
more than an hour with the president
for whose benefit thoy reviewed th
history of tho wage reduction cas
and presented recommendations foi
tho solution of tho problem.
"Anything bearing on tho strike sit
uation must como from tho President,'
replied Chairman McChord whet
questioned by newspaper men as lit
omcrgod from tho Whlto House witl
Chairman Barton. "Wo discussed ov
cry phase of tho situation and got bet
tor acquainted and wo lippo that some
thing helpful will result. There wil
bo no further meetings with tho pub
He group of tho labor board at thl
timo."
Tho public members of tho laboi
board also conforrod with Attornoj
Gonoral Daughorty, who iramodlatelj
thereafter went to tho White IIouso t
glvo tho president his vlows of tlu
situation.
"Outlaws" to Join Strike.
Chicago Tho "outlaw" railroad 'un
Ion will support other rail unions ir
thoir strlko for Octobor 30. Th
Switchmen's "Union," which precipl
tatod tho strike of 191-9, under th
leadership of John Graunau, sent wor
to Its 60,000 mombors, of whom noarlj
20,000 aro unomployod, lnstructini.
them not to tako jobs of tho regulai
union men who strike. Mombors o,
tho "outlaw union" also were tolt
thoy could strlko in sympathy witl
tho othor unions, without meeting dis
approval of tho yardmen's association
Would Protect Home Brew "Mnkin's.
Chicago Immediate lcgnl stops U
protect sollors of homo brow lngrja
dlonts will bo taken by tho Interstate
Puro Food Products association, i
was announced following a mooting q
tho association, attondod by about 50
manufacturers and doalors. Tho asso
elation nppolnted a counsol commtttei
of throo Including M. J. Donnolly, o.
Codar RapIdB, lu.yto proceed to Wash
Ington to confervith tho fodoral pro
hibltlon department over tho sale o
malts and hops.
Try Minister for Priest's Death.
Birmingham, Ala. Tho strangest
legal batU'o In Alabama's history
stnrtod horo when Row Edwin R.
StopheiiBon, Mothodlst minister, went
to trial on a chargo of Becond degroo
murder, for thp slaying of Father
James E. Coylo, Catholic priest. Tho
case, throughout Its developments, has
boon surroundod by dramatic Inci
dents and intonso bitterness which
havo promised to mako it rank with
tho Loo Frank enso In tho nunals of
southern courts.
Kansas Miners Go to Work.
Pittsburg, Kan, Onb thousand coa;
miners of district No. 14, who havo
boon Idle sluco Alexander Howat, Kan
sas district president of tho mino
workers, nnd August Gorchy, wont tt
Jail, are back at work, according to ni.
official nnnouncomont at tho head
qunrtors of tho oporators' associations
China Asked to Reconsider.
ToMo Tho Jnpaueso foreign office
conununlcatod Instructions to Yuklohl
Obata, Japanese minister of Poking,
to Invito tho Chlnoso government to
roconsldor Its rojectlon of Japan's re
cant proposal rolntlvo to tho roturu of
Shantung to Chlnoso control.
Kills Motherlnlawj Then Is Killed.
Wrightsvlllo, Gm Roger Catlin, 40.
of Fitzgerald, Ga., according to pollno
drovo up to tho front gate of tho real
donco of his mothorlnlnw, Mrs. Wil
liam Snoll, horo, walkod from his auto
mobilo to tho front porch, whero Mrs.
Snoll was Bitting and killed hor, Gat
llu hlmsolf was killed boforo ho could
loavo tho porch, tho pollco said, in a
duel with Mrs. Snoll's boh, Gntlln
niovod to Fitzgerald three months ago
nnd his wife refused to accompan
him, It is said. Ho Is said to have
j blamed bis mother-in-law.
CORHIiUSp ITEMS
Wews of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
The D. A. R. of North Platte pro
poses to protect the old llngstalT stono,
the only remaining evidence of Fort
McPherson, which was located twenty
miles east of that city, enclosing It i
with nn Iron fentv. This marker lies I
near the roadway, no one nnvs ntten-'
tlon to It and were It removed, the last
vestige of the old fort would disap
pear. In the early history of Lincoln
county, Fort McPherson played an Im
portant part, for the cuvnlry .stationed
there guarded the wayfarers on the
old California trail nnd protected the
ranches of the eurly dny cattlemen.
Negligence In fallng to Inspect their
herd of thoroughbred cattle for n per
iod of seven dnys In July, 1011). caused
the denth from thirst of forty-six head
worth $23,100 belonging to tho stx
Bender brotljera of Shelby. This Is the
answer of Assistant Attorney General
C. S. Reed to the suit brought by the
brothers, who chnrged that the cattle
died of thirst due to the fact that stnto
surveyors, turned off the wuter supply
from the windmill when they stopped
to get n drink.
Armistice dny will be observed as a
holiday at ScottsblulT, the Chamber of
Commerce censing business nnd turn
ing the program over to the American
Legion. Plans Include a pnrade in the
morning, followed by a solemn service
it noon In commemoration of the soldier
dend; n football game In the afternoon
between the local high school nnd
Sidney, and a banquet in the evening,
followed by n program.
Nebraska Is 111 prepared for u gen
eral rail strike at the present time, of
ficials of the Lincoln chnmber of com
merce declared. Very little coal hns
been laid In, dealers and consumers
having depended on freight reductions
In the near future. The same applies
to food and provisions. Live stock can
be cared for through a long period due
to immense stocks of corn and alfalfa
still on the farms.
An out-of-the-ordlnnry community
sale has been staged at Columbus.
As n means of stimulating Interest
Lieut. Ralph Anderson, (lew over the
city, scattering envelopes containing
tickets for the American Legion Armi
stice 'day athletic carnival. One day
was called "Ford" dny and prizes were
awarded the owner of the llivver com
ing the longest distance, bringing the
oldest couple, nnd other unique ideas.
The overseas unit of Telegraph Bat
talion 408, made up largely of Ne
braska men will hold Its second an
nunl reunion In Omaha. November 4-5.
II. J. Mooney, Omaha Is local man
ager. This will bring about 150 dele
gates to the city.
A grand Jury will be called at Lin
coln to Investigate alleged Irregular
ities In the administration of coopera
tions in this city and sales of stock by
which, it Is estimated, the people have
lost from 15,000,000 to $20,000,000.
The campnlgn looking to raising
money to finance the International
Aero congress to be held In Omabn,
November 3-5 Is progressing rapidly.
Work on the flying field In the north
part of the city is about completed.
A flvo-gnllon Jug of corn whisky hns
been found on William Jennings
Bryan's farm east of Lincoln. Earl
Stnnsbury, Brynn's tenant, hns report
ed the find nnd delivered the whisky to
Sheriff Ira Miller.
Pnriotlc nnd civic societies of Fre
mont will Join with tho local branch
of the Central Labor union In a big
demonstration on Armistice day. A big
parade Is planned.
John T. Mcintosh, former postmaster
of Sidney, has been appointed deputy
Internal revenue collector for the dis
trict of western Nebraska, with head
quarters nt Sidney.
New low prices on old corn V.nve
been made in all parts of north Ne
braska, several towns reporting sales
of old shelled corn nt 22 to 23 cents
per bushels.
About November 1 two companies of
the Sixth Infantry will be added to the
army strength at Fort Crook, the gov
ernment post just south of Omaha.
The Chamber of Commerce nt Beat
rice has voted $250 to si.pport a poultry
show to held at that phjee soon.
The Nebraska cement plant at Su
perior resumed operations after n two
mouths' shutdown.
Fire of unknown origin completely
destroyed the Herd company's elevator
located at Chapman. About 10,000
bushels of grain were consumed.
No corn Is being burned around Su
perior and grain men testify that little
Is being marketed at 17 cents to 25
cents. Farmers have taken greater
than usual Interest In hog feeding nnd
nre holding the crop for this purpose.
Tho Burlington railroad has an
nounced that early next spring work i
Is almost certain to begin on the con
struction of the proposed line from
Thrdford to O'Neill, connecting up tho
Sioux City and Billings lines.
An address by A. J. Weaver of Falls
City, president of tho recent constitu
tional convention and a concert by
Mnrlo Rnppold, prima donna of the
Metropolitan Grand Opera company,
opened Beaver City's new auditorium,
suld to be the finest building of Its kind
In bouihwchtern Nebraska. Local busi
ness men and farmers hold nil the
stock In the structure which has a seat
ing cupaclty of 1,000. A sales pavilion
was erected In connection with It.
Business men several eoks ago In
vited Woodrow Wilson to make an nil-drei-s
nt the opening, but he was un
ublo to uccep
Frank Harmon of Leavenworth,
Knn., administrator -for the estate of
Loyal Harmon, 5, was nwnrded Judge
ment of .$3,000 In federal court nt Lin
coln ugalnst Nemaha county. The suit
wns for $25,000 for the death of Loyal
Harmon, son of Burch Harmon of Au
burn, who wus drowned near that place
.May 21, 1020. Burch Harmon, his wife
niul son, were driving to Auburn fol
lowing n cloudburst anil their machine
wns overturned In a lateral to u drain
age ditch which was out of Its b-inks.
Burch Harmon, the lather, now has
n suit for $25,000 pending In Nemaha
county district court. He seeks to col
lect damages for the Miorl; and Injuries
to himself.
One-fourth of the total permanent'
population of Kearney, compared wiih
the last census, is engaged In lcarnlm.
or Imparting the same. A canvass of
the scliools completed here shows that
n total of 1,1)33 Kcarneyltes attend
school, being an Increase of 4S3 pupils
over last year. This ligure does not
Include out-of-town students ntteiidlng
the Kearney teachers' college or the
Kearney Military academy. The total
student body here during the course
of a year will exceed -1,000.
It has cost $2,437,855.23 to administer
the nffnlrs of the suite of Nebraska tho
last three months, according to n sum
mary made public by Secretnry Phil
Bross of the state department of
Hnance. The biggest Item for tho
quarter Is salaries and wages, which
amount to $854,384.5:j. The next larg
est is $773,00-1.78 for highway Improve
ments. Olllce expenses, rental and
traveling expenses amount to 101,
050.23. The Thayer county fair management
hns been notified that the injury to the
little daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
Wilson of Hebron on whom a piece of
llnmlng stick fell dining the fireworks
exhibition nt the fair, has become ser
ious ond thnt there will possibly be
the necessity of skin grafting on tho
breast of the child. The parents ex
pect the fair association to reimburse
them for any expense or damage.
The auto tourist camp ground at
North Platte, maintained by the cham
ber of commerce, has been closed.
The total number of cars which night
parked nt the grounds during tho sea
son, which opened April 15, was -1,085.
The cost of maintaining tho cninp during-the
season was about $1,000.
The new state reformatory nt Lincoln
would be full to capacity and the pen
itentiary could not take care of the
balance, If all those now held In county
jails under penitentiary sentence were
taken to Lincoln, according to AVarden
Fenton of the state penitentiary.
Many Hamilton county farmers are
"hogging down" their corn this f:'l--building
their fences tight nnd turning
in the livestock. More can be realized
In this mnim'er, they say, than by husk
ing It for sale on n 17-cent market.
Lincoln county has been a meccnfor
chicken hunters from all parts of tho
state, but they have so overrun farms
and ranches and have been so careless
with matches and in their shooting
that the farmers and ranchmen have
declared war against them.
A speclnl election has beca called
for October 29 by .the Sidney district
school board to vote on the proposition
of Issuing refunding bonds to tha
nmount of $00,000 to tqke up the out
standing registered warrants of the
district.
The new St. Pnul High school build
ing was dedicated before a crowd of
over 700 residents of Hownrd county.
The program consisted of open house
nil day while school was In session,
with music and speeches In tho even
ing. Rownrd of $2,000 for the dead body
of any bandit who holds up a bank or
commits burglary on a bank, will be
offered by vthe Cass County Bankers
association, says II. A. Guthinan, of
Murdock, retiring president.
Orvllle Donk, ten, son of Georga
Doak, Fremont, Is missing from hU
home. He failed to report at tho
school nnd no trace has been found of
him. Searching parties have fallod to
locate the youngster.
An nlrplnno carrying an nuto clinsls
and propelled by two six-cylinder
motors is being contracted by F. L.
l.on'j, nn automobile mechanic ut Ran
dalph. He says the idea Is all his
own.
That they may be better ptepareil
for walking their beats, an order has
gone out to Omaha policeman to have
their feet manicured once a week.
Platte county has voted $100,000
bonds fur the completion of the new
court house now under construction.
Stnte veterinarians arc Investigating
the disease which has caused the loss
of several score of cattle in Cheyenne
county. R. S. Scott, county agent, says
the disease can not be caused by corn
stnlks as a number of the deud animals
did not have access to them.
A serious epidemic of hog cholera
throughout the state, un outbreak of
anthrax near Omaha, and a pecular
dliease that has killed thirty cattle
near Sidney, are receiving the atten
tion of Stnto Veterinarian F. R. Wood
ring. The veterinarian reports cholera
In every county In the f-tate with losses
of 00 per cent In some counties.
Omaha bank clearings for the first
nine months of 1021 wore SI, 473,010,
370. Only 17 cities in the United
Stntos had bigger clearings.
North Plntte valley water uers ap
proved the project for a huge reser
voir and dam with auxiliary power
plant, to be constructed ut Guernsey,
Wyo., nt a cost of more than $2,000,000.
The vote was 1)15 for and 77 against;
only 1,300 were eligible to vote. The
work Is expected to develop Irrigation
of tho northwest Nebraskn country
with a wuter supply independent of
the Put blinder dum nnd aluo u power
to furm and factories.
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