DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
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INITIAL DECISION LOOKED
THI8 WEEK.
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BRITAIN IN LINE WITH U. S.
Officials Wllllno to Accept 6-5-3 Ratio,
Althouoh It Eventually Places
Tham on Same Footing.
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Washington, D .C. With tho ques
lion of land armaments thrust Into
ths background by last wook'a devel
opment tho arms conforonco will
en"ter its third wook with another
stride toward agreement on naval lim
itations foroahadowsd.
The naval question, at least so far
as its most vital olomont, tho "6-5-3
rtaio" of floot strongth between Croat
Britain, tho United States and Japan
1b concerned, is approaching tho point
of transfer baok to tho "big five" com
mlttoo with tho report of tho naval ex
perts. Thoro is somo oxpoctatlon
that a plenary sosslon of tho confor
onco will bo cnllod this wook to roach
first doclslons on tho naval plan.
Whothor tho oxports of tho threo
major naval poworawlll submit in
dividual roports is not known.
IJoth the British and American ox
ports woro roportod as having conclud
pd their oxnmlnatlon of tho ship data
fnvolvod in Socrotary Hughes' propos
al. Tho Japaneso group was still toll
ing Saturday, it was said. ,
A summary" of last wook's dovelop
monts on naval proposals indicates
tho following status:
"American offloors havo soon no
roason in argumonts advanced by
Japan to mako any ohango in tho koy
stono of tho agroomont Mr. Hughoa
proposed, tho '5-5-3' naval strongth
ratio.
"British naval officials havo ac
cepted that ratio, although it moans
ultlmato equalization of tho Amorican
and British fleots.
"Japanoao officers havo opposed the
ratio, urging 10-10-7 instoad."
Amorican naval opinion strongly op
poses rotention by Japan of tho battlo
ship Mutsu unless both othor powors
in duo proportion onlargo their floots.
There aro indications that somo Amor
ican dologatos soo strongth in tho ar
guments of Japan that tho Mutau
might havo boeri includod as a com
plotod ship in tho rotainod floots.
Thoro was nothing to indicato how
ever, that n compromlso was being
considered in tho Amorican group.
rIt has boon indicated that Groat
Jgritaln was not deslrious of undortak-
Pony furthor naval construction at
nont, which Booms to forecast
agreement with tho Amorican viow.
) Japaneso officials havo prosontod
o tables of tonnago to support tholr
aim that thoy aro outltled to rotaln
o Mutsu without similar rotontion
y tho othor powors. The Japanoso
fckjo contendod she wbb a completod
ship November 11,
ThoMpoxt stop, when tho threo
groups of oxports finish, will bo tholr
report to the armaments commlttoo,
It soems llkoly that ovon it tho British
and Amorican oxports are found to bo
in accord, Japanoso naval offlcors will
submit differing conclusions. It will
thon become tho task of tho "big flvo"
committee to sook an agroomont on
a roport to a plenary sosslon.
Olose In on Auto Thieves.
Cedar Rapids, la. With tho arrest
hero of Bob Smulokoff, a wealthy
young buslnosB man, stato agents an
nounce thoy have closod in on a gang
of automobile thlovos that Iiub boon
responsible for at loast 60 thotts ol
now cars, principally Fords. Thoy
'havo tracod 32 of thoso cam and aro
roady to take thorn ovor. Sovorul of
thorn aro tho property of promlnont
local buslnoss who bought thorn with
out knowing thoy wore stolen.
Outlaws Rotoaso Yank Captives.
Buonos Airos. The ranch ownors
and othors, including the Amorican
manager of an Armour packing plant,
8. J. MacBoy, who had been held
prisoner by bandits at Paso Ibanoz In
the stato of Vera Cruz, havo boon re
leased, according to a tologram from
tho commandorjpof Argontlna troops
In tho region, Col. Varola.
Living Cheap In Germany,
Now York. Oarrott W. McEnorny,
a Sau Francisco lawyor who returned
with his family after throe month's In
Europo, said that living, transportation
and all kinds of manufactured goods
woro so cheap in Germany thnl ho did
not soo how it could last much longer
under present? fluanqlal conditions.
New York Banks.
Now York. Tho actual condition of
clearing houso banks and trust com
panies for tho wook (five dnys) shows
that thoy hold $M,53G,410 rosurvo in
excess ot legal roqulromonts. This la
a decrtuiso ot $15,003,500 from last
wook.
'To Protect Yank Interests.
Constantinople. ThoUnltud Statoa
destroyer Williamson arrived nt the
port of MorslM, Asia Minor, for the
I purpose of aiding In the protection ol
AmnrJcnn Intorantji,
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Too Much
GREAT BOND FORGEHY IS
UNCOVERED IN 8T. LOUIS
Says He Passed $63,000 Worth of
Bogus Paper, on Two St. Louis
Banks.
St. Louis. Mo. A dlspatcn irom
Now York reporting a warning from
tho Now York stock oxchnngo. of tho
ovldonco of forged French govern-
mont certificates, led to tho arrest of
Qoorgo V. Halllday, bankrupt stock
and bond broker, and two othor man
In connection with counterfeiting ?1,-
600,000 In certificates of tho French
govornmont. I
Harry Tumor, odltor of Much Ado,
a semi-monthly publication, and Paul
Murphy, an advertising solicitor for
Turner, woro tho othcrB arrostod. A
fodoral warrant charging Halllday
and Tumor -with countorfoiting obli
gations of tho French govornmont,
was issuod. Murphy was not named
in tho warrant and ho probably will bo
released, it was said.
Tho arrosts wero proclpitatod by
reading tho dispatches in a St. Louis
dally nowspapor by Frank P. McGlll,
head of a locql printing company,
which printod tho certificates. Mr.
McGlll communicated with his lawyer,
who notified Unitod Statos District
Attornoy Carroll. Tho spurious cer
tificates woro duplicatos of thoso in a
$100,000,000 1S8UO floatod by J. 'P.
Morgan & Co., last Juno, for tho
French govornmont.
Halllday, whoso firm rocontly wont
Into bankruptcy, with liabilities listed
at ovor ?140,000, confossod, accord
ing to tho poltco, that ho had countor
foitod $1,500,000 in interim cortifl.
catcs upon tho French govornmont
and that ho had passod $63,000 worth
of thorn on St. Louis banks in an ef
fort to llquldato his losses.
Harry Tumor, odltor of a bi-monthly
magazine horo, and Paul Murphy, a
magazlno solicitor, aro held in con
nection with tho caso.
In his confession, police Bay, Halll
day clalniB ho had placod $43,000 in
certificates with ono bank, and an ad
ditional $20,000 in anothor bank.
Halllday said ho had borrowed ap
proximately $32,000 when ho gavo out
$52,000 of tho cortlflcatos, which in
turn woro secured by $43,000 in cer
tificates. At tho presont time Halllday is un
dor sovon lndlctmonts basod on alle
gations that bo had acebpted raonoy
for socuritlos and that ho failed to
dollver them.
Negroes Worship with Whites.
Atlanta, Ga. Mayor James L. Koy
has votood tho ordlnanco passed by
tho council forbidding tho joint wor
ship of whltos nnd negroes in Atlanta
churchoB. Tho mayor's voto mossago
doclarod tho ordlunnco "will, and.
doos, lnvado that which is a mattor of
conscionco with a gront many poo
plo." $20,000 Is Loot of Robbers.
Oakland, Calif. -A gang, which tho
poltco said was dlrectod by a woman,
ovorpoworod nud bound two night
watchmen at tho Whltthorn & Swau
dopartmont store, blow open two
safos and escaped with $20,000.
Yeggs Rob S. D. Pottofflec.
Yankton, S. D. Robbers broke Into
tho general storo nnd postoftico nt
Havlnln, S. D., blow opon tho post
oftico safo and oscnpod with $2,000
worth of morchnndlso, and stamps
amounting to $200.
Receivership for Sammies Oil.
Sioux City, In. Tho Sninmloa Oil
and Supply company wont Into tho
bunds ot a rocolvor.
Crown Prfnce Is Regent.
Toklo, Crown Prlnco Hlroshlto has
boon dosigurftod regent of Japan.
Give Up Rights In China.
Washington, -r Abolition ot oxtra
territorial rights in China, by which
various powers maintain, tholr own
courts for trials of tholr own nation
als, wns agrood to In principal by tho
powors roprosontod in tho Washing
ton coiiforent'o on Pacific and far
oastom affairs. Tho Chlnoso dologa
tlon prosontud to tho committee a
statement strongly urging tho abolish,
munt of tho oxtra torrltorlnl rights
and sympathetic rosponsos woro said
to havo beon volcod by tho roproson
tativos ot tho othor powors.
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Overhead
BRIAND SAY8 GERMANY IS
FAR FROM BEING CRUSHED
Disarmament of France Would End
World Peace and Furnish a
Bait to the Late Enemy.
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mi v Mt if ii etn m n m nnr nr h riiiu-ii
would end world poaco and would no
tomptation for Imperialistic Ger-
many 10 com iwcmw ,, nu-
mler Br and declared hero In a faro-
well address to the Amorican people,
Franco, ho said, wanted poaco and
wunwu w iivouh umiuuu.u . ...
a democratic Germany.
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UlUaLMJUUiUU. 11U U3DUHUi ov w
still keoplng an army in certain form.
"How could you expect Franco to
disarm In suoh a situation?" ho asked.
If Franco was unnblo to defend hor-
self democratic Germany would be
overthrown and tho old Imperialistic
Germany would corao back into power.
If sho weakoned horsolf it would end
tho peace of tho world. Franco has
not tho right to desort tho cause of
domocracy nnd poaco.
"Franco has boon fighting not for
hor socurlty alono," ho addod, "but
sho has beon fighting in tho sorvico
of the civilized world. Franco has no
right to desert its own cause or the
causo of peace. What sho wishes to
boo is a Gormany with which sho can
maintain noblo relations. She is only
too anxious to have her volco heard
on tho othor side of tho frontier.
"Franco is a nation that lovos poaco
and hates war," ho continued, "and if
there is ono natlou that wishes to
havo war orasod from tho world, I
havo a right to say that that is my
country. You will never seo Franco
proYoko another people or to try to
boglri another war. Franco has an
army It sho has an army it is bo-
cauBO sho is obliged to havo ono to
defend hor life, hor indopondonco, hor
llborty and hor dignity. Franco has
nn army which 1b ready to servo tho
cause of tho world by protocting it
against disorder and anarchy in what
ever form they may present them
selves." Roforring to tho Washington confer
ence, ho doclarod ho considered it
"tho greatest honor of my political
life" to be a member. Whatever res
olutions may bo made, ho addod, thoy
will mark a mllostono of.progresB on
tho road to peace.
Promlor Brland praised tho loyalty
ot Americans of Gorman doscent who
fought in tho Amorican army in
Franco. Ho montlonod specifically
tho Thirty-second division which, ho
said, had been characterized by ono
of tho groatost Fronch gonerals as
tho "Tiger division," because or tno
foroclty ot Us attack. Ho mado a spo
clal appeal to thoBo who woro linked
by ties of blood with tho pooplo of
tho contral powors and urgod thom to
toll the German pooplo that-thoy had
nothing to foar from Franco. Franco,
ho added, awaits any gosturo of good
will from Germany. Sho will do every
thing In hor power to ollmlnato tho
causes of war and to assuro -peacoful
relations, not only botwoon Franco
nnd Gormany, but In the wholo world.
Bandits Rob Weotern Train.
Spokane WaBh. Two armed, un
maskod inon boardod tho obsorvatlon
car of North Pacific passongor train
No. 1, westbound! as it loft tho Spo
kano union station and robbed th
fow paBsongors In tho car of about
$50 in cash and a considerable amount
of Jowolry.
Lloyd George May Come.
London. Promlor Lloyd Goorgo
may sail for Amorlca on Docombor 3,
to nttond tho Washington disarma
ment conforonco, It was learned. Ills
dopnrturo, however, is still somewhat
dopondont on tho outcomo of tho pros
ant Irluh poaco difficulties, it was
Bald.
Youth Quickly Convicted.
Dublin, Gi.. Georgo Walkor, 15,
faced llfo Imprlaonmont tor killing
Goorgo Avery, hts 18-year-old pal. Tho
boy wos couvlctod nftor ono ot tho
shortest inurdor triala in tho history
of this county, Hts ploa had beon
Bolf-dofonso. As tho last words of tho
sontonca toll from tho lips ot tho
judgo, Goorgo pitched forward In a
faint. Tho court room, crowded with
fntorostod nolghbora of tho lad, and
curious townfolk, wns immodlatoly
cleared. An appeal for a now trial
was made.
ROADS ORDERED TO
CUT RATES QUICKLY
Neglect to Oomply with Order by No
vember 20 Brings New Ruling
Effective by Dec. 27.
Washington. Tho Interstate Com
morco commission issuod an ordor
calling upon tho railroads In tho wes
tern and mountain Pacific gronp to
put into effect on or boforo December
27 tho reduction of approximately 16
per cent on Interstate rates on grain,
grain products and hay recently or
dered. Tho ordor follows up the docislon
given October 20 by tho commission,
which declared grain and hay rates
from the Mississippi valley to tho Pa
cific coast unreasonably high, but
which did not carry compulsory or
dors. Tho October docislon instructed
tho railroads to make the reduotion
by Novembor 20, which was not done
because tho railroads opened negotia
tions with tho commissidn suggesting
that a 10 per cont decrease in freight
rates on all agricultural products be
substituted for tho largor decrease on
grain products and hay alone.
Tho commission, howevor, by the
ordor just issuod, disregarded the
compromlso proposed by tho railroads
and makos the larger decroasos on
hay and grain mandatory upon tho
roads.
Tho ordor just Issued made specific
and definlto tho hay and grain reduc
tions. Tho original doclslou said
railroads should roduco tho ratos on
tho products concerned by ono-half of
the Increases glvon in 1920.
The commission has ordered hay
and grain ratos between points in
mountain-Pacific territory at not
more than 12.5 por cent abovo tho
rates in offect boforo tho 1920 in
creases, j Between points In tho west
ern group as defined In its decision
where 40 por cent increases woro al
lowed in 1920, the commission has or-
dorod thom mado offectlvo as 20 por
cent; betweon othor western group
points tho commission hold ratos
shall not oxcood 17.5 per cent abovo
the old schodulos, and between points
in the mountain-Pacific group and
points in the western group tho In
crease above tho old 1920 schedules
shall bo held to 16 2-3 per cent.
The effect of the ordor thus is to
mako specific the percentages of re
duction in tho territory concludod.
Tho commission also roiterated its de
cision requiring the roads to fix ratos
for coarso grain such as corn at 10
per cent less than tho ratos on wheat.
Tho western group mentioned in the
order includes territory between tho
Mississippi afed Illinois rivers and the
north and south boundury lino on
which tho states of North Dakota,
Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming
and Nebraska join, and extondlng
south to El Paso, Tox. The mountain
Pacific group lies betwoon tho west
ern group and the Pacific coast
Appropriations Out $86,000,000.
Washington. A deficiency appro
priation bill carrying approximately
$104,000,000, or $86,000,00 less thai
tho $190,000,000 requested by varlouB
govornmont departments was roport
od by tho house appropriations com
mlttoo. The navy asked for $2T,000,
000 and was granted nothing, while
tho veterans' bureau which requested
$121,000,000 was allotted $65,000,000.
Fooh Starts Western Tour.
New York. Now York bade Mar
shal Foch au revoir Sunday, sending
him off on a swing about the conti
nent that will not ond until December
13, whon ho 'returns here to sail the
noxt day for Franco. Tho itinerary
announced shows ho will travel more
than 12,000 miles and visit 25 statss
and Canada.
Mob Kills Postmaster.
West Frankfort, 111. Armod men
invaded Freeman Spur, near here,
Bitot aud klllod Charles A. Matt, tho
postmaster, hold up a saloon and then
wero put to flight loaving behind ono
of their companions whowas shot to
doath in a fusllade that 'followed tks
saloon holdup.
Gormans After Trade Spies.
Berlin. "Trado spying" in Gor
many will constitute "economic high
treason" in a now law which tho gov
ernment is drafting and which tho
relchtog and national counsel wlU bo
asked to pass.
Maternity Bill Passes House.
Washington. Tho houso passod, the
Shophard-Towner matornlty bill un
der which approximately $6,000,000
will bo spent in maternity aid in tho
various statoa.
Bandit Raid Nets $50,000.
Chicago. Burglars blew the safo In
tho Stern Bros.' jowelry storo hero
and secured loot estimated at $50,000.
Sunday Slaps Suggestive Movies.
Tulsa, Oklu. -"Billy" Sunday cole
brntod his 59th birthday by preaching
a'sormon In his tabornaclo hero
against "auugeattvo movies" right In
tho face of Tho da Bara, movlo vamp.
Ho declared tho movies should bo
censored. Thon, Thodn, wearing a
bright rod lint, rodo at tho bond of a
parado through tho principal streets.
"I fool llko a boy," said Sunday, In
coinmontlng on hts ago. "Girls, use a
little rouge, or ovon wear 'om short,
but don't roll 'om down so thoy can
Beo your baro knoos," ho instructed.
CORMHUSJCER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
Plnns are practically perfected for
Iho organization of a new nntlonnl
bank in Fremont by a merger of tho
defunct First Nntlonnl bank, tho Com
mercial. Nntlonnl bank und Farmers
iihd Morchnnts National bank. The
total capital will be $300,000 nnd the
Hurplus $250,000. It Is expected to
open the new bnnk soon, when tho
olllcers and directors will be an
nounced. The name of the new In
stitution will be made public nt the
same time.
An eighteen Inch vein of coal hns
been found on the Margrave ranch
about twelve miles southeast of Fall
City. .7. T. Margrnve,one of the own
ers, hns a small force of men nt work
developing the mine. The coal so fur
taken out la of excellent quality and
burns splendidly. It Is too early to
tell how vulunble a discovery hns been
iimde, but Mr. Mnrgriive states he Is
positive that he nnd several of his
neighbors will liuve plenty of conl.
Five thousnnd copies of a twenty
page pamphlet hnve Just been publish
ed by the state department of finance
to show voters "how their 1920 tnx
dollnr wns spent." Totnl of all tnxes
for 1020 Is given as $5372,010, or
$40.40 per capita. County taxes totnl
$11,010,000, school taxes $22,020,000,
city nnd village $S,374,000 ami town
ship $2,42S,000.
Hog cholera Is making Inroads on
ninny herds of hogs In York county.
Henry Borger, who lives two miles west
of BrndRhnw, hns lost more tlinn n
I undrod head und they arc still dying.
Various parts of the county hnve
reported heavy losses to many fanners.
Anton Sundqulst of Dallns, S. D.,
while nt South Omahn lust week with
u couple of carloads of cuttle, said
farmers In his section were all burning
com In place of conl because corn is
bringing only 18 cents a bushel, while
tho cheapest grade of soft coal costs
$15 a ton.
In n review of the unemployment
situation In Oinalia, the industrial
bureau of the chamber of commerce,
reported that nenrly 4,000 men are out
of work In; the city, half them com
mon laborers.
Herman Wegnor, 03, wealthy Scrlb
ner farmer, lias been missing for sev
eral dnys. Fearing foul play, search
ing parties have been formed. He left
the house to fix a fence, nnd didn't re
turn.
The North Plntte high school foot
ball team lays claim to the champion
ship of Nebraska by defeating the
Lincoln high eleven nt North Platte
Thanksgiving Day by n score of 27 to
0-
In an endeavor to prevent, so far as
possible, depredations and losses by
fire, the Nelson city council nnd busi
ness men are providing night watch
men for the city. The city ulso will
be kept brilliantly lighted.
Harry Sick of Hooper shucked 123
bushels of corn by weight a day for
four successive weeks on the Georgo
Long farm. In addition to the shuck
ing he did his own hauling.
The Nebraska cement plant at Su
perior is running full capacity.
Twenty-five hundred barrels are being
turned daily. Much of the product Is
being stored for spring.
An organization has been perfected
In Dawson county to further tho beet
sugar Industry nnd to do everything
possible townrd establishing a sugar
factory In the county.
Work hns been' begun on the erec
tion of nn electric transmission line
from North Flutto to Sutherland, and,
according to plans, It will be finished
by January 1.
What Is believed to be a new corn
husking record In the vicinity of
Wakefield wns made when Harvey
Ilass husked 127 bushels In one duy.
The fanners of Box Butte county
will donate a full carload of potatoes
to the Salvation Army in udditlon to
Its quota of $100.
A fire that started In the Wroes
Variety store at Fremont caused a
$35,000 damage. Two firemen were
hurt whllo lighting the llnmes.
Donald Hubbard, 22, of Beatrice,
had his right arm almost severed In
u circular saw while at work on the
farm of. bis uncle.
Two large farms west of Gretna,
Sarpy county, sold at auction for $135
per acre.
Martin Bnusch of Leigh, the first
Nebraska boy to bo arrested on a
charge of being n "slacker" during the
world war. Is in the Fort Crook prison
how awaiting trial. Bauseh Is charged
with having failed to answer a draft
hoard call after registering In Holt
county.
Work has been started on a Method
ist church at Lynian, ono of tho new
est of Nebraska towns. It will be
of bungalow architecture with full
basement. W. O. Birmingham, former
Omaha pastor, will have churge of tho
now congregation nlong with his pres
ent post nt Henry.
Stato Superintendent John M. Matz
on of Lincoln, will dedicate tho new
$150,000 consolidated school at Mead,
one'of the lnrgest of such schools' In
Nebraska. The building has twenty
ono rooms, a gym and un auditorium.
Kleven teachers are employed.
Contracts for the foundation of tho
new cnpltol will bo lot noxt spring
nnd those for the superstructure will
bo let during th Minitiior so ."hut tho
ntiildtng projio'r will start a year from
utxt spring. Governor McKelvle, cUnlr
nun of the cnpltol coiiiiulsstun an
nounced. The foundathMi will be com
plotou next year
Seven prizes for essays on "How
Llmltntlon of Armaments would Help
Our .Schools" nnd seven prizes for
posters Illustrating Nebraska Lcaguo
of Women Voters, will bo awarded
by the Stato Leaguo of Women Voters
nccording to an announcement sent
to every school superintendent nnd
county superintendent in Nebraska by
Mrs. O. G. Ryan, president of tho
league. Tho congest will close De
cember 23, 1021, at which tlmu tho
best essay from each school where
stiidrtits compete must be lu tho hands
of the county superintendent.
United States Civil Servlco Com
mission announces an open competitive
examination for auditor. Income Tin:
Unite, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
Treasury Department, to be held De
cember 14 lu the following cities of
Nebraska : Allance, Beatrice, Broken
Bow, Chndron, Columbus, Fremont;
Grand Island, Hastings, Holdrege,
Lincoln, McCook, Nebraska City, Nor,
folk, North Pla.tte, Oniuha, O'NelL
Scottsblufl, Sidney, Superior Valentine.
Alleging unjust valuation us tho
basis for 1021 tax levies, the Chicago
and Northwestern and the Chicago, St.
Paul, Mlnneapols nnd Omahn railroads
started suit In federal court at Omaha
against tho state tax commissioner,
asking restraining orders to prevent
the collection of taxes based on such
alleged excess valuations.
Beatrice retail butchers have usked
tho city commissioners to pass an or-
dlnnnce levying n tax of $25 on partial
who peddle fresh or cured meats In
tho city. Tho proposition is strongly
opposed .by many nnd the commission
ers nre being deluged with protests.
Men employed on Gage county roads
will receive fifty cents an hour for tho
time they actually spend on the road
Instead of $120 per month us hereto
fore as a result of nctlon taken by tho
board of supervisors.
Members of the stato capitol com-,
mission will visit B. G. Goodhue, In
New York City, December 9 und 10, to
Inspect, final pencil sketches of tho
new $5,000,000 Nebraska capitol, Gov
ernor McKelvle, chairman, announced.
A stato railroad spur nearly a mile
long from tho Burlington tracks to tho
new capitol building at Lincoln is -being
advocated by George Johnson,
state engineer. Johnson says tho
track will save the state $150,000.
The N. M. M. O. highway association
which will pupervlso a road from
iS'orth Platte to Oberlln, Kns. travers.
lng Xincoln, Frontier, and Rcdwlllow
counties wns organized at a meeting
at Mnywood.
After being in a deep sleep for
more than six weeks and unconscious
since May 20, Joseph Hale Johnson,
3, son of W. R. Johnson of Long Pine,
died here. Physicians believe tho
child suffered lnllamntion of the brain.
So much land has gone Into the Mis
souri river the Inst few years In the
neighborhood of Stelln that consolida
tion of some of tho school districts has
become necessnry.
A baby girl has been born In tho
home of Rev. W. C. Porter, pastor ot
the United Presbyterian church at
Burchard, thus each of the three
preachers in the town now 'have just
six children, or a totnl of eighteen,
Henry Freudenberg of near Mad
ison has lost nearly 100 head of swine
from hog cholera and reports say
many other farmers are losing stock
from the same cause.
Due of the fact that the Lower
Platte Valley irrigation project Is com
ing nlong with such favorable results,
Lincoln county has been admitted to
tho preliminary survey.
The Methodist church building at
Shurbert, which has not been used for
several years, has beon purchased by
the vlllnge board for community
meetings.
Rumors nre current In Northwest
Nebraska that oil has been strudc
at the Big Chief Development com
pany's oil well, 23 miles northwest oC
Gordon.
The Nebraska University football
team won the Missouri Valley cham-'
plonshlp by winning from Ames, Iowa,
35 to 3, last Saturday.
United Stntes Marines nre now
guarding mall trains passing through
Nebraska. A force of 200 men. have
headquarters In Omaha.
Hot lunches at noon nre being
served In four of the niral schools of
Fillmore county and a fifth will begin.
In n few days.
Preparations aro being made at
Pawnee City to begin paving tho
streets of the city next spring.
Miss Mary Aden, of Lincoln has as
sumed the duties of county nurse for
the south Mndlson county chnptcr-
"The Cost of Living Probe," ordered
by Governor McKelvle, Is in session.
in Lincoln this week. Assistant At
torney General Charles Reed Is con
ducting the Investigation.
A public sale of poultry, tho first
on record, held under the auspices
of the Johnson County Live Stock und
Poultry Breeders' association at Tc
cumseh, wns well- attended. The poul
try was sold in the new sale pavilion,
three auctioneers presiding. All poul
try was scored before the sale and
score announced as the birds wero
offered. Over 300 chickens were sold,
and some ducks nnd geese.
County commissioners of Richardson
county accompanied by unr advisory
board Inspected court houses nt Fre
mont, Schuyler, Ord, St. Paul and
Play Center In order to obtain idea
that may be of help In building- the
new S230.000 court house at Fulls City.
D. Burr .Tones of Omaha, state direc
tor for Near Kast Relief, nnnouncert
that 780,000 pounds of corn grits havo
beon received from till parts ofj.ihe
state in the last three weeks. "This
grain has conic Into Omnhn eleitors
und is now on the wny to the people
In tho stricken. couutdeBv" said Mr.
i Jones
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