NEBRASKA NEWS
Many Youths Under Eighteen
Years of Age Enter Race.
CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE MET
Entire Work Must Be Done by Con
testant and Mutt Be Husked and
Weighed Before Witnesses Names
Must Be in by May 20.
Lincoln, June IS To the Nebraska .
boy under eighteen years of age grow- i
log the largest yield of corn rrom one i
ere of Nebraska land in 1911, $50;
the second, iS third, $20; fourth,
$15; fifth, $10, and to the sixth, sev-1
nth, eighth, ninth, tenth and elev- ,
nth, $5 each. These are the prizes
to be given in the boys' acre corn
growing contest uy the state board of
Agriculture.
The entire labor of preparing the
ground, planting, cultivating and har
vesting of this acre of corn is to be
riArfnrninH tiv tho r-nnf pt fl n t vhn en
ter by recording their names in the of- j
flee of W. R. Mel'.or, secretary, Lin
coln, not later than May 20.
The acre ia to be measured, husked
and weighed in the presence of two
disinterested freeholders, residents
of the county in which the acre of
corn is located. The committee is to
forward atP davits as to the weight and
requirement of specifications in this
contest to the secretary of the state
board of agriculture not later than
Dec. 1.
The contestant shall file with the
secretary a full and detailed account
Of hla method of performing the work,
fertilizers used, if any; whether bot
tom, hill or table land, and the char
acter or kind of soil on which the
crop was grown; with an accurate ac
count of the cost of production, rent
Of ground, cost of plowing, harrowing,
discing, planting, cultivation, husking
nd every feature of expense in labor,
eed, fertilizer, etc., based on the act
ual time that entered into the produc
tion of this acre of corn.
On request prize winners must for
ward a sample of ten ears of corn
grown to W. R. Mellor, secretary, Lin
coln. FIRES GUN IN CROWDED ROOM
Supervisor Foley D'charged Revolver
by Accident.
Broken Bow, Neb., June 19 Super
visor Edward Foley of Merna acci
dentally discharged the court house
watchman's revolver and the bullet
narrowly missed Supervisor Woodruff
and plowed through the side of the
building. Mr. Foley was in the.
offices of the temporary court house,
located In the Temple theater build
ing. The room was filled with a num
ber of employes of the county at the
time Mr. Foley knew It was loaded,
but the trigger action was light and
the first thing he knew the cartridge
exploded.
Broken Bow has been Infested with
hohoes for the last two weeks and
street beggars are also more numerous
than usual hlfty hoboes were In the
city In one day last week and were
ordered out of town. Burlington
trainmen have trouble In keeping
them off the freights In the local yards
and the more daring tramps are riding
the passenger cars, on top. beneath
and any place which affords a holding
place.
BURT COUNTY VALUES LOWER
Slight Drop in Figures Given State
Equalizing Board.
Lincoln, June 19. Burt county, the
first county In the state to file Its as
sessment roll with the state loard of
assessment, instead of showing an ex
pected Increase in values, shows a
marked decrease.
The equalization of values between
counties will come up before the state
hoard of equalization July 17. when
the reports of all the counties in the
state will have been received. The
Burt county report has been passed
upon by the hoard of equalization of
that county and is sent in by Frank
Hanson, the county assessor.
lASt year the total assessed valua
tion reported by Burt was $5,719,319.
This year the report shows $5,712,889,
a decrease of S6.240
Old Settler Gone.
Craig, Neb., June 19. P S. Olbbs,
the oldest man In Craig, died here
after a short Illness. He was eighty
two years old. He was one of the
California "49erB," and came here
through Montana and Idaho in 1869.
He whs the first homesteader in Bell
ereek valley, locating first between
this place and Tekamah. and had been
an important factor in the develop
ment of the country. He leaves an
aged wife and three sons.
Many Dogs Assessed.
Auburn, Neb, June 19. Assessor
Schellenberg assessed 360 dogs for
Washington precinct In the west end
of this county and yet feels sure that
all were not. listed. One man had ton
dogs. The dogs are listed at $5 each,
making their value $1,830.
Lincoln Man Gets Hospital Contract.
Lincoln, June 16. Ernest Rokahr
of Llnroln was awarded the contract
to erect the new hospital building at
the soldiers' and sailors' home at
Grand Island. The price is $12,313,
exclusive of plumbing and heating.
The appropriation for the work was
$17,000.
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L-lst of IPxices C3SL
BREAKFAST FOODS
1 large pkg. Sunflower Oats.. 15
1 pkg. Puffed Wheat lOO
1 pkg. Puffed Rice 15
1 pkg. Poatum 22?
COFFEE AND TEAS
Take a package of our Post Boy
Coffee home with you and be con
vinced that it Is the beat Coffee
on the market at 25? a pound
Try our Waldorf Tea at 25
package.
. DRIED FRUIT
Peaches 13? lb.
Prunes 18? lb.
Apples 19 lb.
Apricots 18? lb.
Raisins, Bleached Sultana. . 14? lb.
si f-w of ta.e
MISCELLANEOUS
K. C. Baking Powder, 5 lb. can
75
Drled Lima Beana 10 lb.
Navy Beana & lb.
Red Kidney Beans 8 lb-
Diamond "C" Soap, 6 bars for 25?
White Ruaalan Soap, 6 for 25
FRUIT IN ONE GALLON CANS
1 gal. Apples 35?
1 gal. Plume 35?
1 gal. Peaches 45
1 gal. Apricots 45?
1 gal. Blackberries GO?
1 gal. Red Raspberries 70?
SYRUPS
1 gal. Corn Syrup 40
Vz gal. Waldorf White Syrup 25
articles sold. "b3r -clo
STANDARD CANNED GOODS
Banner Brand Peaches 15
Maryland Chief Pears 14
Live Oak Aprlcota 16
Live Oak White Cherrlee. . .. 22
Brinkley White Wax Cherries 15
Logan Berries, In heavy Syrup 20
Early June Peas.. .. 10 and 13
Standard Corn 10
Twin Peak Tomatoea 12
Old Crimea Pumpkin 10
Crescent Hominy 10
Lazarre Sour Kraut 10
Thomaa Pork and Beana. . . . 10
And don't forget, we guarantee every article you buy
We also carry a full line of all kinds of
FRESH, SALTED AND SMOKED MEATS
AT LOWEST PRICES
W. H. JONES, President
S. R. COX, Vice President and Treasurer
C. H. VAN ALSTINE, Secretary
COXJONES
COMMISSION
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So.
Omaha
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J. D. MALLON
W. G. BOYD
