The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, July 11, 1913, Image 6
111 if fi THEJPJ-WEEKLYJRIBUNE ' lit A LfBAltK, Publlshor. TERMS' $1.00 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE . - NEBRASKA. I INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Includes What Is Going On at Wash Ington and In Other Sections of the Country. DOMESTIC. Tody-four women sire applicants for places as street cleaning Inspec tors in Philadelphia. Belgium became tho twentieth na tion to accept tho offer of Secretary Bryari's pence plan and to ask for tho details. Wage increases for employes of Atlantic coast are .likely to ho rec ommended wltfiln a short time by Secretary Daniels. when a runway leading to one of the bath houses collasped. Two woro drowned and five others woro uncon BCiOUH when tnken from tho water. William Waldorf Astor has Just ndded the London Mdrnlng Post to his Htrlng of newspapers, tho Observer und tho Pall Mall Gazette, paying (1,250,000 for the last venture. Tho South Dakota National Guard, COO 8trong, will go Into camp at Fort Meade, and go through maneuvers with tho Twelfth calvory at tho post for eight days. At the request of Mrs. 10. B. T. Wndsworth, who died at Beatrice, Neb., her body was cremated and sunk In Lake Michigan, a mllo from Milwaukee. Twonty-flvo persons wero Injured, four fatally, when two olcctrlo inter urban trains loaded with pleamiro Keekers met in a head-on collision In Ogden canyon. Pitcher Jtlco WIllIaniB wns sold by tho Great Falls- Union association team to tho St. LouIb Nationals for delivery September 11. i Tho announc ed price was $2,500, Express train No. 70, on tho New Haven road, carrying President Wil son to Cronlsh, N. II., struck and In etantly killed an unidentified man near Bridgeport, Conn. State Senator Smith of West Vir ginia waB convicted of bribory in con nection with accepting $2,200 to vote for Colonol William Seymour Edwards an a candidate for the United States senate. It is stated that tho David Lamnr, who has made such startling disclos ures to congrss at tho sonato lobby investigations, wns formerly a Ne braska man, known In Omaha ns Da vid Lewis. Clarence Crosby, 18, of Toledo, O., was Instantly, killed when ho. fell 500 feet from his balloon while mnklng nn ascension beforo 8,000 peoplo at tho Wood County Sunday School as sociation's picnic. H. L. llnss, a Now York lawyer, re ported to tho pollco that Jowols valued at between $25,000 and $35,000 had been stolen from his summer home at Long Beach, N. J., during tho abBcnco of tho family. Leo Barrott, son of William Barrett of Cambridge, VL, aged 15 years has perfected nn lnvontlon by which un onglno can tako on water without stopping. It has boon approved by the patent olllco at Washington. With tho celebatlon of high pontl fical mass, tho tenth annual conven tion of tho National Cathollcal Educa tional society wns opened nt Now Or leans. More than 200 promlnont Catholic educators attended tho ser vice. Tho 2-qent pasBcngor rnto aro now effective inj Missouri qn tho Chicago & Alton; too Burlington and tho Wa bash railroads, Tho Missouri Pacific and tho Rock Island havo also mado n 2-cent rnto botweon Kansas City and St. Louis. According to reports from Wal) street, tho Missouri Pacific systcm'B May operations nddod $352,000 to sur plus account, bringing total earnings In excess of fixed charges and other deductions for tho cloven months of tho current year up to $1,414,000. Tho democratic caucus of tho Bon nie finally approved tho tariff meas ure as revised by tho ilnanco commit too majority and a final mooting of tho caucus will bo hold when a reso lution to bind tho senators to Its sup port will bo prosontcd and adopted. Undo, Ben Wallaco, reputed to bo tho wealthiest circus man In tho -world, forever quit tho Bhow buBlnoss, when his controlling Intorcst la tho Hagenbeck-Wnllaco shows wns trans ferred to a nowly formed corporation known nB tho United StatoB Amuse ment company. An 800-mllo rldo ovor the civil war battlefield In Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania has boon completed nfter forty-five dnys spent In tho sad dle, by' n party of officers from tho nrmy college headed by Brlgndtor (General Crozler. ' Resolutions for a broad investiga tion of Martin M. Mulhall's sonsa tlonal charges that presont and for mer congressmen woro "Influenced" Ly n lobby of tho National Associa tion of Manufacturers havo been re ported to tho house by the ruleB com mittee under an agreement for speedy passage. EW BRIEFLY 00 Tho Senate democrats have ap proached a final agreomont on the Un derwood Simmons tariff bill. ClgarotB cannot be sold os tra'ns In Minnesota, according to an opinion given by the state's attorney gen eral's office. A machine for drying whey and con verting It Into pnwdor for food has been Invented by a New Yorker. In reply to a demand following a request from Postmaster General Bur leson, Arthur O. Klsk again refused to resign as postmaster of San Frun Cisco. A Pennsylvania statistician calcu lates that In tho laBt year 120,000,000 tons of water wero pumped out of thd mines of ono company In tho anthra cite region. According to tho alienists, , who are mooting In Chicago, the people of that city work too hard, dance too hard, think too hard, play too hard and dis sipate too hard. Nearly 0,000 persons wero maroon ed on Rockaway beach all night by flro which destroyed part of tho trestlo connecting thnt particular re sort with Long Island, CharloB R. Rolckhoff of Helmet, Cal., has touched neither water or any other liquid thnn the Julco of fruits for four years. Rolckhoff, Is the son of a millionaire Hying nt Orange City. Arthur I. Moss, a twenty-two-year old probationary clerk In tho main postofflco at St. Louis confessed to havo rifled tho mails which passed through his hands during the last six weeks, Statisticians hnve Just completed counting tho nickels thnt havo been spent tho last year to see tho "movies" shows. Tho grand total, said to bo tho first official count over mndo, Is $:U9,000,000. Tho total amount of, money In tho United States at tho beginning of tho now fiscal year, amounted to $3,718, 370,000, an Increase of $12,150,000 over n month ago, according to u state ment from tho trensury. Tho special pardcl post stamp will not bo issued after tho present stock In tho hands of the various offices is used up and tho ordinary postago stamps will bo good for tho use on parcel post packages after July 1. Twonty-flvo boys woro dropped Into tho Merlmac river at. Lawrence, Mass tho world's lightweight championship by defeating Joo Rivers In tho olov onth round of their match at San Francisco July 4th. Tho battle was spirited from first to laBt and Rltchlo won solely on his superior ability to glvo and take punishment. Tho special arbitration treaties of tho United Stntes with Japan, Swo don and Portugal, which would havo oxplrcd by limitation within the next month, wero extended by protocols signed by Secrotnry Bryan, tho Jap anese ambassador and tho Swedish and Portugal ministers. Returns to tho war department thUB far shows that 1G5 students, rep resenting forty-eight Bchools and col leges, havo qualified to attend the mllltnry camp of Instruction which opons on Gettysburg battlefield July 7, at tho closo of tho votorans' reun ion and continues until August 15. Tho Ico situation at Cincinnati Is very acute. Tho city confiscated the ico companies' plants and oporatod them desplto tho striking drivers, al' efforts at arbitration between Ico plant owners and drivers having fail ed. In retaliation tho owners of tht plants Bought to enjoin tho cltyifrom continuous oporatlon, but tho court allowed matters to stand, tho city giv. Ing bond to handle tho plnntB In a business like manner. In tho mean time tho people aro suffering. Foreign. Australa has 10,904 miles of rail road. Tho anciont city of Smyrna la to havo an electric railway. Prince Ernest, hiiBbnnd of Emperor WJllIam of Germany's daughter, has an Income of $1,000,000 a year, A hansom typo of vohlclo, which was onoo seen In numbers In London, now occupies a placo In a Loudon museum. Tho French aviator, Maurice L. Foulqulcr, whllo testing a monoplane for tho first time, foil from a height of 250 feet and was killed. Tho Sorvlan government has ad dressed a noto to Bulgaria, formally breaking off diplomatic relations and rocalllng the minister at Solln By tho spring of 1915 Germany will havo widened Its Kiel cannl 45 feot ami will havo constructed two double lockB lnrger than thoBo of tho Pana ma canal. Chlhuuhua Is in a desperate sit uation, surrounded by 2,500 robols Tho fedornls dally Indulge In cannon flro, throwing shells Into tho sur rounding hills. Evldonco that Borious lighting: Is occurring In Macedonia Is found In tho arrival of largo numbors of wounded and prlsonorn at tho various Balkan capitals. Zuo Sun Bleu, recently ""appointed assistant secrotnry of state of tho now ChlnoBo republic, Is thoroughly Amorlcanlzod. llo graduated laBt" Juno from Brown university. Tho wlfo of Promlor Zahlo of Don mark Is tho olllclal Btonogrnphor of tho Danish Parliament at $825 n year, Gonoral Antonio Rnbngn tins re signed ns military governor of Chi huahua Btato. Ho will go to Mexico City. London and several other lurgo clt. los of Engjnnd havo been suffering of lato from nn cpldomla of Jowolry and othor robborles, A dispatch from Athens announces that the Greeks occupy Nlgrltu, to tho northeast of Salonlkl, which they found burning, tho Inhabitants hav ing been massacred by tho Bulgarians, CAPITAL STIRRED BY LAMAR STORY Now York Broker Admits Having Posed as Various Con gressmen. INQUIRY PLANNED BY HOUSE Lamar Telia Amazing Story of His Activities In Lobby Work $82, 000,000 Fraud in Union Pa cific Is Charged. Washington, July 5. Extraordinary developments occurred In tho lobby situation in the house of representa tives and before tho senate lobby committee. They wero: A brazen confession by ono David Lamar, who admitted this name to be an alias, and who described himself as a Now York operator In Btocks, that ho had Impersonated members of congress In behalf of the employ ment of Edward Lauterbach, a Now York lawyer, to prevent national legislation hostile to big financial In terests. A detailed charge by Lamar that the Union Pacific company's books had been forged In 1901 on an Item covering $82,000,000, ono of tho re sults of which, he alleged, was that Kuhn, Loob & Co. and tho lato E. H. Harrlman amassed enormous fortunes. Denials by Congressmen Sherley of Kentucky, Calder of New York, Webb of North Carolina, and Bnrtholdt of Missouri on tho floor of tho house of representatives that they had had any connection whatsoever with or that they had been controlled or Influenced In tho slightest degree by tho National Assocfutlon of Manufacturers or Us agents. Demands by these congressmen and others for an Immediate investigation of tho Mulhall revelations by a spe cial commltteo to bo' created by tho house. Reference of those several resolu tions to tho committee on rules, with Instructions to roport a comprchen Blvo resolution on Saturday next call ing for a thorough investigation of all lobbying operations directed on members of tho houso. Wltneas Enjoys Own Tale. Lamar, or whatever his real namo may bo (and tho committee proposes to force him 'to reveal it beforo ho is finally excused), deserves study by psychological experts. Ab If ho wero telling a Joko the whole country would relish ho smilingly related his tele phone conversations with president of and counsel for tho Union Pacific Railroad company, tho Standard Oil company, tho Unitod Cigars company, and others, all deslgnod to bring about tho employment of Lauterbach aB their legislative agent At ono tlmo ho said ho was Con gressman Palmer, at another Con gressman RIordat. Again ho was Chairman McCombs of tho national Democratic commlttoo endeavoring to mako an arrangoment with Chairman Hllles of tno Republican party to Denent through pressure on senators and congressmen tho Interests with which Hllles now is associated. Ho impersonated so many congress men that ho could not romembor them all. Claims He Aided Public. His solo motive, ho claimed, was to impress tho big financiers with tho ability of his friend Lauterbach. Nor was Mr. Lauterbach tho sole benefi ciary of his philanthropic conduct. Tho American peoplo, ho declared, wero heavily In his debt, for he had saved them tho tidy ilttlo sum of $30, 000,000 in conneotion with tho reorgan ization of tho Union Pacific in 1897. For this patriotic net ho said that ho and tho late Russell Sago, with whom ho co-operated, wero denounced as n "pair of conscienceless blackmail ers." But this was not nil of Mr. Lamar's aiBinterested service for others. Ho told how Jnraos R. Keono and his son-in-law and somo friends acquired $42, 000,000 of tho stock of the Union Pa cific, how. ho took measures to savo them. Ho told how "tho golden moment" for which ho was worklnc arrivod nmi how Mr. Koeno failed to, grasp it when ho told him to do so, with tho result that Keeno lost tho greater part of his fortune, and tho firm of which Keeno'a Bon-in-lnw wns tho head was forced to suspond. Tells of" "War" on Lauterbach. And then, touchlngly, ho described how J. Plorpont Morgan, Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. and E. II. Harrlman, forced Into consolidation of their Interests by Uio pnnlc of 1907, determined to starve Mr. Lauterbach out In tho practice of his profession and bring about his os traclsm from tho business and profes sional world. Tho price of tho withdrawal of their opposition was thnt Lauterbach should have nothing further to do with tho witness, Lamar. Magnanimously 1. mar offered to reloaso Lauterbach, but tho latter magnanimously refused. "Rut. Mr. Chairman," continued La mar, In tho most convincing tone, "it was most distressing to mo to seo tho mental condition of my friend, to aeo tho low ostato Into which ho was foiling In the prnctlco of his profes sion, and the curtailment of his In come. I would havo dona anything In my powqr to chango that any to ame llorato thosu conditions. "I realize perfectly that I could not talk with these men directly. Tholr hatred and ilisllko of mo wns so bit ter that they would- not oven confer I with mo on any subject And It Is perfectly true, therefore, that for the purpose of endeavoring to restore tho condition of former friend ship nnd harmony that had existed be tween Mr. Lauterbach and tho firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and Mr. Schlff, I did, using tho names of other per sons ,havo a number of conversations over the telephono with men con nected with the Union Pacific com pany." Teatlmony Given by Lamar. Lamar, when he first took tho stnnd this morning, admitted he was tho man montloned In the testimony of Robert S. Lovett as having called Wall street financiers on tho telephono and impersonated congressmen. Ho then gave a history of hlB al leged dealings with financiers and rail road magnates. In 18,97, ho Bald, the late RusboII Sago authorized him to proceed, to compel tho Union Pacific to pay tho government $58,000,000 in bonds owing It. Lamar, with Senntor Foraker, came to Washington and con ferred with President McKinloy. "Wo wero charged with being a pnlr of conscienceless blackmailers," La mar said, "but that had no effect on us." When Sago retired from business In 1901, on Sago's recommendation, Lamar said, ho became associated with James R. Keono. Lamar said he warned Keene, whon tho latter was buying Union Pacific stock, that tho railroad would ruin him to get re venge for Lamar's previous activity. He detailed how, when Keene and his associates had $43,000,000 In Union Pa clflc, ho took stops to enjoin tho voting of certain stock so thnt E. H. Harrl man would be compelled to buy Keeno'a Btock at a high figure. With Keeno's approval he retained Lauterbach's law firm and paid $25,000. Lauterbach and Iaraar camo to Washington, paid Foraker a feo, and engaged him. When the injunction was finally de cided against Keeno Union Paciflo went down and Keene and his friends lost most of their fortunes. Tells of Phone Talks. "As the result of tho panic of 1907,". said Lamar, "Harrlman, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., tho National City bank, and Morgan & Co. becamo bound together as with an iron band." "For the purpose of doing my friend, Lauterbach, a service," ho said, "and to restore him to his former friendly relation with Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Jacob Schlff and the Union Pacific officials, and others, did have conversations with Union Pacific officials, and in thoso conversations I did use the names of other persons. But there was no suggestion of a feo to Mr. Lautor bach. On tho strength of these tele phono messages Mr. Lovett camo hera and charged that Edward Lauterbach had tried to blackmail him." Tho Lauterbach incident, added, "paled into insignificance," compared with an $82,000,000 forgery which ho alleged w.ib committed on the Union Pacific books in 1901. - "I don't know who did It." said La mar, "the chairman of the board or the office boy, but I do know this $82,. 000,000 was the fulcrum which enabled Harrlman and Kuhn, Loob & Co. to gain control of these corporations." Tells Story of "Forgery." Ho described a double entry of $82, OOO.'OOO representing securities the Union Pacific assumed In tnklng over tho Oregon Short Lino nnd the Ore gon Railway and Navigation company. Tho Items, ho said, were carried in tho "consolidated balance, sheet" of tho Union Pacific Juno 30, 1900, but between that tlmo and Juno 30, 1901. ho alleged, some one had erased tho $82,000,000 Item from one side of the ledger, leaving It as a credit balance on tho other side. VThoy took all the securities of tho ; Oregon Short Lino and the Oregon Railway aud Navigation," ho said, "and used them as Bccurlty for an Is sue of bonds. They got that money and used it to finance the deal for the Northern Pacific and Grent Northern transactions and the flotntlon of Great Northern Oro properties, which they sold out at an onormoiiB profit." Later, Lamar alleged, tho principals In tho transaction went to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and secretly got nearly $200, 000,000, which ho believed was for their own use. Denial Made by Cravath. Immediately after Lamar had fin lshed this phase of the story. Paul D. j Cravath of counsel for tho Union Pa i ciflc railroad put In this reply: , "In vlow of tho statomont regard ing tho account of tho Union Pacific I Railroad company which David Lamar . has gono out of his way to mako be foro this committee, und, inasmuch as persons not familiar with David La. mar's character, who may read this statement In tho newspapors, may be j misled thereby. I doom It my duty tc I make the following statement for the records of tho committee; "For sevoral days persons con nected with tho Union Paciflo Rail road company havo been In. formed that an effort was being mado to circulate and securo publication of j a ptopared story about an alleged ' falsification of tho accounts of the j Union Pacific company Involving 1 $7,0.000,000 or $SO,000,000 of Its sur I Plus. , "Wo woro Informed, in substnnco, I that this, story was bo palpably falsa j aud scandalous and so plainly offered i for am improper purposo, that tho I newspapers would not publish It. In- formation thon came that tho otorv would soon bo mado public In such a way that the newspapors would have to publish It. "It now appears that the medium for tho publication of this story was to bo this man David Lamar, who has confessed himself to be tho most un conscionable of liars of modern times." ARE READY FOR FRAY REPUBLICANS PREPARE -ATTACK UPON TARIFF BILL. E SUBSTITUTE SCHEDULES Senators Smoot and La Follette Will Lead Opponents to Bill as Framed by Caucus. "Washington. Republican members of tho senato havo been quietly pre paring some facts for the attack that Is to be mado on the Underwood tariff bill when It gets back into the senate lato this week. While a program of tariff policy has not been laid out by the republicans, leading representa tives of tho party In tho senato havo prepared amendments, BubsUtutc schedules and protection arguments directed at many of tho Important sections of tho democratic bill. Senator Simmons, chairman of tho flnanco committee, who will bring the bill In from tho commlttqo with the seal of democratic caucus approval upon It, estimates, that five weeks will be enough to wind up general debato and discussion of tho meas ui;o and to securo a voto on its final passage. Tho democrats aro not yet In com plete harmony over tho measure, be cause of tho lnslsteuco of somo west ern and southern senators that tho free sugar and free wool plans of tho administration bo modified. An at tempt Is to be made to put a binding rule through tho caucus, pledging ev ery democrat to voto down amend ments In the senato and to support tho bill In Its entirety. Pronouncecd opposition to this plan oxists within tho party ranks. Two Sot3 of Amendments. Two views of tho republican atti tude nre shown In the work that has been done by Senator Smoot of Utah and Senator LaFollotte of Wisconsin in preparation for tho approaching fight In tho senate. Senator Smoot has prepared amendments to Bcores of tho democratic items and will offer a complete substitute for tho demo cratic wool tariff plan. His proposal will bo for a substantial reduction In raw wool and on manufactured goods, but on such a basis that a reasonable protection will bo retained. Senator La Folletto has been work ing for weeks with the aid of experts, preparing substitute schedule's .for many sections of tho Underwood Simmons bill. He alsp has again at tacked the woolen and cofton sched ules and Is prepared to make a long and stubborn fight In tho effort to rally republicans, progressives and somo democrats to tho support of a woolen tariff that will be much be low the presont rates, but will pre serve protection. It is expected, however, that the. La Follette pro posal will suggest much lower ratee than those to be mado by Senator Smoot. ) Old People's Home Free of Debt. Boone, la. Tho National Swedish Old People's homo, a new structure lust dedicated hero, now Is freo from debt. Tho home was made possible by tho Commercial association donating $5,000 and by tho work of the Rev. J. Iledstrom of this city, who solicited and worked as far west as California. Ho has returned as far west as Cali fornia. Ho has returned from the na tional conference in Mlneapolis, and thero the last of the Indebtedness was raised. Ice Men Return to Vork. Cincinnati, O. Following a series of conferences between representa tives of the unions affected, and Ice manufacturers, striking Ico employes decided to return to work, thus end ing an Ice strlko, which has been In oxistence three weeks. The drlvors and helpers aro to be granted an In crease In pay and recognition of their union will be a subject of discussion. The engineer's and firemen's union will bo recognized. The Last Train Departs. Gettysburg. Pa. Tho serving of tho last breakfast and tho departure of tho last train of veterans marked the actual Nosing of tho big camp which held between 50,000 and 55,000 civil lar soldiers from every section of the United States, hero for tho celebration of tho fiftieth anniversary of tho bat tie. The students' military camp will open on tho site of tho big cahip with about forty colleges represented. The young men will be given a six weeks' training in military tactics. Dundee Gets Decision. Albuquorque. N. M. Johnny Dun deo of Now York got tho decision over Tommy Dixon of Kansas City, at tho end of a ten-round fight hero Threo knockdowns wero scored. Militants Are Rearrested. London. Tho police rearrested threo of tho officials of the women's social and political union, tho mill tnnt suffraget organization, who wore released on licences on June 21, ow ing to ill health, tho result of their general hunger strike In Jail. Arson Squad Still Bucy. Birmingham, England. Damages amounting to $2,000 was done by a tiro in the largo factory at Sutton Coldfleld, which Is believed to have been the work of suffragettes. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. The Omaha truant officer says mothers Ehould bo trained, and sug gests a special school. Tho Miller Ssn, J. M. Amsberry edjtor, was enlarged to twice Its former bIzo beginning with tho Issue of July 4. Tho insurance department of the state has HcenEcd tho Bankers' Llfo of Monmouth, 111., to do business In the state. Miss Chattlo Colomnn proprietor of tho Stromsburg Headlight, has gono to Portland, Ore., for a two-month's vacation trip. Judge Charles B. Letton of the su preme court left last week with Mrs. Letton for a two months' tour of Eng land and Scotland. Editor Baxter of the Halgler News will movo his plant Into a now brick building in which be has leased quart ers aB soon as It is completed. Tho cornerstone of tho new Graco Lutheran church at West Point has been laid. Tho building Is of brick and stone and will cost $15,000. John H. Grlssom has been appolnt ted postmaster at Powell to fill tho vacancy of E. L. Jenkins, who has served in that capacity for many years. Flint Holmes, formerly with tho Farnam Echo, assumed control of tho Holbrook Observer July 1, having leased the plant from Deputy Oil In spector Ayers. ' Of all cities In tho United States.' Lincoln had the highest percentage of gain made in building operations during the month of April, according to recently complied statistics. Tho four fProlcstant churches of Fairbury. the Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian and Baptist, have arrang ed to hold union meetings at tho city park auditorium in July and August. The assessment books of Stanton county havo been closed for tho year 1913 and the abstract of assessment completed. Tho total gain over last year's assessment amounts to $19,275. Cupid w.ib a busy little chap dur ing June Just ended in Douglas coun ty, there being 323 marriage licenses Issued, the largest number ever known for a single month at the court house. At the home of Dr. Nichols In Mor rill, HaTold B. Woodman of Minatare and Miss Mary B. Spencer of this place were married. Both were well known nnd popular in Morrill and vicinity. Tho first new wheat in Gage county was marketed at Beatrice by D. M. Buck and G. T. Reynolds. The grain tested sixty-three pounds to the bush el and averaged thirty-four bushels to the acre. Tho C-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wright of Fairbury swallow ed a Fourth of July badge recently and was on the verge of strangling when the timely arrival of physicians saved her life. The plant of the Dorchester Star, which is owned by J. F.' Longane.iker, was damaged by fire to tho extent of $3,000 last week. The blaze started from a -leak In a gasoline tank in tho press room. The raising of the second fund of $100,000 for the permanent endow ment of Hastings college was cele brated with a banquet given by the advisory board at tho Presbyterian church of Hastings. According to tho returns of tho asseEors of Otoe county there are 75, 380 acres of wheat growing in that county at the present time or is be ing harvested. It is the largest acre age of wheat ever grown in this coun. ty- Work is being actively pushed by the state board of agriculture In an effort to complete Agricultural and Horticultural hall before the date set for the fair. Electric lights are being provided so that the contractors may use night and day shifts. , Joseph A. Blum, an erstwhile In vestor In stock of tho old Nebraska Iowa Creamery company, demands through tho courts that JRobert A. Stewart, now manager of tho David Colo Creamery company, glvo an ac counting" of the financial affairs of tho old concern. Jame3 W. Shearer, a veteran of tho civil war and for mnny years cashier of the West Point National bank, has i;one to Gettysburg to attend the fif tieth anniversary of that battle. Ho is the only survivor from West Point who will attend and is accompanied by John Heine of Hooper. Secretary Marshall of the state hor ticultural society has estimated that tho apple yield from sprayed or chards in Nebraska at 1,500 cars. In eastern Nebraska the crop will be about 125 per cent as compared with the normal, while in the northeast and southeast sections he fixes tho estimate at 100 per cent. The total assesed valuation of nil the property In the state, figured for taxation purposes, was $4G5190,451 according to figures Just complied on tho 1912 returns from all Nebraska counties." Tho taxes resulting from that vnluntlon amounted to $7,G53,'J57 and the average rate for all counties of the state amounted to 37.95 mills. At the annual bchool board elec tion at Schubert, Frank Mullen and Dr. W. E. Shook were elected ns mem bers. A report wns rend showing $2,. 400 on hand. Miss Mira Davison or Stella has been elected to teach muthomatlcs and science In the high school. Gross receipts at the Omaha post office for the month of Juno wore $104,407.10, nn increaso of $14,257.00 or 1G per cent as compared with the same month a year ngo. The business of tho office in Juno, 1912. showed an increaso of 1 per cent over tho came month In 1911. M' , f',