I THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 1 : If t i K. n A OF PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY 8UBJECTC. ARE SHORT BUT INTERESTING Brief Mention of What Is Transpiring In Various Sections of Our Own and Foreign Countries. WASHINGTON. Tho liouso passed the Hetch Hotchy rcEovoIr bill, granting San Francisco uso of tho Hatch Hotchy liOBln. Tho foreign relations committee re ported nomination of Henry Morgan- thau as ambassador to Turlcoy. Tho house has passed tho senato bill to raise the American legation In Spain to tho runk of an umbassador, to recelvo $17,500. Presldont Wllflon has sent to tho fenato tho nomination of Kirk E. Bax ter to be receiver of public moneyo at Ucllo Fourchc, S. D. Senator Cummins haB Introduced an amendment to place 10 por cent on stocks, bonds, cotton and agricul tural products ouIcb. The presldont has submitted tho nominations of Joseph E. Wlllard as ambassador to Spain and" John Ewlng as minister to Honduras, Representative Lindbergh 1ms pro posed an amendment to the currency LIU to permit federal roservo bunks to oporato on DO por cent of tholr re quired $5,000,000 capital paid. Secretary Bryan Uob nolectod Dr. Edwin M. Borchard, law librarian of congress, as ono of tho assistant so licitors of tho State, department, suc ceeding Edwin II. Hart, resigned. Roprosontativo Johnson of Washing ton has Introduced a resolution re questing tho president to uegotlato "with British and Canadian govern ments for railway connections be tween tho United States and Alaska. Representative Levy has Introduced a bill to requlro railroads to Install Uitomtitlc train stops and a rcsolu Mon to direct tho r.ttornoy general to juspond furthor proceedings In disso lution suit against tho United States Steel corporation. A resolution to direct tho sonato banking commltteo to withhold final action on tho administration currency bill until tho Decombor session of congress was Introduced by Sonator Weeks of Massachusetts (republican.) President Wilson ahd 3ocrotary Bryan lutvo adopted tho uttltudo that tho elimination of Vlctorlano Huorta' from tho presidential race In Moxlco Is assured and that tho llrst Btop to ward Uio establishment ot poaco In Mexico haB been accomplished Clillo may docllno to pnrtUlprito In the Panama-Paclllc exposition, accord ing to a report to tho stato dopart inont from Henry P. Fletcher, Ameri can minister in Santiago, who writeB the Chlloan congress has adjourned without appropriating tho $500,000 asked for by authorities for tbo exhi bition. Representative Klnkead of Now Jersey, by way of proving his asser tion thnt American boot Is sold cheap or in Europe than In thljs country, road a lettor to tho houso from Rov. J. J. Lnwronco of Blnghnmtun, N. Y faying in England recently no bought American and Argentina boof nt prices almost 50 por cont lowor than tho prevailing Amorlcau pricos. DOMESTIC. Tho city of Lob Angoios has Illu minated slgiiB indicating the nainos of Btrcots, which nro tnrned on and off by clockwork mechanism. Trederlck Moollor, a shoomakor, confessed to tho St. Louis pollco that ho was ono or tho two bandits who killed Stephen LukoB, a saloon keeper. Parloy Drow Caiuinottl, eon tho com missioner general of immigration was found of guilty on ono count of tho Indictment charging him with viola tion of. tho Maun whlto slave traillc act, M. R. Bovlugton, chief naturallza tion olllcor at St. Louis, rulod that candidates for Amorlca cltlzonshlp, who left tho United States to light In tho Balkan war, must wait flvo full years after tholr return boforo they can be naturalized. Tho National Association of Lettor Carriers chose Omaha us tho slto of tholr noxt convention In 1015. Tho vote stood.: Omaha, 918, Dallas, Tex., 484; Dayton, O., 178. When tho ro eult was announced tho workers for Dallas extended tholr congratulations to Omaha. Qoorgo S. Loftus president of tho Progressiva Republican loaguo, slnco its formation sovorul yours ago, has tendered Ills resignation nt a meeting of the 'executive commltteo of tho league EPITOME EVENTS Pittsburgh's new city hall will bo a skyscrapper of sixteen stories. ' San Francisco pollco force of 944 men costs $1,505,020 a year to main tain. Denver Is to opon a chain of muni cipal neighborhood produce markets. A woman's pollco bureau with a woman in oharga, will be started Jan uuary 1 in Oukland, Cal. It is estimated that the Impeach ment of Governor Sulzer will cost tho Now York state treasury $20,000. 000. A reclpt was filed In tho St. Louis court recently acknowledging tho pay ment by William .1. Lomp, n brewer, of' $100,000 alimony to Mrs. Lillian Handlln Lomp. First Lieutenant Moss u Loye, sig nal corps, U. S. A., was InBtantly killed when his ncroplane plunged 3U0 feet to tho ground ut tho army avia tion school near here. At its closing session the National Association of Letter Carriers voted to submit to a referendum voto tho question of alllllatlon with tho Ameri can Federation of Labor. Dressed in men's clothes a young womnn who said at first sho was Gort rudo Rocho and later declared her name to bo Gertrude Hall of Omaha was urrcstod whllo wandering about tho Wabasch railroad yards near Rose dale station, St. Louis. Homo influenco and not legislation Is needed to curb tho "tnngo" and tho "turkoy trot" and silt skirt wearing, in tho opinion of Vlco President Marshall. Mr. Marshall was tho principal speaker at tho camp meet ing of tho Methodist Episcopal church at Groat Falls, Va. Tho hoarlng on whether tho tem porary Injunction restraining tho Rock Inland railroad from refusing shipments of liquor Into Iowa should bo mado pormanont, was postponed Indefinitely by Judge Wlllard In United States district court at SL Paul. Tho estimated population of Chi cago 1b 2,388,500, an Increase of 62, 1000 slnco Soptombor , 1912, accord ing to tho city directory for 1913. Tho names Johnson leads numerically in tho now book, appearing 7,318 times, with tho Smiths in second placo with 5,044. Tho oxlstenco of a Moxlcan opium ring formed in Lowor California to d,lstrlbuto tho drug throughout Cali fornia was rovcaled through the ar rest of Ralph Morris, of Oakland, Cal. A sultcaBO containing 100 five tael canB of opium, valued at $4,000, was takon from Morris, Attorney General McReynold'a first and most Important attack on tho "hard coal trust" was begun at Phil adelphia with tho filing of a civil Bult for tho dissolution of tho Read ing company's control of coal mining and coal-carrying railroads, tho po tential combination in tho anthracite Holds. Firo, which Btartod In a negro cab In at tho foot of West Mountain, tho southorn oxtromlty of Hot Springs, re duced to a smouldering mass of wreck ago un area more than a .lnllo in longth and from seven to ten blocks wldo In tho eaBtorn section of tho city. Tho monotary lpss is roughly esti mated nt $10,000,000. FOREIGN. An attompt was mado to asBaBsinntc Morltaro Abo, director of tho political bureau ot tho Japaneso foreign office. IIo wna stabbed In tho abdomen and Is Bufforlng from a sevoro wound. A groat bondod wnrehouso belong ing to tho Manchester Ship Canal company, situated on tho banks of the River Lrwoll, was destroyed by flro. Tho damago is entlmated at $1,250,000. Tho now Lootschborg railway lino in Switzerland, opened for traffic on Juno 28, is of International interest bocauso it glveB to tho Slmplon lino a dlroct outlet to central and north orn Europe. Lottors from correspondents In twenty-six foreign counties havo been rocolvcd by school children In one Now York school district through a letter oxchango maintained by tho Bchool authorities. Manuel, former king of Portugal, waB married to Princess AuguBtlno Victoria, daughter of Princo William of Hohonzollorn. Cardlnnl Notto, former nrchblBhop patriarch of Lis bon conducted tho religious ceremony. Count August 7. Eulonburg, grand marshal of tho Prussian court, presid ed over tho civil function. Flvo mon woro arrested In London on suspicion ot being concerned in tho robbery ot a pearl neeklaco stolen during transit by post from Paris to a London dealer on July 1G. It was valued at $65,000. Ton brothers, named Harris, play od in a recent cricket match hold in Ixmdon and won tho match. Among tho brothers woro two bnkcrs, two clerks, two grocers, a builder, a plumber, a carpenter and a gas collector. JAPANESEAREANGRY POPULACE DEMANDS SATISFAC TION FROM CHINA. DIPLOMACY CALLED A FAILURE Tho Younger Element of the Country Arouoed to Frenzy by Recent Evcntc. Toklo. Tho assassination of Marti aro Abe, director of tho political bu reau of tho Japaneso foreign office, has Inflamed tho masses, and another dramatic chapter In the history of tho now Jnpan has been written. Fifteen thousand persons gathored in mass mooting In Hlbiya park call ing for military action against China, A majority of these marched to tho foreign office and clamored for admis sion. Thoy demanded tho despatch of troopB to China to take such meas ures OB woro necessary to obtain sat isfaction for tho Idling of Japaneso at Nanking, or falling this, tho resigna tion of the minister of foreign affairs, Uaron Nobuaki Maklno. Emptiness of Diplomacy. Tho speakers denounced tho empti ness of Japaneso diplomacy In connec tion with C.a'ifornia and China, and Insisted that tho insult to tho Japan eso flag at Nanking should bo wiped out. Tho manlfestatlo clearly was an explosion of popular resentment against tho ministry In its treatment 3f tho California and Chlneso ques tions. Profiting by tho lesson of th,o rlota which followed tho conclusion of peace botween Russia and Japan, tho government reduced tho risk of vlolenco by refusing to allow a slnglo foldler or policeman at tho scone. rho manlfostants, many of whom wero students, wero orderly tho early part of tho proceedings. A score of agitators, Including a girl, decried lapaneso diplomacy and declared that It never had contributed to tho up building of tho omplro and always had ended in failure. Huerta's Action Still Uncertain. Washington. Whllo no announce ments have been mado by any ot tho government's departments of any change in tho diplomatic Bide of the Morlcan controversy two phases ot tho situation" nttractod much attention In offlclal circles. Ono was tho published disclaimer by Nelson O'Shaughnossy, Amorican crargo d'affaires at Moxlco City, that any positlvo assurances bad been given him of tho intention of Vic toriano Iluerta not to bo a candidate In tho approaching olectlons. Tho othor was tho Tecelpt of private tele grams from sources close to tho ad ministration in Moxlco City that Gen oral Goronlmo Trevlno would bo mado minister of war soon to suc ceed Gonoral Blanquot. It had been supposed hero that Trevlno was or dered back to Mexico City by Huerta to bo given tho rolns of 'tho govern" mont as provisional president while Huorta entered tho presidential cam paign. Girl Found Under Woodpile. Ersklno, Minn. Beulah Ganzhorn, tho 3-year-old daughter ,of William Ganzhorn, who had boon lost for four days, was found under a pllo of brush In tho woods far from her father's homo, eight miles west of this place. Sho had subsisted on grass since her disappearance. Largo posses havo boon searching for tho child, tho be lief being general that sho had boen :arrled away by a leopard Bald to havo cscapod from a circus somo tlmo ugo. W. F. Havemeyer Dies. Now York. William F. Havemeyer, sno of tho organlzors of tho Amorican Sugar Refining company that absorb ed tho business ot tho Havomeyor Brothers' Refineries, founded by his fathor, who onco was mayor of Now York, died suddenly at tho homo of his son-in-law, William R. Wilcox, for mor chairman of tho Now York Publio Utilities commission. Ho was G3 yoarB old. Heart dlseaso was tho cause. Dry Excavation Is Completed. Panama. Tho dry oxcavatlou of tho canal has boon completed, tho Btomnshovcl working In tho Cuobra cut having "removed tho last rock. Tho further excavation of the canal will bo completed by drodglng. Refugees are Getting Out Vera Cruz. Tho steamer Moxlcana, with 2,000 Amorican refugees, sailed for Gulvoston. Tho Btoamor Herrmla with a llko number, has left for Now Orleans. College Is Set on Fire. London. Dulwlch collego a famous Bchool In a southern suburb of Lon don, whoso present buildings wero erected in 1870 at a cost of $500,000 was sot on flro in two places. Suffra get Utorattiro was found pinned to treoa in tho vicinity. Northerners Sack Nanking. Poking. Dispatches rocolvod horo from Nanking roport tho northorn armies completely sacked that city. Tho looting aud othor oxctssos lasted thieo days. NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE John Shanan of Knrnoy, formerly deputy stato auditor, has been ap pointed clerk of the stato board of charities and corrections. Mombcrs of tho Girls' Industrial School band entertained state houso officials and employes Tuesday with n musical entertainment of an hour's duration. Tho first remittance received by tho stato treasurer from a county In many a long day has JiiBt arrived from County Treasurer Ure of Douglas. Tho present amounted to $12,000, enough to make tho ofllclals eyes sparkle with delight as they saw the size of tho re mittance Captain Craig of tho Wymoro No braska national guard company hag been selected by Colonel Paul of tho Fifth regiment as the commander which mado tho best showing In his regiment during tho late maneuvers and encampment. In consequence Captain Craig has been detailed to duty hero during stato fair week as officer of tho day in tho police activi ties which national guardsmen will perform at tho state fair grounds. A Wolbach cream buyer has solved the problem of dissipating the "old shooy, flnhy odor," which ho says some cream possesses when It comes to his station. In a letter to tho food commission he says that he has pro cured "a meat augur" with which ho stirs tho cream until tho odor disap pears. Tho plan has not been offi cially approved by Commissioner Har man, but as long as it is effective will likely not bo frowned upon by tho de partment. Operation of the new weights and measures statute, passed at the late legislative session, is held up becausa of tho delay of tho federal government In forwarding tho proper weights, bal ances and measures which aro to bo used for standards by tho food depart ment. Commissioner Harman says that ho hos been doing his best to hurry the federal authorities on, but that they are taklhg their "own sweet time" to complying with the request of the state department According to statistics compiled by tho state board of agriculture there were 37,939 automobiles owned by Ncbraakans in 1912. With this sea sdn's heavy sale figured in it would bo snfo to place the number of Ne braska owned cars at 40,000. Among tho counties Douglas lead with 2,775 automobiles; Lancaster comes next with 1,054 cars, and Hooker county trails tho list with four machines. Labor Commissioner Charles W. Pool has served notice on the Nebras ka Telephono company that It must ceaso working night operators more than eight hours a night. Operators in somo of the smaller exchanges have been working nlno hours with no day off. Officers of tho company said they did not understand there Is nn eight-hour limit, and promised to change the working hours immediate ly in order to comply with the law. Couiity Commissioner H. P. Schmidt o' Saline county urges activity in the matter of setting aside two days for good road work from ono end of Ne raskn to tho other. In his opinion tho affair will have to bo timed In such a way that the labor can be performed after tho early fall rains. Otherwise, according to tho Salino county man, It will go for naught, inasmuch as tho ground is not In a workable condition at tho present tlmo duo to lack of moisture. J. A. Piper, clerk of tho stato board of charities and correction will soon announce his resignation. Ho intends to embark in educational work, tho exact naturo of which has not been mado known. The board which ap pointed him comprises Governor More head, Stato Superintendent Dolzoll and Stato Land Commissioner Fred Beckman. The secretary of tho board is by virtue of his office secretary ot tho stato prison board and advisory board of pardons. Tho salary of tho clerk of the board of charltleB nnd correction Is $1,500 a year and al though ho works for two othor boards ho Is paid, ono salary. John Shanan of Kearney, deputy stato auditor under Silas Barton, is said to havo a good show to obtain tho position soon to bo vacated by Mr. Piper. Bookkeeper W. M. Wilson of tho stnto penitentiary has handed in his resignation to Warden Fenton to tako effect tho early part of September. Val Kuska o McCook, who has been a Judge of farm products at tho stato fair for many years past, has JuBt cabled Secretary Mellor from Prague, Bohemia, that ho will not be able to got here in tlmo for tho fair, and that for tho first tlmo slnco It became a regular institution at Lincoln ho will have to pass H up. Tho first concerted atempt of applo shippers of southeastern Nebraska to secure moro Just and equitable Intra state rates on their product came to a conclusion Wednesday after an abun dance of testimony had been taken by tho railway commission and nftor rail road attorneys had mado numerous ef forts to discount tho growers' position. Tho Thayer county agricultural soci ety will hold Its first annual fair at Doshlor, Soptomber 10, 11 and 12. There aro now 300 members from every part of tho county. M W SPECIAL CHARGES FOR CARE OF INSANE PATIENTS. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL ' lAM. M !..& MUaMI ... D.I- liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. Tho 'milk cow train to bo run under tho auspices of tho stato university and tho Nebraska Dairymen's associa tion In co-operation with tho North western and Burlington rnllroads will trnvel approximately 1,500 miles and will pass through and make stops of sixty-seven towns In tho following counties: Knox, Pierce, Madison, An telope, Holt, Rock, Brown, Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes, Sioux, Box Butte, Morrill, Grant, Hooker, Thoi.as, Blaine, Custer, Sherman, Buffalo, Hall, Perkins, Lincoln, Frontier, Dawson, Gosper and Phelps. This train, con sisting of a large furniture car con taining representative milk cows of tho Holsteln, Jersey, Guernsey, Ayr shire and milking Shorthorn breeds from tho university farm; a flat car where tho cows can bo exhibited to tho public; a baggage car fitted with exhibits from tho dairy husbandry de partment of tho university, together with an exhibit of books and reading matter of interest to farmers and dairymen, tho uso of which is fur nished free to the people of tho stato by the Nebraska public library com mission; a lecture car and a combina tion sleeping and dining car for use of the lecturers accompanying the train, (together with tho flvo lecturers and two herdsmen from tho university and two representatives of tho dairy men's association, will arrive at Nio brara, Knox county, on Monday, Sep tember 15. State to Collect from Counties. Charges against thirty-one ot tho counties of the state, amounting to a total of $96,084, for tho board and caro of insane patients for several years prior to 1891, aro valid and collectable by tho state, according to the opinion furnished Auditor Howard by Attor ney General Martin. The counties on tho auditor's list that owe tho state are as follows, with the amount of their indebtedness: Adams, $1,939; Boone, $5,772; Box Butte, $2,003; Burt, $4,724; Butler, $5,683; Cedar, $461; Colfax, $4,584; Dakota, $1,828; Dawes, $1,661; Gage, $3,925; Greeley, $874; Hayes, $L007; Holt, $3,414; Johnson, $12,466; Kolth, $1,757; Lincoln, $5,698; Logan, $946; Madison, $7,007; Nem aha, $1,238; Nuckolls, $282; Pawnee, $3,278; Pierce, $2,842; Polk, $235; Richardson, $4,563; Sarpy, $257; Saun ,ders, $10,835; Scotts Bluff, $381; Stan ton, $2,213; Thomas, $25; Wayne, $724; Webster, $7,337. Total, $96,084. If tho counties do not decide to litl gato tho matter, those in debt to tho stato will probably make levies next year to provide the money, although some, where tho sum is very small, may pay it out of their respective gen oral funds. If they do not pay tho au ditor will bring suit. State Guard Rifle Camp. Announcement of a stato rifle camp to be held by Nebraswa national guardsmen at Plattsmouth from Octo ber 6 to 11, has been made by Adju tant General Hall. Two mon whoso rifle scores for tho year havo qualified them for entry will bo sent to the camp from each company of both regiments. Regimental teams will also compete at tho conclusion of the company shoot. The governor's prize cup and a number of medals will be awarded on tho basis of records mado at the state competition. Hearty invitations for the troops to return next year 'to tho scene of .tholr 1913 maneuvers and camp havo boon sent to General Hall from business mon of Fremont, Gret na, Elkhorn and Waterloo. Commen dation is givon to the brigade for Its splendid esprit du corps by tho civili ans, which Is indication that the men on tho whole behaved in tip-top shape. Stato Treasurer George has re cently purchased bonds to tho amount of $175,000 issued by counties, pre cincts, municipalities and school dis tricts of Nebraska. They will be held as Investments of thV permanent school fund. Will Test Lubricating Oil. Tests are to bo made by tho board of control on the various kinds of lubricating and machine oil used by the stato Institutions. Tho samples will bo submitted to the stato chemist and specifications mado for the next quarterly letting of contracts for sup plies will bo based on,h!s report. Sim ilar tests wero mado a year ago by Land Commissioner Cowlcs, and It was found that several brands of oil then being usad did not measure up to specifications. " Filings made with the secretary of state show that the Northwestorn road will acquire four switch engines, 2,000 gondola cars, and 2,005 box cars in tho equipment to be"purchased from tho proceeds of tho $10,000,000 bond issue recently approved by tho railway com mission ot Nebraska and other states in which tho road operates. Tho stato board ot control has let tho contract for tho building of tho Industrial and amusement hall at tho stnto hospital for tho insane at Lincoln. DRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA. Sunday baseball was defeated at; knsley. Sunday baseball was defeated at Aurora by a voto of 265 to 165. Tho Nebraska colony at Los Ange les now numbers moro than 3,000 peo ple. The new modern brick school build ing at Western was dedicated laBt week. Over 200 teachers worn In attend ance at tho Gage county Institute last week. Without a dissenting voto Adamsf county teachers indorsed woman suf frage. I'remont lost out on its fight for a. share of tbo appropriation for agricul tural shows. Eleven buildings, comprising the principal business section of Stamford,, burned Wednesday morning. Tho elevator at Bartllng caught flr& during a high wind Mondny and burned down with a loss of $10,000. Tho Arcadia Co-operative Creamery company of Arcadia have closed up their business anil will sell at an early date. Tho Red Willow county fair at In dlanola has Just closed with a larger dally attendance than In any previous year. The Syracuse picnic by tho commer cial club will be held September 12. and preparations aro being made for a. big time. Anastorlus Maurlkos, member of a. grading gang employed near Bay State, was Instantly killed by a Union. Pacific train. Mrs. Nancy Owen, aucd 83. was .struck by a train at Litchfield and' uiea a row hours later in a Grand. Island hospital. . Despondency over crop falluro Ijk thought to have been tho reason for tho sulcido of Fay Taylor, a young; farmer near York. Elmer Willis was Instantly killed) when ho foil thirty feet from a scaf fold on a silo on which ho was work ing near Central City. Carl Buthman of Falls City, who stepped on a nail, has developed a serious case of lackjaw, and alarm Is felt over hla condition. Cisterns are empty and many well and springs have gont dry in and. around Salem. Deer creek Is dry for tho first tlmo In its history. Jefferson county farmers aro buBlly ongaged In cutting their corn and mak ing fodder of it. Many of the farmem will make silo of their fodder. Columbus will have an agricultural show and aviation meet, and tho dates selected are Wednesday, Thursday andi Friday, September 24, 25 and 26. Frank McGinnls, a well known rail road conductor, was found dead from asphyxiation in his homo at Omaha, resulting from a leak in a gas stovo While trying to catch a horse Rob ert Waite, an Albion boy, received a kick from tho horse which broko both bones in the leg Just below tho knee. Automobile nnd motorcycle racers from all over tho west aro planning to participato In Norfolk's first annual fall festival September 17, 18, 19 and 20. The most disastrous fire In the his tory of Roseland Monday night burned business property of a total valuation ranging from $19,000 to $22, 000. Frank A. Harrison of Lincoln and! Col. Adam Breede, editor of tho Hast ings Tribune, have departed for a short tour through Central America. They will return about October 1. Tho body of a laborer was found under tho Union Pacific bridge at Omaha so badly decomposed that afker a hurried investigation it was burled at once. Tho case is being investi gated. In connection with the tractor meet, which is to beheld in Fremont start ing September 8, Fremont business men are arranging for a get-acquainted banquet. Over 200 tractor demon strators and probably 500 farmers will bo in the city. One of tho features on tho ground will be a big- roast ox barbecue. Tho Syracuse Commercial club has been reorganized. University Placo laid oft Thursday to do honor to its volunteer flro de partment. Stores and other places of business closed In the afternoon whllo the three tire companies gave demon strations and exhibitions on tho main street. Owing to the prevalence of hog cholera tho exhibit of swino at tho Valley county fair, September 23, 24, 25 and 26, has been annulled and an extra effort will bo made to get out an exceptional display of dairy cows and products. Otto Schmidt, 6-year-old- son of Otto Schmidt, residing near Benning ton, fell out of an applo tree, breaking his leg below the hip and splintering the bone. As Henry B. Erlsman was driving to Auburn with a load of hogs his team became frightened, ran away and up set the wagon. He was found dead a few moments later. Over 1,000 representatives of tho various Sunday schools in Hamilton county marched In parade one day last week, forming one of the most Im pressive pageants over witnessed in Aurora. Tho MInden Commercial club is pushing the proposed irrigation ditch to bo put In in that vicinity. One of tho peculiar things connected with this year's alfalfa supply, is that tho yield Is much heavier on tho nower fields nnd tho older stands where ono would expect a heavy crop, Is light. Tho Columbus library board has ac cepted tho Bite donated 'by Mrs. Betty Gerrard, widow of Leonard Gerrard, for tho erection of a new building. Tho approval of this slto is now In tho hands of the city council, if accepted application will then bo mado for a Carnegie endowment T 4 6 i u