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LATE EVENTS COILED
Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
Intelligence Intnrettlng to tho
General Readers.
WASHINGTON.
Charles M. Branson of Lincoln has
been appointed to tho position of In
tornal rovenuo collector of tho canal
rone. Tho oinco carries with It a
Salary of $2,500.
President Wilson has signed tho
urgent deficiency bill, carrying ex
emptions from tho civil service of
deputy United States marshals and
Deputy collectors of Internal rovenuo.
Democrats, republicans and progres
sives of the house aro going to pre
sent a wedding gift next month to
Miss JeoBle Wilson, the prosldont's
daughter.
'I he tlmo for the handing down of
tho arbitration board's award In tho
wage dispute botwoou the eastern Tall
roads and tholr trainmen and conduc
tors has been extended' to November
10.
Secretary of tho Navy Daniels boa
passed a rulo that appointees to the
naval academy at .Annapolis may
hereafter proceed nt onco to tho noar
ost resulting station and havo their
physical examination mude.
(Ropresontativo Cordell Hull of Ton
ticssoo, author of tho lncomo tax pro
vision of tho tariff law, has began a
Vigorous campaign for an amendment
to tho constitution limiting tho mom
Vohshtp of tho national houso of rep
resentatives to 450 members. Tho
present membership Is 435.
Representative Doltrlck, democrat,
of Massachusetts, has introduced n
resolution desiring the naval commit
tee to report n bill to approprlato for
tin Immcdinto boginnlng on a "squad
ron of four adtiitlonnl battleships of
mammoth design, one to be built in a
government nnvy yard."
Secretary of Stato William Jennings
, Aryan predicted that tho Owen-OlasB
currency bill would pass tho senate
with a larger majority than tho Un
derwood tariff measure in a spoech at
Camden, N. J,, In tho interest of tho
candidacy of Qovornor Jamos F.
Fielder. Ho told tho audience that
tho national administration looked to
Now Jersey to glvo a vote of confi
dence in President Wilson,
A govornrnont controlled and operated-central
bank, to dominate tho fi
nancial system of tho country, has
entered tho legislative arena as a
rival of tho administration regional
reserve currency plan. Frank A.
Vanderllp, presldont of tho National
City bank of New York, oxplatned
tho now plan to tho senate banking
and currency committee. Ho had
evolved tho now schomo as a result
of conferences with members of tho
sommltteo whom ho said had express
ed approval of such a plan.
DOMESTIC.
Attorney General Crawford of Ore
gon has decided that an osteopath
cannot bo a city health officer In Ore
son. Tho accident to the machinery of
the battleship Texas, on her trial trip
may send tho big flghtor buck to
Newport Nows for repairs.
An "arson squd" of mllltnnt suffra
getcs sot flro to and destroyed tho
sports pavilion of Brlston university.
They left tho usual tell talo sullragetto
literature scattered about tha grouudB.
"Jack" Forest of El Paso, Toxas, a
oll known automobilo racing drlvor,
was klllod and John Pryor, a negro
mechanician, was injured when For
est's racing car turned turtle on tho
El Pa8o-Phoonlx, courso, thlrteon
miles west of Phoonlx. Ariz.
Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks,
wlfo of tho former vlco president died
nt her homo In Indianapolis of nneu-
monla. Mrs. Fairbanks served two
terms as prenldont gonernl of tho
Daughters of tho Amorlcnn Revolu
tion, Sho was tho daughter of Phi
Inndor C. Colo of Ohio.
Elmer Butler and Amos Howol!
wore klllod and a dozon other mon
seriously hurt when a cable snapped
on a mountain incline near Kay
moor, W. Vu. Tho mon wore riding
on a truck which fell over tho cliff.
A now treatment of typhoid fovor
based on tho injection of a sorum
drawn from typhoid convalescents
was announced at San Francisco by
Dr. George R.' Carson of tho Southom
Paciflo hospital at tho annual con
vention of tho Paclllc coast railway
Burgeons.
Mrs. Dorceas Jones, 105 yoars old,
eald to ho the oldest woman in Ohio,
died suddonly at Caunonut, O. Death
was tho result of old age. She has
jiuver had a day of sickness.
Bajtlmoro Is rooting up cobblestone
pavements and putting down asphalt.
Columbus, O., netted $23,000 from
garbage last year, while St. Louis
paid $400,000 to tako It away.
Chicago lendB tho largest twenty
two cities in tho United States in tho
porcontago of increase In automobilo
! accidents in tho last flvo years.
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Negotiations havo been closed by
an English syndicate for the pur
chase of cxtcnslvo coal land and min
ing property In tho New River dis
trict of West Virginia, at a price said
to approximate $50,000,000. About
5,000,000 acres of land and ninety-six
counties aro Involved In the transac
tion. Between 230 and 280 miners were
entombed by an explosion In mine No.
2 on tho Stag Canon Fuel company
nt Dawson, N. M. Tho entombed
men Included General Superintendent
Frank McDormott of tho mine and
sovcral other American miners. Tho
cause of tho explosion is unknown.
Taking of depositions for use in tho
trial of the government's suit against
tho Boll Telephone companies of tho
Pacific Btatcs to forco the defendant
corporations to sell competing sys
tems they havo absorbed was begun
nt 8eattle by Constantino J. Smyth,
special assistant to tho attorney gen
eral. A blanket Indictment, charging
Harry K. Thaw and four others with
conspiracy In connection with his es
capo from Mattenwan stato hospital
for the criminal Insane In August, was
returned by tho grand Jury at Now
York. It wlll'bo used as a weapon by
William Jravors Joromo In his effort
to extradite Thaw from New Hamp
shire. From thousands .of chrysanthe
mums being grown in tho white houso
conservatories and in tho green
houses at tho department of ngrlcul-.
ture for tho approaching whlto houso
wedding, ono aristocrat of that plant
family an entirely now creation now
being developed is to bo nnmod aftor
tho bride, Miss Jessie Wilson.
Mrs Evora Drummond was granted
a divorce at Los Angeles, Cal., from
John M. Drummond, Jr., son of tho
late tobacco manufacturer of St. Louis.
Mrs. Drummond,, who boforo her mar
riage was Mlsn Evern Meyer of Chi
cago, charged her husband with deser
tion, cruelty and lnfldolity, and named
Mrs. Lafta Eastland of San Diego as
co-respondont.
Tho supremo court of Now York has
been called on to decldo whether
owners of tho steamer Titanic must
faco Bult for moro than $10,000,000 for
Iobb of; llfo and property when tho
ship wont down, or whether liability
for tho tragedy Bhall bo limited to
$01,000, tho paBsngo money, pluB the
value of the few llfo boats recovered,
Ono million flvo hundred thousand
dollars to Johns Hopkins Medical
school, Baltimore; $200,000 to Brain
ard college, Now York City; $200,000
to Wellesloy colloge, Wollcsley, Mass.;
$50,000 to Rlpon colloge, Rlpon, Wis.
a total of $1,950,000 those wore do
nations announced by tho General
Education board which was founded
by John D. Rockofoller, nine years
ago.
FORFIGN.
Dillon Wallace has concluded his
exploration work In Labrador and Is
safo at St. JoluiB, N. F.
Serious fighting has occurred at
Tnlipoa, In Mlndlano, between tho
tribesmen and tho Philippines' scouts.
So far, It Is reported, flvo scouts havo
boon killed and eight wounded.
An Interesting fenturo of Colonel
Roosovolt's visit to Rto Janeiro was
his Inspection of tho Oswaldo Cruz
Institute of Pathology and Bacter
ology. Ho was shown through tho
laboratories for which ho expressed
his admiration, and acquired somo In
formation on tho use of qulnino in
connection with his expedition Into
tho Interior of Brazil.
Tho honorary committee of Gcr-i
mans consisting of representatives of
shipping and trading Interests which
is endeavoring to socuro German rep
resentation nt tho Panama-Pacific ex
position at San Francisco in 1915
adopted a resolution UBkiitR tho eov-
eminent for an appropriation to eroct
a Gorman pavilion.
Tho hoBtllity against tho scheme to
provldo homos in England for tho
children of tho Dublin transport work
ers who havo boon on strlko slnco
Soptombor Is Increasing. A crowd
among which wero sovoral clergymen,
boarded u train ub It was about to
leave tho station at Dublin and took
from It cloven children who wero bo
Ing takon away.
Tho steamer Westkuston which loft
Vns&, in tho Gulf of Bothnlu, in a gale,
ran on n reof and forty-four passen
gers wero drowned. A Blnglo survivor
was plckod up by tho stoamor Carl
von Llnne.
Gonernl William Brumwoll Booth,
head of tho Salvation Armys will sail
soon for America on his first visit to
tho Unitod Statos, whore ho oxpocts
to socuro some American Salvation
ists ub vnluntoors for Chlnn, whero
tho work of tho Salvation Army Is to
1 bo Increased.
JEWS FEAR TROUBLE
RU3SIAN OUTRAGES ARE AGAIN
PROBABLE.
BEILIS TRIAL NEAR1NG CLOSE
Accused Witnesses Deny All Charges,
But Their Evidence Is
Contradictory.
Kiev. As tho trial of Mondol Bollls,
oharged with murdering tho Christian
boy, Andrew Yushlnsky, in March,
1911, porceeds, tho uneasy fooling la
growing that whatcvor tho result,
outbroaks against tho Jowb will fol
low. Dispatches from various quar
ters indlcato actlvo preparations in
this direction.
"Tho Black Hundred" organ, Tho
Two Headed Eagle, In an Inflamma
tory article, commenting on alleged
.Tow I sh threats against Russia pub
lished in tho Vleneso press, calls on
Its xcadors "to remember alwayB and
overywhero tho Infamous words ut
tered by Jowlsh publicists and that
tho Jews daro to insult tho sacred
name of our adored emporor and
menaco his sacred person and tho
wholo lmporlal family."
Tho police havi arrested many per
sons in the suburbs of Kiev on tha
chargo of attempting to incite riots
against Jowp.
Deny Everything.
Tho ovldenco at the trial of Bollln,
which practically concludes tho testi
mony agalnBt him on tho charge of
murdering Yushlnsky, was of no spe
cial Interest, except' that Rudzlnsky
and Slrgalovsky, confronted with the
witnesses who had accused them of
Yushlnsky's, stoutly denied every
thing. They wore unablo to stand
against tho cross-examination and
made contradictory Btatomonts.
On tho witness stand these two
mrmbors of tho Tcheberiak gang
confessed that they had committed a
robbery on the night of March 25,
1911, tho date of Yushlnsky's murder,
In order to avert suspicion which
might wrongly attach to them In con
nection with tho murder. On the
aross-examlnation they gave confuBod
and "evasive answers.
Guards and Strikers Battle.
Ludlow, Colo. A general battle be
tween 'striken, mlno guardB and dop
Jty sheriffs was waged for twolvo
aours in Berwin canon, at Hastings,
md in tho vicinity of the Colorado &
Southom station at Ludlow. Firing
started at 3 o'clock in the morning
nd continuod intermittently until
aoarly 4 o'clock In tho aftornoon. One
ailno guard was klllod and, according
lo union mon, ono striker is mlsBlng.
The situation Is extromely critical.
Moro than 700 armed Btrlkors are .re
ported to bo In tho field against tho
mino guards. Armed strikers patrol
tho ontlro district in tho vicinity of
Ludlow and communication with tho
samps of tho Cedar Hill, Tollerbugh,
Berwin, Hastings, Delegua and To
basco has practically been cut off.
Diaz Resigns from Army.
Vera Cruz, Mexico. Tho last shred
Binding General Felix Diaz and Presi
dent VIctorlano Huerta was severed
when Gonoral Diaz telegraphed to tho
Department of War his resignation as
brigadlor goneral of tho army. Tho
genoral said nothing of hla trip to
Mexico City on tho Invitation of Gen
eral Huorta, Ho rofused to accompany
Colonel Vldaurrnzaga, secretary to
Gonernl Blanquot, war minister, giw
Ing as his reason tho Illness of his
wlfo. Colonel Vldaurrazaga con
tlnued his efforts to Induce General
Diaz to change his decision, but final
ly loft for tho capital on a special
train. Gonoral Diaz and his family re
mained hero.
Drops Pay Check Into the Fire.
Evnnston, Wyo. Tho next tlmo
Newell Johnson hands his wlfo tho
proceeds of his month's pay check as
a locomotive engineer, ho'll mako
Biiro that sho doos not intend to light
any firoa. Johnson cashed 1Ib chock
and handed Mrs. Johnson $175 in
bills. A few minutes later, Mrs. John,
son stooped ovor a Btovo to light a
flro and tho bills fell Into the blaze
and were destroyed.
W. C. T. U.'s Cheer Sailors.
Now York. Enthusiasm was arous
ed at a mass mooting hold nt tho
Brooklyn Academy of Music when
eight Bailors from tho United States
battleship Washington mado their ap
pearance nt tho convention of tho
World's Women's Christian Temper
anco union. Many people In the nud
leuco rose and choorod.
Postofflce Safe Robbed.
Chicago Junction, O. Robbora blow
open tho safe of tho postofflce at Atti
ca .seven miles west of hero and es
caped with loot estimated at $15,000
Thoy left no clow.
Heavy Fine For Not Declaring Goods.
Now York. Mrs. Frank Wlborg ot
Cincinnati, a niece of Gonoral Sheri
dan, wus fined $1,750 In tho Unitod
States district court for having failed
to declare dutiable goods on her ar
rival hero on tho stoamshlp Mauro
tanla, September 5.
Incline Cablo Parts.
Thurmond, W. Vn.- Elmer Butler
and Amos Ho well wore killed and a
dozen other men aoriously hurt when
a cnblo Bnappod on a mountain incline
near Kay Moor
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
S. Drako of Kearney lost $13,000 In
negotiable notes on Omaha streets.
Hastings has started In on a war
agalnBt clgnrots and tho "makln's."
Dr. T. E. Cnstcrliuc, editor of tho
Edgar Sun, Is dead, after a lingering
illness.
Fremonters havo organized a musi
cal art society with a membership of
over 100
John Motz of Seward had both bonds
In his right arm broken by tho kick
of a horse.
Tho annual convention of the Ne
braska Christian Endeavor union Is In
session at York.
Superior Is about to come into pos
session of one of the finest parks In
southern Nebraska.
Martin I. Aitkin, a leading citizen of
Lincoln, Is dead at that place, after an
Illness of over a year.
Gus Runhke of Macon was thrown
from a horso and dragged seventy-five
yards, killing him almost instantly.
Henry Stroh was Instantly killed In
tho Union Pacific yards at Grand
Island when ho was struck by a switch
engine.
N. W. Bacon foil while descending
the stops nt tho Congregational church
at Hastings, breaking his left leg near
tho hip.
Benjamin Andrews, an Omaha man,
dropped dead on tho street a block
from hlB home, stricken with heart
failure. ' Ten sons and two daughters wore
present at a recent reunion ot tho lato
William Kaiser family In Saunders
county.
M. Shartzcr, Thomas Dunne, Martin
Swanson and Goorgo Vanosdall wero
Injured In an automobile accident near
Greeley Center.
There is a fight on amongst the milk
dealers in Lincoln, and consumers
stand for a chance to reap some of tho
benefits of the row.
Channel cat and croppies to the
amount of ten thousand havo been
placed by tho stato fisheries In the
waters around Wahoo.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Work ot
Hastings celebrated their golden wed
ding last week. Many friends and
relatives wero present.
An alleged practical Joker with an
exaggerated sense of humor has been
victimizing Lincoln undertakers by
sending In "fake" calls from suburban
districts.
Mrs. J. C. Messick of Hastings, who 1
suffered ptomaine poisoning from Ice
cream last summer, Is dead at her
home, following a third stroke of
paralysis.
Winter wheat in Adams county Is
raid to have tho rankest growth for
this season of tho year In history, and
rar.ny farmers are pasturing stock In
the fields.
Thirty-five steers In the herd of
Kent & Burt at Genoa wero poisoned
to death by feeding on pig weed, In
which it is thought prusslc acid had
dovoloped.
' Tho fourth annual Gorman day cele
bration at Lincoln came to a close
Thursday afternoon with the ending of
the combined historical pageant and
flower parade.
Tho Broken Bow Chief is advertis
ing for the owner of n quilt which tho
recent cyclono left nt the home of a
subscriber eight miles from tho near
est point in its path.
I Apple trees In the orchard of A. S.
Chapman nt Surprise have borne two
crops of fruit this season tho last
ono, however, being prematurely cut
short by tho frost.
Nebraska university gathers Its stu
dents from ovor tho entire world. The
latest to arrive from tho other side of
the globo is Indu Prakash Banerjl, a
Hindu from the University of Cal
cutta. A $7,000 flro developed when tho
handle of a lantern broko as George
Hauptmann was about to enter his
silo near Plymouth. The burning oil
spattered over somo alfalfa, 200 tons
of which wore burned, together with
the bam and other buildings.
Mrs. H. A. Thompson of Kearney fell
down a flight of stops to the cellar
and received a number of cuts and
bruises which rendered her uncon
scious for somo time.
"Billy," for flvo years flrehorue nt
onglno houso No. 1 at Lincoln, made
his last run to a fire Sunday afternoon
when ho was instantly killed In a col
lision with a street car.
Victoria Rennor, a 7-year-old Hast
ings girl, was rendored totally blind
for sevornl hours as a result of tem
porary paralysis of tho optic nervo
when sho fell on a walk In the school
yard at that placo.
1 Norfolk will get the next meeting of
tho Nebraska Blacksmiths, Horse
Bhoors and Wheelwrights' association.
Charles Gellcspic, an insane patient
from Nomnha, who was being taken to
tho Lincoln asylum by Deputy Sheriff
Broady, Jumped or fell from a Mis
souri Pacific train near Nebraska City
and was killed.
Impersonating a Judge and sheriff of
Lancaster county, two men buncoed
Charles and Theodoro Strelow, broth
ers and aged bachelor farmers, near
Lincoln, out ot $230 on tho pretext that
thoy wero taking a cash bond for their
nppearanco in court.
Tho German-American alliance has
decided to mako German day nt Lin
coln a permanent annual affair.
Lincoln has gone into commercial
lighting, nnd Is furnishing tho com
modity to n number of patrons.
An effort upon tho part of Hastings
grocers to secure an ordlnnnce charg
ing truck peddlers $5 a dny for solicit
ing In the resldonco district was unani
mously dofonted by tho council.
Tho epidemic of rabies among Om
aha's dumb animal population, pro
nounced by City Veterinarian Hall
several weeks ago to bo tho worst in
his experience In the city. Is over.
STATE'S RESOURCES
LIVE STOCK AND LAND VALUES
OF .NEBRASKA.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAI
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Hon. Charles W. Pool, deputy com
missioner of labor, has just Issued
"Bulletin No. 27 of tho Nebraska State
Bureau ot Labor and Industrial Statis
tics." It is a couclso and comprehen
sive volumo containing information In
a condensed form regarding the state's
various industries, its manufacturing
Interests, live stock and crop produc
tion. Population and land values, and
a thorough opltomo of county statis
tics, together with a woll-wrltten his
tory pf Nebraska as a territory and a
state. Information regarding every
item has been gathered from thorough
ly reliable sourceB, and can be rolled
upon as being authentic.
Amongst other important matter
found within Its covers, tho bulletin
contains tho following data regarding
the state's livo stock assessment and
its gain in acrcngo and land values:
There are 920..081 horses In tho
ntato valued at $73.30 on tho average,
96,590 mules that aro worth $90.90
apiece, 1,940,192 cattlo with an aver
ago value of $29.40, and 1,762,002 hogs,
valued at $9.75, according to the
figures Just totaled by the state assess,
ment board, with tho grand assess
ment roll for the present year as a
basis. All of tho values aro higher
thnn last year. There aro 4,000 less
horses In the state, however, than
thoro wero In 1912 and 5,000 more
mules. There aro about 60,000 less
cattle than when tho 1912 figures
wero garnered In by assessors over the
state.
Although there "was no real estate
revaluation for the present year,
values of this class of property show
an upward' climb. Improved lands
that averaged $37.50 an acre In value
last year have leaped ahead to $46.70.
The average in tho entire state In
creased in the year from 21,201,835 to
21,320,665 acres. Unimproved lands
fell off from an average acre valuation
of $9.15 to $8.30. The total value of
all lands, both Improved and unim
proved, increased from $1,246,345,228
to $1,25G,221,730, a gain of moro than
$10,000,000 in tho twelve months.
Studied Single Tax System.
Details of the operation of the modi
fled single tax system adopted by sov
oral Canadian provinces were pre
sentcd to the state tax commission by
Director A. E. Sheldon of tho legisla
tive reference bureau. Mr. Sheldon
made a six weeks Investigation of the
Bystcm during tho past summer and
familiarized himself with points which
ho was requested to detail to the tax
body upon his return. According to
his statements to tho commission
about three-fourths of- the present
population of tho four western pro
vinces has migrated there in the last
ten years. "Never before in the his
tory of the civilized world has so large
a population, with so many of the tools
for development nnd so large a credit
in the borrowing centers of the world
taken up such a largo area of fertile
land in so brief a tlmo. Tho product
of these factors has been an extra
ordinary development ot land specu
latlon," he said.
The Oats Crop.
For 1913 the acreage devoted to oata
in Nebraska aggregates 2,019,096, ac
cording to the estimates of the state
board of agriculture. Tho production
1b 52,222,066 bushels and the cash
value of the" crop for tho year amounts
to $17,233,281.78. Tho estimated pay
roll of the Nebraska manufacturers
last year was $15,622,204. Thus the
Nebraska oat crop for this year would
meet a year's payroll with almost two
million dollars to spare.
Tho university Y. M. C. A. hat
started Its annual campaign for funds.
Three thousand flvo hundred dollars
Is the amount of money needed. It Is
hoped to ralso $1,500 of this amount
from tho student body, $500 from the
faculty, $1,000 from the citizens ot
Lincoln, and $500 from alumni.
Government Serum Station.
Tho government serum station, lo
catcd at tho state university farm, will
turn out a million cubic centimeters of
hog cholera serum this month and will
to some extent catch up with tho do
mand which has been very heavy in
Nebraska this summer nnd fall. The
government keeps a drove of hogs at
tho station for tho manufacture of
scrum and for bleeding purposes
This serum Is sold to tho farmers nt
tho cost of 1 cent per cubic contl
meter, which 1b Just what Is costs the
government to mako it.
Many Hotels Are Inspected.
Nine hundred and fifteen hotels, res
taurants, rooming houses and apart
monts havo been Inspected by the
stato hotol commission slnco that body
came Into now powers. Total col
lections for tho first six months of the
department's oxlstonce wero $2,974,
according to a report handed out by
Commissioner Ackermnn. Salary ol
tho commissioner, In that time has
amounted to $752, and his traveling ox
ponses totaled $106. Doputy inspec
tors drew $511 in solary and $502 In
traveling expenses.
NEWS FROM STATfe HOUSE
The stato board of agriculture has
mado arrangements for improving the
raco track at the fair grounds.
With a Judicial appointment soon to
bo mado in tho Second district, yU
Itors are flocking in squads to tho gov
ernor's ofllco to recommend or opposo
ono or moro ot thoso who aro in tho.
race.
Levi St. Cyr, Oliver Lemero and Al
bert Konslcy, threo Winnebago In
dians who ntended tho National Indian.
conference at Denver, woro stato house
callers.
Application has been roccived by the
state engineer for construction of a.
state brldgo on tho Republican river,
one mile west of Superior. Tho struc
ture will bo 400 feet long and Is to coat
$25,000.
R. J. POBBon, J. B. Shepherd, II. N
ThomaB and F. J. Chaso, alternate
mnko up tho stock-Judging team which.
Nebraska will send to tho national
dairy show at Chicago this year. The
show will bo held October 22 to. No
vember 1.
State Auditor Howard Ib getting,
much encouragement In his effort to
collect $90,000 duo from counties ta
ttle state for tho caro of Insane. Many
of tho larger counties havo paid In fulL
or have promised to pay when a county
levy Is mado next year.
Members ot tho board of secretarles
of the state board of health have pro
cured equipment for tho soon-to-ba
established stato bacteriological labor
atory. Lack of room at tho stat
houso is all that Is delaying the open
ing of the now department.
W. S. Delano of the Nebraska farm
ers' congress has Invited tho Lincoln
Commercial club to namo a speaker to
present arguments in opposition to.
university removal at the annual meet
ing of the congress at Omaha, on lh
evening of December 11. Ross Ham
mond of Fromont will argue In favor
ot romoval.
Three new stato banks have been
given stato authorization to do busi
ness. They are tho Haigh Stato bank
of llalgh, $10,000 capital, M. L. Wellln,
president; the Grant County State
bank of Ashby, $15,000 capital,
ThomaB Stanszle, president; the
Breslau Stato bank, $10,000 capital, M
Inholder, president.
The school of agriculture has broken,
all records In enrollment this year,
there being 500 students at the end of
two weeks of school this year, where
there woro less than 400 last year.
It had been feared by many that the
drouth would seriously hamper the at
tendance of farmers' sons at the uni
versity this year.
The barley crop of the stato is esti
mated at 21.15 bushels per acre on the
average for tho present year. The
value, according to tho board of agri
culture, Is $1,140,722. Tho aggregate
acreage in the state was 97,694.
Hitchcock county led with 17,022 acres,
valued at $127,665, and Logan county
was second In tho stato with 11,027
acres, valued at $119,060.
H. E. Fredrlckson of Omaha, J. G,
Beehlor of North Platte and C. H.
Gustafson of Mead wero appointed'
stato highway commissioners by tha
state board of irrigation and highways,
The men will serve without compensa
tion and will act In an advisory ca
pacity to the stato board, under au
thority of a law enacted at the last
session.
The following sums will bo raised,
by stato levies this year, according to
figures computed by Deputy Stato
Treasurer Danlelson: Goneral fund,
$2,353,500; university maintenance,
$470,700; special university building
fund, $353,025; tho normal school fund,
$400,095, and the Btato aid bridge fund,
$94,140. The total amount raised by
the 7.8 mill levy will bo $3,671,461.
At the "request of organizations In-,
tercsted in boosting the Lincoln high
way automobile route through tha
Btato of Nebraska, which follows the
Platte river, Governor Morehead has
officially fixed tho date of October 31
rs a time for dedicating tho road.
What form of observance shall b
mado on that day is left to tho differ
ent persons and bodies taking part in
the movement.
Stato Treasurer Georgo has sent out
a call for $44,000 worth of tho $685,009
general fund warrants that have been
registered In the past few months and
which have to be held for payment
or subjected to a 1 per cont discount.
Nebraska railroads will fight the re
cent order of tho Btato railway com
mission compelling a general freight
rate reduction on apple shipments In
this state. Such was the word brought
to the commission ofllces today in a
notice of nppeal llled by attorneys ot
nil the carriers concerned.
Tho cement sidewalk on the stnta
capltol grounds Inld about two years
ago Is being torn up to make room
for a new asphalt driveway in front
of tho west entrance.
That the epidemic of tuberculosis
among the cows of the Btato herd at
tho Inglesldo stato hospital was tho
direct result of filth from an open
sewor being discharged into a pasture
In which the milch cows woro grazed,
Is chargod by employes of the insti
tution nnd by farmers living on adjoin
ing land,
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