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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. I. I v NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Othor Mattero In Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. WASHINGTON. Tho Kent bill for regulating and Improving grazing on public lands was approved by a humber of stock men before the house public lands committee. A connnittco representing the No tional Ono Cent Letter Postago as sociation called on President Wilson with Senator Burton of Ohio, who has a bill for 1-cent letter postago. W. S, West has been sworn In as successor to the Into Sonator A. O. Ba con of Georgia. Senator Hoko Smith ecorted his now colleague to the bar of tho senate, whoro VIco President Marshall administered tho oath. Tho Industrial Workers of tho World and militant suffragists could bo classed "among othor forms of lawlessness," Senator Sherman de clared. Ho added ho folt he could cay so without his motives being questioned becauso ho favored tho woman suffrage constitutional amend ment. Water power legislation aB a meas ure of rollcf for tho peoplo of tho west and south Is urged by Senator Jones of Washington, who spoke in favor of his bill granting water power sites on tho public domain to munici palities or public service corporations under state or federal regulations with tho power of tho government to purcunso atter llity years. Senator Reed of Missouri has intro duced a bill which would authorlzo tho creation of a commission to ac Qulro for tho government by purchase of condemnation tho homo of Thomas Jefferson at Montlcollo, Vo. Repre sentative Lovy of Now York, who owns tho property, has declined fre quently to consider selling it, Felix Diaz has arrived hero and will attempt to got a hoarlng boforo the sennto foreign relations commit tee nnd glvo his views on tho Mexi can situation. Pedro Dol Vllar and Cociilio Ocon, who represented them solves as his supporters, appeared be fore the commlttco to ask what atti tude this government Would tnko to ward a revolution headed by Diaz. Tho interstate commerce commlttcS of tho senate hnB agreed to report favorably tho nomination of Henry C. Hall of Colorado, to succeed Charles A. Prouty, ns interstate commerce commission. Tho nomination of Win throp M. TJanlols of Now Jersey to the vacancy on tho commission caused by tho doath of John H. Marble, still 1b hold up pending a report of a (Bub committee. Secretary Rcdflold has ordered Com mercial Agent J. A. Shrivor of tho de partment of commerco to tho Pacific coaBt to confer with Balmon packers In Soattloj fruit nnd vegetable packors In Portland and fruit cannors In San Francisco. Ho will address tho San Francisco chamber of commorco and gathor material for co-oporatlon with all thoso interests for tho Incraiso of tholr foreign trade. Advocating his bill to rccognlzo Etnto primary laws for tho selection of delegates to national conventions nnd oloctlon of national cpmmlttoe men, Sonator Shorman, republican of Illinois, declared a national primary Jaw was tho remedy for party dan cers. Ho assailed tho proposal Tor a iintlon-wldo presidential primary, ohi tho ground It would result In a few statoB absolutely controlling presi dential nominations, DOMESTIC. Margaret IC McNamnrn liaB been nppolnted chief matron of the Indus, trial School for dlrla at Delaware, O., after much trouble, The law of Ohio forbado tho appointment of n woman on public boards In Institu tions, but a new law was passed by popular voto at tho last election, and women may now servo on such boards, concomed with tho welfaro of women and children. Tho Farmers and Merchants bank of Maudau, N. D., Iiub boon closed by Stato Bank Kxamlnor Sllvorton, who alleges violation of tho stato banking Jaws. Tho books aro bolng chocked by inembors of the Btato board. Tho govornmqnt'B regulations re garding thu manufacture and salo of jDlemargnrino are bo strict that tho flotations of tho law charged against lohu I'1. Jolku und others wero lm possible, It was argued at their trial n tho Chicago federul court by Uiolr .ttomey, John Dnrton Payne. Max Zimmerman, a horso doaler, (who asserts that ho met Ralph Lopez, ho Mexican outlaw who took refuge fn a Utah mine after slaylmj six inuii, old tho St. Paul pollco (hat ho had ecu Lopez In St. Paul. Tho coldest weather of the winter 'prevailed at Chatanoogn, Tenn, Senator Stono of Missouri has been mndo chairman of tho forolgn rela tions commltteo. Tho strength of the individual hairs Is increased by frequent cutting, but not their number. Tho United States has more than C.O0O.O00 factory employes and 1, COO.OOO railroad omployoi. , Mrs. Mlnnlo Taylor, wlfo of John M. Taylor, a Los Angeles mining en gineer, won probation for her huBband on a bigamy chargo and then sent him to tho county chain gang for two years to provide $1.50 a day forher and her two children. I Mrs. John D. Sprckels, Jr., haB left San Francisco for Europo with a party of friends after announcing that sho had discontinued her suit for divorce, brought early this year on grounds of alleged cruelty. Spreckels contested tho suit. Tho production of eggs in Iowa In 1913 was worth more than tho annual output of tho gold mines of Alaska or California, or any other Btato in tho union, nccordlng to a statement issued by tho Iowa department of ag riculture. Tho year's lay amounted to 97,549,731 dozen. According to figures compiled by tho ofllco of publlo roads of tho De partment of Agriculture, expenditures in tho United States for Improve ment of roads havo been moro than doubled slnco 1904. In 1904, expen ditures for this purposo nmounted to $79,771,417, whllo in 1912 tho total was $1C 1,332,265. Thoro Is no catiso for alarm in thq Imminent possibility that tho United States will havo to import wheat and othor foodstuffs, said United Statos, Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio at tho Saturday luncheon of the re, publican club at Now York, at which tho development of this country's for olgn commorco was dlscussod. Out of 47 men assigned to work by tho municipal employment bureau of Chicago last Saturday, 199 failed to show up at tho Jobs. Tho manager of tho bureau reports that it is dlf, flcult to find men for all tho work available. Jobs offered to 500 follow ors of "a loador of tho unemployed" wero spurned by tho whole bunch. In connection with tho Palnosdalo murder mystery, said to havo boon one of tho developments of tho cop per miners' strlko, llvo members of tho western federation of minors wero arrested at Houghton. Tho arrests, wore mndo after an alleged confession by John Huhrn, formor secretary of tho South Rnngo local of tho feder ation. Tho fltnto of Montnnn, through Its sonator, James Walsh, hns presented to Notro Dame univorslty, South Bond, Ind., tho sword of Gonoral Thomns FranclB Meagher, worn dur ing tho civil war. General Moaghor was territorial govornor of Montana following tho closo of tho war, and, his death by drowning Is ono of tho tragic myBtorlos of tho upper Mis souri. Ono of tho causes that lead to tho high cost of living Is Indicated in tho Blmplo stntomont thnt statistics gath ered by tho Department of Agricul ture Bhow that of all tho tlllablo land In tho United Statos only 27 por cent was under cultivation at tho last cen bus. Thoro wore 1,140,000,000 acres that might bo tilled, but only 331,. 000,000 acres that wore tilled. For every 100 acres actually cultivated thoro wore 375 acres lying ldlo. FOREIGN. Tho American rdcrults. refused by Gonernl Villa arrived at Juarez from Chihuahua. Each was glvon $25 gold by tho general. President Huerta nnd tho members of his cabinet sent messages of con dolonco to Nelson O'Shnughnessy, tho Amorlcnn chargo d'affaires, on tho doath In Now York of his fathor, Col onol James T. O'ShaughnosBy. For Insulting tho Gorman crown prlnco In an .artlclo, Hans Louss, n wrltor, was sontonced toxslx months' Imprisonment. Tho artlclo, which appeared In tho Wookly DIo Wolt Am Montng, wua ontltlod, "William tho Last." Throe thousand robols under Gon oral Ortega, who wero moving townrd Torreon. wero defeated between Con ojas and Kscalon, according to nd vices received at tho war department. Tho dispatch Bald 400 rebols ' wero killed in ' tho ongagomont. Tho fed eral forces, commanded by Gonoral Rlcardo Ponn, numbored 700. Tho Bteamor Snntlunl wont ashoro at Clros Point, near Tangior. Tho Spanish cruiser listrnmadura and ilvo other warships have boon ordorod to stand by to help rolloat tho vobsoI and to bout oft tho Insurgent Moors. Tho federal forcos under tho direc tion of President Plaza, have renewed tholr attack on Esmoraldas, Ecundor. President Plaza arrived at Usmornl dna, which Is hold by tho robolB, bov oral days ago, and slnco thnt tlmo lias received sq 'eral hundred reinforcements: IS A VITAL ISSUE CANAL TOLLS REPEAL SO S1DERED DY WILSON. CON. FOR COMMERCIAL EXPANSION Belief at White House That Repeal Is Important In Carrying Out Diplomatic Plans. Washington, D, C. Development of American foreign policy as an influ ence for commercial expansion and tho causo of universal peace is a vi tal concern of tho Washington admin istration In its efforts to havo repeal, ed tho tolls .cxomptlon clauso in tho Panama canal act. ABido from President Wilson's as sertion that tho national honor of tho Amorlcan peoplo Is Involved in up holding a treaty obligation, there aro circumstances surrounding a settle ment of the controversy .which aro oxpoctcd by administration officials to havo a broad effect on tho diplo matic relations of the United States with tho world. Behind tho protest of Great Britain, it has become known universally, stands the united support of European nations, whoso formal objections to tho tolls provisions havo boon hold in abeyance to await tho outcome of England's negotiations with tho United State3 on the subject. Under lying tho sottlement of tho tolls dis putes an ambitious program of Amer ican diplomacy which contemplates an early adjustment of relations with tho nations of tho globo so that tho Panama canal may bo opened In an era of diplomatic good feeling. Look for Good Will. Though there exists no agreements or obligations with England to this effect, tho extension of England's re ciprocal good will, in tho view of dip lomatists and persons closo to tho ad ministration, cannot but aid in bring ing about eventual triumph of tho American policy in Moxico and a sat isfactory settlement of delicate nego tiations with Japan and influence a host of othor diplomatic difficulties which havo accumulated to tho Unltod States In tho last decade nnd in which tho friendship of Great Brit ain could bo a healthy factor. Will Be Held as Hostage. El Paso, Tex. Nonpayment of tho ransom demanded as tho price of tho llfo of Luis Tcrrazas, Jr., will not re sult in tho execution of the prisoner, acordlng to a tolegram received from General Villa at Chihuahua. Informa tion as to tho tolegram came to rebel agonts, but theso added that Goneral Villa most certainly would oxposo Torrazas to tho enemy's flro at Tor reon unleBs tho prisoner's fathor, Gonoral Luis, Terrazas, refrains from political activities. Tho younger man, it is assorted, always has been hold as hostago to contrbl, If possible, his father's efforts In behalf of Goneral Huorta. Even after repeated warn ings, it is declared that tho elder Ter razas has aided tho Mexican govern ment with men and money, until a wook ago General Villa declared that his patience was at an end. Tho lat tor's decision to waive the matter of ransom came through representations mado by General Carranzn. supremo chief of tho revolution, and by his agonts. Experiments With Wireless Phone. Syrncuso, Sicily. William Marconi arrived hero with apparatus for ex porimonts in radio-telephony. Ho was received on board tho battleship Ro glnn Elena by tho duko of tho Abruzzl who gavo a dinner In honor of tho In ventor. Mr. Marconi expects to spend ton dnyB on tho battleship oxchang ing wireless tolophono messages with polntB on tho Mediterranean. Austrian Suffragettes Meet. Vienna. Hundreds of women's mass mootings In favor of woman suf frage wore held throughout Austria. At nil of them resolutions wero adopted declaring that it was tho gen oral demand of Austrian women for tho tho voto In parliamentary and lo cal elections. Tho mnss meetings wero organized by tho socialist party. Operation on Julia Marlowe. Baltimore, Md. Julia Marlowe, the actress, who recently was takon 111 In Los Angeles, Cnl was operated on for nppondlcltB nt a hospital here, ac cording to a report from a rollablo Bourco. Her condition was said to bQ sorlous. $10,000 Gara, at Fullerton. Fullorton, Nob. Tho $10,000 garage, which Is being built by Dr. Abel Is Hearing completion. This building is 50x120 feet. T. V. Jackson & Son aro tho contractors. Woman Killed By Employe. Now York. Mrs. Mablo Garcia, a woll-to-do Cuban and owner of a cigar factory, was Bhot and killed In her homo In Park avenuo by Victor Reynolds, a young employe of hors, whoso attentions sho had rejected. Roynolds committed Bulcldo, Meat Famine At An End. Sydnoy, Australia. A settlement has been reached In tho dlsputo bo twoon tho employers nnd employes In tho meat trade. Tho strlko had brought about a moat famine. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Mnrch 29 will bo "go to church Sun day" at Lincoln. Organization of a farmers' union Is being perfected at Western. Tho stato college conference will bo held at York, March 13, 14 and 15. John Cassel of Stapleton had a leg broken by tho kick of a vIcIoub horse. Eight or ton houses at Alnsworth aro quarantined becauso of a smallpox scare. Jay C. Oliver of Morrison, 111., Is the new secretary for tho Y. M. C. A. at York. The explosion of an Incubator lamp destroyed the home of John Yockel at Beatrice. Mrs. Anna W'eltzker, aged 84, was found frozen to death in a snow drift near Florence. Farmers around Garrison havo sub scribed $0,400 for the purposo of build ing an olovator. Hastings club women havo raised a found of $1,500 for an old people's homo at that place. Beatrice business men havo passed resolutions favoring penny postago on first-class matter. East Central Nebraska Teachers' association will meet at Fremont, March 2G, 27 and 28. Geneva will voto on a $10,000 bond lssuo this sprlrfg for the purpose of building a town hall. Thomas Buckley, a former Nebras kan, lost his life by tho caving in of a well near Iowa City, la. Tho Fremont Ministerial association plans to hold services In tho Dodgo county Jail each Sunday. Eight cars of hogs, the largest ship ment ever made from that place, left Dawson one day last week. An epidemic of mumpsis enlarging the facial landscape of a large portion of the inhabitants of Edgar. Wlllard Butler, tho Fremont boy con victed of killing his father, was sen tenced to llfo Imprisonment. Tho triennial convention of tho Royal Neighbors of merlca will be held In Omaha, March 17 to 19, Ex-Governor George L. Sheldon was tondored a banquet by members of tho Masonic fraternity at Tekamnh. John Krummnck, for a quarter of a century a Burlington employo at Lin coln, dropped dead of heart disease. An historic homo erected at Ne braska City many years ago by Judge O. P. 'Mason has been destroyed by fire. Farmers around St, Libory will go into tho business of raising water melons on extensive scales this sum mer. A high school basketball tournament under tho auspices of the state univer sity will be held at Lincoln March 11 to 14. A national guard company was mus tered in at Ord last week by Lieuten ant Stoll of tho adjutant general's office. " Efforts aro being mado by tho state board of agriculture to get auto races for tho first day or the fair, Monday, September 7. The big living house on the Lancas ter poor farm was totally destroyed by fire, but Its thirty Inmates wero gotten out in safety. Grant Macfnrland won over thirteen competitors In the annual contest and will represent Stanton In tho district oratorical contest. Gust Anderson, near Craig, was so badly frozen when ho got lost In tho storm of Inst week that he may lose his hands and feet. Tho goneral merchandise store of Stumpp & Rounds at Howe was broken into and a largo quantity of clothing and shoes stolen. Tho town of Eustls, in Frontier county, is all worked up over a saloon fight. For years tho town hns con tinued wot without question. C. E. Joyce, an Iceman at Weeping Water, has just finished harvesting nearly 1,000 tons of ice that will aver ago oVer fourteen Inches thick. Tho Public Service club of Broken Bow gavo Its first monthly banquet to tho members and their wives, there being sixty-three In attendance. Sterling will havo a six days' Chau tauqua this summer. Fred Fncknltz near Hastings was awarded $500 damages for farm prop erty destroyed by flro originating from a spark from a Union Pucllic engine. O, H. Llebers, Gago county's farm demonstrator, has returned from Wis consin, whro he purchased forty-five high grade Holstoin cattle for Gago county farmers. Tho fiddling contest given by tho Improved Order of Red Men nt the opera house at Plattsmbuth was list ened to by a crowded house. This was tho fourth annual contest. A proposed bond sale for $12,500 to build additions to the Loup City high school was defeated by thlrty-ono Votes'. George Knrg03 and Melville Pope, two Fairbury boys, are In a sorlous condition as tho result of colliding with a treo as they wero coasting down a long hill. James G. Russell, oldest civil war veteran in Nebraska and perhaps In tho entire country, nnd tho oldost showmnn In tho United States, as 100 yearn old March 1st, and Mr. nnd Mrs. RubsoU kept open house all day at tholr homo In Lincoln. Clint Clnlr. former manager of tho Nebraska City baseball team, and nt ono tlmo first baseman for Hastings, hns been engaged as mnnagor of tho Grand Island tenm. Laura McKInzey. whose husband was killed during a brawl at a streot fair In Wilber Inst fall, has brought suit for $20,000 dnmagos against nlno saloons of that place. Throe hundred formor York rosl dents now In California held a re union ana picnic nt Whltttcr. noarLos Angeles, recently. They are members of tho Southern California York County association NAMES SHORT 0NJET1TI0NS BUSINESS METHODS IN FARMING ARE WINNING OUT. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. Western Newspaper Union News Scrvlc. Count of the university location petition names by counties hns Just been completed by tho secretary of state. Of tho 23,386 names allowed to remain on the petition which Is now short Just 781 names there aro 3,104 names from Douglas county. The re quired 5 por cent of that county is only 1.4G2, as the total vote, according to tho secretary's records, was 29,247 at tho 1912 election. Tho colectors of names will havo until ninety days before the general election to fllo additional names and this will be taken up at once, accord ing to tho staff connected with tho work. The names ruled out by the secretary number 2,877 and were col lected at the state fair and ono or two other places where large" crowds were present. The fact that the, petitioners signed the documents without regard to the fact that names from many counties appeared on each petition was held by Secretary Walt to bo con trary to the apparent Intention of the law. Counties In which the required 5 per cent of names has not been collected aro Adams, Banner, Blaine, Burt, Cheyenne, Dawes, Douel, Gage, Gar field, Greeley, Grant, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Keya Paha, Knox, Logan, Loup, McPhcrson, Morrill, Perkins, Red Willow and York. Under tho law tho 10 por cent petition is required to contain names of 5 per cent of the total legal voters in each of only two fifths, or thirty-seven counties, of tho state, so this action of the law has been complied with In substance. Business Methods on the Farm. "Tho farmer who uses business methods Is cpmlng to the front. Tho other fellows aro being weeded out." according to F. A. Sherzinger of Nel son, who Is both an editor "and a farmer. For twenty-five years he has been a close student of agricultural conditions In Nuckolls county. After admitting that he was a "crank on businesslike farming," Mr. Sherzinger continued: "Men who use their heads make money In the farming game and this state cannot bo beaten. The shiftless the unobserving and the unprogresslve aro being lost In the shuffle. This ap plies to both landowners and tenants. "When a tenant does not get re sults nowadays ho Is soon informed that the owner wants possession on the first day of March. Land has In creased in value from the old fixed price of $20 an acre to $100 and' over. It Is hard to set a limit for new meth ods, and ney markets and new crops will Increase values." Treasurer's Monthly Report, ""he monthly report of Stato Treas urer George shows over $50,000 of uninvested funds on hand. There Is now $CC,558 In tho general fund. The balance on hand tho first or February In all funds was $721,C51. During the month tho treasurer received $624,435, paid out $639,831 and ha? on hand $740,255.41. Of that amount $8,219 73 Is cash on hand and $738,035.68 Is in state depository banks. The total trust funds Invested is $9,564,714. Of that amount $.83,249 is invested in uni vorslty warrants, $123,063 In normal school warrants, nnd $60,069 In gen eral fund warrants. Tho balance. $9, 298.333, Is Invested in bonds. There Is $44,1S7 still in tho university building funds which tho treasurer will pay out In .cashing warrants that have not been sold by the original owners. Tho night classes at the stato peni tentiary aro attonded by more of the Inmates at every session. Tho men who hnvo enrolled in either thq com mon school or the commercial courses are progressing rapidly with tholr studies and Warden Fenton Is pleased with tho work. The plan of classify Ing tho men In view of their previous education hns proved a success. Good-natured bandying and rich renditions of songs of his own compo'sl tion In the minstrel shows at the pent tontlary brought attention of local people to Thomas Mclntyre, sent ur from Cheyenne county for murder and he has been paroled to Judge W. H England of Lincoln. Governor More head signed tho parole after ho bo camo convinced that Mclntyro had no hand In tho murder or tho Sidnej wntchmnn, for which ho and Ham No vlllo nnd Con Sullivan were convicted A confession signed by Neville states thut Mclntyre was not in tho yards Shoes for National Guard. A carload or hiking-shoes, the first peace donation or footwear ever .mado to tho Nebraska National guard, hn? Just boon received at headquarters In Lincoln. Tho consignment will be Rtored In the nrmory nt present and will likely bo given out nt tho state camp this year, ir tho plan to join with other states In tho maneuvers nt Fort Rlloy. Kns.. Is followed out, then tho shoes will bo given out previous to tho dopartnre for that encampment Tho shres, according to General Hall' are of a durable quality ' NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE Chnncellor Avery, W. R. Mollor, Dr. Sheldon and Dr. Condra will attend a conservation congress at McCook, March 6. A now innovation In tho geological department will bo a six weeks' sum mer course In tho Blnck Hills. Espe cial attention will bo given to geology and mining.' About twenty will be in tho party. Tho Ladies' Relief Society of Fre mont hns been Incorporated. Interest ed in it aro Minnlo Zlatky, Fannie Krehsteln. Myrtle Verbln, Lizzie Koo rlch and Ida Berlk. Its purposes are charitable Tbo death knell of Arms outside, the state which come Into Nebraska to bid on stato printing was sounded In dis trict court when tho State Journnl won Its case in an injunction suit brought to prevent printing of su preme court reports by a Missouri firm. A petition for a military encamp ment to be held at Fort Leavenworth Is being circulated among students on tho university campus. The camp is to bo after final examinations in June, and will not interfere with summer vacations. The university senate will decide whether a camp should be given or not. Immense exhibits of all food pro ducts manufactured In the stnto are planned for tho coming stato fair ns a part of tho exhibition to be put on by the state food commission. Initial plans for the task have been worked out and if they go through tho entire old agricultural hall will be devoted to tho vast showing. Secretary of Stato Wait has com pleted his count of names on the peti tion asking that the question of uni versity removal be submitted to a vote at tho general election this fall. He found a total of 2C.2G3 names. The number required by law is 25.912. This leaves only 351 names in excess of tho number required by law. At n, meeting of the state board of educational lands and funds, held at the capltol building, the report of the appraisers, allowing $8,000 for tho pur chase of additional land for the state fair grounds, was adopted. This amount was appropriated by the Iaet legislature and tho board found the land to be worth that amount. Capt. S. G. Jamison has tendered his resignation as quartermaster for tho Nebraska National guard on Ad jutant General Hall's staff, and will be succeeded In that position by Capt Jesso Craig of Wymore. Captain Jamison expects to remove to Los An geles, but has not fully matured his plans. Six hundred newspapers and 2,000 manufactories of the stato will bo asked by Labor Commissioner Pool to report data on their industrial opera tions according to a schedule now be ing sent out by that official. The in formation gathered will go into the industrial report of the labor commis sion and wil contribute to the publicity on Nebraska's resources from a manu facturing standpoint. W. S. RIdgell, stato fire warden, has received an invitation to speak at n meeting of the Commercial club, and tho firemen of St. Edward. Tho ob ject of the meeting is to interest the city officers in tho purchase of suit able fire fighting apparatus. Mr. RId gell Is paid by tho flro Insurance com panies doing business in Nebraska and he is ever ready to preach fire preven tion and the purchase of good flro fighting npparatus. Organization of the lately appointed minimum wago commission has been effected. Governor Morehond was chosen chairman and Miss Anna Ilawes of tho university faculty was selected as secretary. Lack of funds duo to legislative oversight will pre vent tho commission from extending its activities, it was agreed, but every effort will bo bent toward doing as thorough n Job of investigating female labor conditions as possible. Gov ernor Morehead agreed to give the arising problems special attention nnd indicated! that he would take a hand in formulating a report for the next legislature. Other members of tho commission are George Norman of Omaha and Labor Commissioner Pool. At the meeting of tho commltteo of university students appointed to In vestigate student self-government In other colleges nnd universities, It was decided to have complete reports of tho committee printed and placed In tho hands of thoso Interested. Several students of the forestry de partment of the stato university will take advantage or tho opportune to do active work in the government for estry reservo at Halsey. Neb. The work will begin about tho mlddlo cf March and will last two weeks. Baseball has been eliminated ns a recognized athletic sport at tho Uni versity or Nebraska. This action was takon by tho athletic board on recom mendation or Director or Athletics Stlehm, who said experiences or the past row years proved that college baseball was. not appreciated In towns or tho conference whoro professional teams wero maintained. Dr. Bossoy of tho state univorslty has gone to Arizona for a few weeks for tho purpose or studying plant 1 1 to In the desert regions or that district. 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