THE 8EMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEDRA8KA.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS i
DATE3 FOR COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 21-25 Mo. Valley Photographers'
Association Convention tit Lincoln.
Aug. 22 to 2G Groat Western Rnco
Moot nt Omaha.
Sept. 4 to 7. NehraBka State Fair at
Lincoln.
Sept. 12-1G -Central Nebraska Fair at
Grand Island.
Sept. 13. Annual Convention Stnto
Federation of Labor nt Fremont.
Sept. 13 to 15 Old Settlers' reunion
at Mitchell.
Sept. 17-22 Women's Christian Tern-
peranco Union annual convontlon at
Omaha.
October 2 to 7 National Swine Show
at Omaha.
Oct. 3 to G State Federation of Wo
men's Clubs convention at Hastings.
October 1M2 State Meeting Grand
Lodgo Dogreo of Honor nt Lincoln.
Octobor 17-201. O. 0. F. Stnto Con
vontlon at Lincoln.
Cash receipts on the Omaha mar
ket for tho first seven months of this
year aro already 94,703 head in the.
lead of tho receipts of tho first seven
months of last year. This means
3,158 cars In tho lead. The total re
ceipts of cattle thus far havo been
66G.7G4. Tho hog receipts for tho
seven months are already 211,370 In
tho lead of tho receipts of tho first
sovon months of last year. The total
hog receipts to dato are 2.0G2.958.
Boring for gas or oil which waB
started northeast of Union, Cass coun
ty, several months ago, has been
abandoned. The well is several thou
san feet deep and no indications of
gas or oil havo been found. The well
cost $9,000 and tho Plattsmouth and
Union men financing it declined to
spend nnV more money. At Nebraska
City some years ago a similar ttempt
to And oil or gas failed.
A damage suit against Sarpy coun
ty for tho death of Harold Larson of
Lincoln, who was killed when . an
automobile with six people In it
plunged into tho Missouri rivor near
La Platte, will bo started at onco. It
13 alleged Sarpy county failed to pro
vldo protection for the road, which
ended abruptly at tho river. Four
others lost their lives.
A new record In high hog prices for
August was made nt the South Omnha
stock market, when a bunch of light
weight finished hogs was sold by J.
A. Reeco of York for $10 a hundred
pounds. The price also equaled tho
top price for the present yar.
Nine-year-old Otto Grioss wa3
killed instantly and Charles Bauer,
37 years old, died as a result of an
automoblld accident a mllo east of
Sutton. Gertrude Gric3S, 7 years old,
and John Grless, father of tho child
ren, who was driving, may die.
When Mrs. Anna Towle, postmis
tress at South Bend, opened tho ofllco
tho other morning she discovered that
$100 had been stolen from a waste
paper basket she used In lieu of a
safo. The thief had not disturbed
the stamps.
A petition signed by 750 voters of
Beatrice has been filed with the city
commissioners asking that tho present
ordinanco which prohibits Sunday
amusements bo so amended that it
will permit Sunday moving picture
shows. "y
Helen Chimes, champion Nebraska
race horse, owned by tho Schinstock
brothers of West Point, has entered
the big $2,000 Hal McKlnney purse
2.18 pacing event at the Gr?at West
ern raco meet at Omaha, August 22
to 26.
Fort Crook, near Omaha, has been
chosen by the war department as the
central recruiting station for the fed
eralized militia on tho border, and all
"rookies" will be sont to tho fort
from Nebraska and the Dakotas for
training boforo being sent south.
This year's chautauqua at Holdrego
has closed with receipts amounting to
$2,843, nn amplo sum to tfllow tho
Commercial club and chautauqua
management to come out without a
loss.
Over fifty thousand people from all
parts of the country attonded the an
nual tractor meeting at Fremont last
week.
Pioneers and old settlers of Burt
county will hold their annual re-union
nt Tekamnh, August 25.
Nebraska hunters, who were eager
ly watching for a month's additional
shooting of gamo birds in March, may
be doomed to disappointment, Feder
al Oame Warden It. P. Holland of
Kansas Intimated during a visit at
Llncon recently.
Tho Jofforson county live stock as
sociation Is keeping permanent home
for Us annual meetings near Falrbury.
' Tho- directors proposo to buy a ton
aero tract and plant troes to beautify
it. Tho tract will bo secured at this
time.
Tho safo in tho Bradshaw po3tofflco
was blown open a few nights ago by
yoggmen who carried nway about
$100 worth of stamps and $4 in
change. Tho damage to the safo is the
largest item in tho losses.
Grand Island people aro mourning
tho loss of Mrs. Christian Joehnck,
the only married woman in tho col
ony which was established In 1857,
who dlod a fow days ago.
Thlrty-flvo Nebraska babies aro al
ready entered In tho better babies
show at tho stato fair. August 21st
la the closing data of entries.
For Uio purposo of creating lntorosl !
in ono of tho most practical coursei j
offered high school students, tho IIol
drego Commercial club is planning an
elaborate banquet for members of thr
local School Gardeners' club, com
prising slxty-ono mombors, who suc
cessfully comploto the prescribed
course. Sllvor and gold medals will
bo awerded. Vegctnblo sulos by sev-
en members of tho club tbtal thus fnr
$G0.42.
John M. Thurston, former United
States senator, nnd ono of Nebraska's
most widely known citizens, died at
his homo in Omnha last weak. Ono of
Mr. Thurston's greatest achievements,
nnd one which gave him national
prominence, wns his famous speech
on Cuba in 1898 in tho senate which,
It Is said, brought on tho Spanish
American war. Senator Thurston, wns
G9 years old.
It now costs Nebraska farmors 74
cents por bushel to produce 800 bush
els of wheat on forty ncrcs of ground,
according to figures given out by W.
J. Bobbltt, Adams county assessor
and practical farmer. He estimates
tho actual cost of production from n
flftton-bushel ylold In 95 cents per
bushel but that a thirty-buBhol yield
reduces production costs to 53 cents.
Low labor prices nro figured.
Secretary Mollor of tho Stato Fair
board has engaged the following mu
sical organizations to bo present dur
ing the fnir: George Green's band of
Omaha, Nebraska State band of Lin
coln, Alnsworth, Scott's Bluff, Su
perior and Verdon City bands. Tho
Kilties from Canada nnd the LoBaron
Wheatley grand opera singers of Lin
coln, also St. Paul oratorio chorus.
Joseph Naverkal, a young farmei
residing near Clarkson, was killed
while attempting to cross a small,
bridge with a threshing machine. The
structure collapsed and Naverkal was
thrown botween the engine nnd sepa
rator and pinned there, his llfo being
crushed out Tho nccident occurred
near Clarkson.
At Fremont last week during tho
tractor meet, Honry Ford, tho Detroit
auto builder, declared that in tho nenr
futuro from one to four or flvo tract
ors will bo found on every farm. They
will bo small tractors, each of which
will perform about tho same capacity
of work ns could bo expected from a
team of two or three horses.
Tho Oxrord Stato Bank and tho
Burlington round house wcro partial
ly demolished by a heavy windstorm
which swept Oxford and adjacent ter
ritory last week. All wires between
Holbrook and Oxford wero blown
down and a number of farm buildings
wero swept away by tho storm. Tho
damage Is estimated at $10,000.
RlcharSson county has 104 school
districts, ninety-seven frame school
buildings and seventeen brick, accord
ing to the report of County Superin
tendent Weber, Just issued. The
county has six parochial schools. Ti e
teachers numbered 172, nineteen male
and 155 female. Total number of
pupils enrolled reached nearly 4,500.
Improvements that cost about $f,
000 have Just been completed at tho
plant of tho Atlantic Canning com
pany at Fremont. Tho 1910 campaign,
which starts soon, will give employ
ment to 200 people
James Boyles, Jnborer, was instant'y
killed and an unknown man injured
when a dump car nt the Condon Con
struction Co.'s dump overturned at
Louisville. Boyles was crushed to
death.
Joe-Steelier of Dodgo throwHarold
Chrlstennen, Danish champion wrest
ling champion, at Fremont In straight
falls. The time was 10 minutes and
20 seconds for tho first and 4 mlnutos
for the second fall.
The Nebraska Press association,
during their .business session nt
Scottsbluff Inst week, decided to held
tho next annual meeting In Omaha.
Tho vote was Omaha 3G, Lincoln 7,
York 2.
Business men of Albion have agreed
to keep their stores closed on Sunday.
They aro to do so ln recognition cf
tho Christian sentiment now prevail
ing In the city.
Extenslvo preparations are being
made at Hastings for the annunl con
vention of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs to bo hold In that
city early In October.
Fire completly destroyed tho Blnko
postofllce, located about twenty miles
north of Burwell, with nil its mall
and other contents.
At n special election held last week
Ogallala voted sewer bonds In the
sum of $5,000,
Two men drove up to the Farmers'
Stato bank of Florence, a suburb of
Omaha, last Saturday noon In an au
tomobllo, ono of thorn went Inside,
"covored" tho cashier with a rovolvor,
took $1,000 and made his escape with
his companion.
Josse C. McNIsh of Omaha has re
signed tho chalrmnnshlp of the repub
lican stnto central committee. McNlnh
was elected chairman of the state
committee at a meeting held after
tho state convention at Lincoln
July 25.
Considerable damngo was done to
buildings at rtushvllle and growing
crops in tho vicinity by a terrific wind
and hall storm which swept through
Shorldan county Into last week.
David Jones, who taught manual
training and music In tho Seward
schools for the past, two years, has
been elected to tench the snmo sub
Ject In the Kansas City high school.
Work on tho new German Luthoran
church at Pender has commenced
Tho now church will cost about $6,000
and Is expected will be ready for ded
ication this fall.
EXCEEDS HIGH MARK
APPROPRIATIONS BY CONGRE83
PASS FORMER RECORDS.
PREPAREDNESS IS EXPENSIVE
$640,000,000 to Be Used for Defense
Unless Unexpected Happens May
Adjourn September 1st
Washington. With passago Uiln
week of the $50,000,000 ship purchaso
bill and probable npprovnl by tho
uuubu ih mu nciiuic n bit,uuiu ........
bill, tho appropriations of the sixty
fourth congress wilt have exe'eeded
the previous high record by at least a
half a billion dollars.
While exact figures 'cannot be com
puted until tho gavol has fallen on
tho last supply bill of tho session, tho
nggrcgato appropriation by congress
for all purposes probably will approx
imate $1,700,000,000, as ngalnst $1,114,
000,000 for tho sixty-third congress.
Besides regular supply bills which
tntnl na tlinv now ntnml tl.387.20G.-
580, congrcsB will havo added when j
tno Bliipping um is npproveu uiuro
than $90,000,000 for Bpeclal purposes.
Thoro also havo been contract au
thorizations amounting to about $207,
000,000, all of which would bring tho
grand aggregate to $1,085,000,000 with
tho uncertain general deficiency ap
propriation bill still In tho making to
be added at tho end of the session. i
special appropriations uiciuue u,
000,000 for a government nltrato
plant, $G000,OQO for good roads, $16,
000,000 for rural credits and $50,100,
000 for the government shipping proj
ect Gonoral supply bills that ontor J
Into tho session's total nro as follows:
Postoillco, $322,200,577; navy, yet to
bo approved, $315,82G,843; army, $267,
597,000; pensions, $158,OGO,000; sundry
civil, $128,396,445; rivers and harbors,
$42,880,085; legislative, executive nnd
Judicial, $37,925,600; army and navy
nnd other urgent deficiencies, $31,012,.
075; agriculture, $27,000,000; fortifica
tions, $25,748,050; District of Colum
bia, yet to bo approved, about $13,
000,000; Indian affairs, $10,907,644;
diplomatic and consular, $5,355,096,
and military rfcademy, $1,225,043.
With President Wilson and a ma
jority of tho party leaders urgently
supporting the senate's naval build
ing and personnel Increases, It Is bo
lioved tho house will agree to them
aftor advocates of a small nnvy havo
made their last fight.
Appropriations for preparedness
nlono will aggregate approximately
$040,000,000 unless unexpected devol
onmonts should force a reduction In
tho naval program. While the house 1
this week Is bringing defenso legisla
tion to a close, tho senate will pass
tho ship bill, -workmen's compensation
bill and conference reports prepara- j
tory for tho rovonuo bill of which a
stubborn political assault will bo
waged by tho republicans.
When the nmended revenue bill gets
through conference It Is expected con
gress will be ready to adjourn. Lead
crs of both parties aro hoping ad
journment will come by September 1.
Announce Dates for Hearings.
Washington. Dates and placos
wore announced hero for tho first
thirteen hearings to be held by tho
farm loan board for compiling Infor
mation on which it will divide tho
country Into twelve farm loan dis
tricts under tho now rural credits law.
The Itinerary, so far as worked out,
with the dates of hearings, follows:
Augusta, Mo., August 21; Concord, N.
H., August 22; Hnrtford, Conji., Au
gust 23; Springfield, MnsB., August
23; Utlca, N. Y., August 24; Lansing,
Mich., August 25; Madison, Wis., Au
gust 26; Des Moines, la., August 28;
Sioux Falls, S. D., August 30; St.
Paul, Minn., August 31; Fargo, N. D.,
September 1; Helena, Mont., Septem
ber 2, nnd Spokane, Wash., Septem
ber 4.
From Spokane tho board will go to
Oregon and California nnd return
across tho central part of tho conti
nent Later a trip will bo taken
through tho south. Tho hearings will
bo public and farmers nnd farmers'
organizations will be invited to np
pear beforo tho board and submit In
formation which they think will as
sist tho board In solving tho Import
ant problem of determining tho
boundaries of the districts nnd locat
ing tho' federal land banks.
Blow Out Kills Three.
Wilmington, Del. An explosion
which blow, out n cylinder on n ro
hydratlng press at tho Dupont Powder
Co.'s plant at Carney's Point, N. J.,
killed threo workers und injured two.
To Launch Submerslbles Aug. 31.
Long Beach, Cnl. Launching of
United States submarines L-G nnd L-7
has been set for August 31 by tho
California Shipbuilding Co. Tho ves
sels have been under construction
noarly two years. It Is not known
who will christen Ihe submarines.
Huge Mill Destroyed.
Santa Fo, N.. M. The- mill of tho
Orak Mining and Milling Co. nt Kel
ly, N. M., ono of the largest in tho
southwest, was destroyed by fire, the
Iobb being $175,000,
Photograph Just arrived In this country showing uu endless line of Austria u
In their latest great drive. The prisoners under escort nro being tnken to tho
The lino of captured Austrlnns extends ns fur ns tho eyo can sco.
Germnn merchant submarine Duutschliind lust us she aturtcd from Baltimore on her dash to sea. Tho
Deutschlnnd Is bound for Bremen with her cargo of rubber, nlckol nnd gold.
cruisers that hnvo been waiting for her to leavo American waters.
KITE BALLOON AT
Kltu balloon belonging to the
over tho lines of tho enemy.
TRYIN
mmmmm Mai
These nro the members ot the federal board of mediation nnd conciliation
who have undertnken tho nltcmpt to arrango tho differences between tho rail
way managers und tho brotherhoods so Micro shall be no strike. Left to right,
they aro Martin A. Knupp, W. L. Chambers and U. W. Hanger.
AUSTRIANS CAPTURED BY THE
m i IK I
SAL0NIKI STARTING
ullk - s about to sturt on an inspection UIght
41 I
RUSSIANS
prisoners captured by tho Russians
Interior of Russia to n prison camp.
Sho will hnvo to ovndo tho hostllo
I head of Russian staff
General Bululeir, head of the Rus
sian general staff, photographed la
Franco, whore ho wus sent by tho czar
to Inspect nnd rcvlow Russian troops
now fighting on tho Ohnmpagno front
HOW EfATALTJOMB WAS MADE
Newton 1'otter, who, It Is belluvcd,
mado tho bomb that killed soveu und
Injured 40 spectators of San Francis
co's preparedness parado, Is hero Been
showing how tho bomb was welded.
It All Depends.
"Kissing," said tho coy maid, "should
bo strictly confidential."
"But," observed tho strenuous young
man, "think what wo would havo
nilssod If the discoverer of kissing had
never uiudo It public." '