THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PCATTE. NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
DATE 3 FOR COMING EVENTS.
Sept. 4 to 7. Nebraska State Fair at
Lincoln.
Sept. 1M5 Southwest Nebraska Dis
trict Pair at Maywood.
Sept. 124G -Central Nebraska Fair at
Grand Island.
Sept. I3.r-Annual Convention State
Federation of Labor at Fromont
Sept. 13 to 15 Old Sottlors' reunion
nt Mitchell.
Sept. 17-22 Women's Christian Tem
peranco Union annual convention at
Omaha.
Sept. 2G-Oct. 7 Ak-Sar-Ben Fall Festl
val at Omaha.
October 2 to 7 National Swine Show
at Omaha.
Oct. 3 to 6 State Federation of Wo
men's Clubs convention at Hastings.
October 11-12 State Meeting Grand
Lodgo Degreo of Honor at Lincoln.
October 17-201. O. O. F. State Con
ventlon at Lincoln.
Electric light bonds to tho sum of
$4,000 rccolved almost unanimous on-
dorsomont by tho poople of Burcbard,
Pawnee county, at a special election
held in tho village last week. The
bonds will bo issued and sold at once
and work begun on the electric light
system.
The building of tho now $20,000
Burlington depot at Columbus has
commenced. Tho structure Is to bo
ono of tho best in Central Nebraska.
Forty floats have been completed
for tho Ak-Sar-Ben electrical parade
during tho fall festival, September 20
to Oct. 7, at Omaha.
Contract has Just been let for a new
$20,000 theater in Columbus. It will
be a fireproof structure and will be
ono of tho best and most up-to-date
theater buildings in this state, 44x100
feet Preliminary work has already
begun.
Word has been received in Central
City that tho United States treasury
department has accepted the stto do
nated by Heber Hord for a public
building to bo erected thero, located at
the southeast corner of Sixtoenth avo
oue and Sixteenth stroet
Miss Dorothy Ellsworth, 24 years
old, whoso fiance, Shirley Fossler, a
Lincoln newspaper man, died In that
city, ended her life there by swallow
Ing carbolic acid. Remorso over Foss
lor's death is believed to have been
responsible for tho act.
One of tho elevators of tho Far
mers' Equity Exchange at Jansen, col
lapsed last week, scattering about
4,000 bushels of wheat and about a
thousand bushols of com over tho
ground.
Whllo tho threo children of Albert
Estlor, a rancher residing east of Har.
, rison, were playing on a hay xako the
slutch slipped and almost tore two
Qngors and half ot tho' hand from lit
tle Robert
A young man of North Platte was
prosecuted for hauling two beef car
casses In a wagon without being cov
ered to protect them from flies, dust
and dirt. He pleaded guilty and was
fined $10 and costs.
E. T. Griggs, caretaker for the Car
ter Lake club, and Frank Musco, Ital-
lan laboror, wore overcome by sower
gas In the club sower pumping sta
tion at Omaha, fell into the water
and wero drowned.
Work Is being pushed with vigor on
tho new Platte river bridge at Kear
ney. In an effort to finish tho struc-
turo this year the contractors are
keeping up operations twenty-four
hours a day.
Tho board of directors of tho York
Y. M. C. A. has adopted a resolution
eliminating from their reading rooms
such papers and periodicals as con
tain liquor and clgarct advertisements.
The now federal land bank board
will hold a hearing In Omaha about
September 18 to consider this city's
claim to one of tho twelve district
banks.
There are 38,592 children of school
age In Omaha. Last year 29,7G3 pu
pils were enrolled In the schools,
1,795 of then; being In tho night high
school.
Cpntract, Is to bo let In the very
near future for the construction of n
three-story brick school building at
Giltner.
Work on Havelock's now $25,000
school building Is expected to bogin
In the next few weeks.
In spite of adverse conditions and
the payment of $1,500 to Madam
Schumann-Helnsk for a single pro
gram, the Hastings Chautauqua, held
just recently, paid all, expenses. The
ohautauqua will bo continued another
year.
Nebraska hunters, who were eager
ly watching for a month's additional
shooting of game birds In March, may
be. doomed to disappointment, Feder
al Game Warden R. P. Holland of
Kansas Intimated during a visit at
Llncon recently.
Tha Union Pacific railroad haB de
iclded to lay a switch for the purposo
ot hauling coal to the Hastings elec
tric light and water works plant, for
lack of which tho city has paid out
about $25,000 in transfer charges.
E. D. Beach of Lincoln was elected
chairman of tho republican state cen
tral committee to nil the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Jesse C
McNlsh of Omaha.
tieptemoer 7 hks been set as
"Omaha day," at the Nebraska state
fair at Lincoln. Several thousand
Omohans will attend.
Tho board of county supervisors ot
Burt county has lot the contraot for
the erection of tho now $75,000 court
houso to bo built at Tcltatnnh. Burt
county never had a county building of
Its own, as tho present shack was do
nated to it by a few Tekamah citi
zens. Because of strife between the
west and cast sides of tho county no
agreement could ovor bo roached for
a suitablo county building, despite tho
fact that the county valuation Is ovor
$50.000.000
"Nebraska has the best wheat In
tho world, and an nbundanco of it,"
waB tho assertion of General Manager
Frank Walters of tho Northwestorn
railroad, while discussing business
conditions at Omaha recently. "Our1
freight trafllc Is heavier than ovor bo-
fore, and showd no sign of lotting up.
Tho wheat crop Is wondorful, and all
oyes aro on Nebraska."
nov. Billy Sunuay, tno famous evan
gelist, delivered anti-liquor addresses
last week at Grand Island to an aud
lenco of 7,000, at North Platto to ovor
4.C00 people, and at Omaha to an as
semblage estimated at closo to 9,000.
His audiences in every caso pledged
Itself ' to fight to make Nebraska a
"dry" state this fall.
Tho Kearney canning factory has
started .its machinery and tho regular
run has now commonced. Everything
l8 ' in tip-top shapo 'for the BcaBon's
work and a good run Is expected. The
factory has over threo hundred acres
0f swoct corn contracted for and also
one hundred acres of tomatoes, but
much more can bo handled.
One thousand prize-winning Chester
White hogs will bo shown at tho Na
tional Swlno Show at Omaha, October
2 to 7. F. L. Barber of Harlan, la., a
member of tho board of directors, has
reserved space for that many hogs. In
addition he made hotel reservations
for eighty-five breeders, who will como
from evory state In the union.
C. N. Nichols, a farmer residing
near Wauneto, threshed ten acres ot
wheat that yielded 517 bushels. Ho
has 300 acres in wheat and has just
completed threshing 1G0 acres that
averaged 35 bushels. The ten acres
wero especially prepared as an ex
periment.
The automobile display at tho Ne
braska state fair nt Lincoln, Sept. I
to 7, is going to exceed anything over
before seen in this state, is tho opln
Ion of Secretary Mellor. Tho largest
donlera linvn enenced all available
8I)flCQ nnd numtonal facilities are
needed.
The $1,750,000 "good roads" bond
Issue voted by tho people of Douglas
county at tho recent primary election
was declared Invalid by District Judgo
Leslie in a decision handed down at
Omaha. Ho denied tho proposition
had received a legal majority of votes
cast. An appeal will bo taken.
Tho annual Southwest Nebraska
District fair will bo held at Maywood
September 11 to 1. General SuperSln
tondent W. P. Wlthrow of tho fair as.
soclatlon has made arrangements with
several tractor companies to be at
Maywood during fair week with ex
hibits.
Gago county swlno b'reoders have
organized the Gago county hog -chol-
ora control association, tho purpose
of which Is to prevent the spread of
tho plague in tho county.
Threo young men of North Platto
wero fined $105 and costs, fine and
costs to bo split by the trio, by County
Judge French, for shooting pralrlo
chickens out of season.
A special election has been called
for September 12th by the city coun
cil of'Chadron to voto on a $15,000
bond proposition for the purposo of
erecting und furnishing a city hall.
Tho official government report ot
rainfall at Oshkosh for the past foui
months shows the following: April,
1.08; May, 2.C9; June, 1.G0; July, 2.57.
Making a total of nearly eight inches.
Tho York Electric and Gas Co. was
transferred to the Public Service Co.
of Delaware, according to a mortgago
filed with tho register ot deeds In the
sum of $1,000,000.
Recent rains have so changed sweet
corn conditions that the management
of a Hastings cannery announced that
Its factory will soon be opened.
Tho Masonic ordor of Alliance has
Just let a contract for tho rebuilding
of their home In that city
Tho work
will cost about $15,000
Merchants of Plckrell and stock
holders of the Farmers' Elevator of
tho town will hold a Joint picnic on
September 14.
Work has commenced on the new
church building being erected by the
newly organized Nazarcmo congrega
tion at Beatrice.
When Mrs. Anna Towle, postmis
tress at South Bend, opened tho offlco
tho other morning she discovered that
$100 had been stolon from a wasto
paper basket she used in lieu of a
safo. The thief had not disturbed
tho stamps.
A petition signed by 750 voters ol
Beatrico has boon filed with tho city
commissioners asking that tho present
ordlnanco which prohibits Sunday
amusements be so amended that it
will permit Sunday moving picture
shows.
Miss Edna Work, assistant principal
of tho Hastings high school, has ac
cepted tho position of assistant prin
cipal of the State Normal school at
Chadron.
Tho construction on tho now $50,000
high school building at Plattsmouth
will bo commenced early noxt week.
It will be one of tho finest school
buildings In eastern Nebraska,
A pure seed exhibit will be ono ot
tho features of tho coming state fair,
at Lincoln, Sept 4 to 7. An exhibit in
charge of a competont seed expert will
be placed In one of the buildings.
L
FUNSTON MAKES KNOWN VIEWS
ON MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
HIS OPINION WAS SOLICITED!
Stand Taken by the General Will
Have Decided Affect On Coming
Commissioners' Meeting.
Washington. A recommendation
from General Funston that the Amor,
lean troops bo withdrawn from Mexico
was contained In a recent report on
tho military situation mado at tho re
quest of the War department, and de
signed for uso of tho Joint commission
which will discuss border problems.
Stato department ofilclnls do not at
tempt to disguise their r,egret over
premature publication ot General
FunBton's conclusions, but they Indi
cated that it would not cause any al
teration In plans.
Officials realized, it is understood,
tho pressing matter for discussion by
the commission from Mexlco'n view
point will bo tho question of with
drawal of General Pershing's expedi
tionary force.
In order to furnish the American
commissioners with full Information,
Oenerni Funston was asked to express
his views on tho military aspects of
the expedition. There Is evory Indi
cation that tho commissioners, and
later tho administration, were ex
pected to abide by tho recommenda
tions of tho chief military adviser on
border matters.
Publication of tho fact that Gen
eral Funston blloves It wIbo to with
draw tho troops may hamper tho
American commissioners, Bomo offic
ials think, lb obtaining whatover guar
antees they may ask of the Mexican
government as to security of tho bor
der from bandit raids. It is believed
tho administration Is fully prepared
to arrange for tho recall, of General
Pershing's forces, slnco both State
and War department officials aro un
derstood to share tho vlowa expressed
In General Funston's report,
There can be little doubt, It In now
paid, that the withdrawal will bo
promptly agreed to when tho commls
sion meets, tho conferees then turn
ing their attention to the drafting ot
a protocol to cover future border oper
ations, investigation of tho causes of
bandit raids, and such other matters
as they may wish to take up,
Wilson for Eight-Hour Day.
Washington. President Wilson has
appealed to the railroad officials to
abandon their Inslstanco on nrbltra-
tion of tho dlsputo threatening a nation-wide
railroad striko, and to ac
cept his plan of settlement, already
agreed to by the employes, because In ,
his opinion the railroads aro contend- i
Ing for a principle which It Bsomlng- i
cnt situation.
In ono of tho most dramatic scenes
known to tho White Houso In recent
years tho president declared to the
heads ot $5,000,000,000 worth of prop
erty assembled at hlB Bummons:
"If a strike comes, the public will
Vnow whore the responsibility rests.
It will not bo upon me."
The president later issued a state
ment declaring that he recommended
ho concession of the eight-hour day
- -that Is, the substitution of an
olght-hcur day for tho present ten
hour in all tho existing practices and
agreements. He said he .ma.de this
rocommendntlon because he believes
tho concession right. The eight-hour
day now has tho sanction of the
.ludgmont of society in its favor nnd
should bo .adopted aa na basis for
wages even where the actual work
to bo dono cannot be completed with
in eight hours. .
Thirteen Die In Storm.
Corpus Christ!, Tex. Tho loss of
llfo from tho tropical storm which
struck Corpus Chrlstl and ten nd
lacent south Texas counties late last
weok has been placed at thirteen, In
cluding nine members of tho crow of
the small freighter pilot boat which
foundered off tho Aransas pass Jet
ties. Tho total damage In this section
of which 'Corpus Chrlstl bore the
heaviest part, was estimated at $2,
000,000. This includes devastation ot
a largo .portion of the lower coast's
cotton crop, which was ready to be
picked. The storm area is along 150
miles of lower gulf cost, from Corpus
Chrlstl to Brownsville, reaching in
land from thirty to fifty miles.
Nevada Men Enlist In Utah.
Salt Lako City. Novada's late Na
tional Guard, consisting of nbout for
ty men, is arriving here in small de
tachments: to enlist In tho Utah Na
tional Guard and go to tho border.
, Suggest Building Memorial.
Baltimore, Md. An 'office building
as headquarters for the International
Typographical union at Indianapolis
was suggested as memorial to- Will
iam B. Preiicott at tho convention ot
tho union here. Ho wbb a former
president of tho union.
80 New Csases In Chicago.
Chicago. Eighty known cases of in
fantile paralyslB have been reported
In Chicago this month, and spread of
tho dlseaso appears to bo continuing
over the city.
AORSWITD 1
CATERPILLAR
Caterpillar tractor used by the United Status troops In Mexico to flatten down the humps that make roads near
the American bnso camp nt Colonla Dublun truly Mexican. Bumps and mounds are tho rulp, smooth stretches being
the exception. Thin machine weighs about 27,800 pounds or almost 14 tons. The photograph shows It crossing the
raljdtrackaiea
ARMORED RAILROAD CAR FOR UNITED STATES
1 1 .4flf i
This Is tho first nrmorod railroad car constructed for tho United States army. It has' Just been delivered by n cur
building plant at Hammond, Ind. The car la constructed of heavy steel plntcs and will carry ono high-powered gun
and 20 macjilno guns.
SCENE OF BLOODIEST
s TT1
An olllclnl photograph from the British front showing the dovuwmtlou
wrought by the fighting armies at Frlcourt, one of thu most Hangulnury Imttte
fieldn ot tho war.
OUTDOOR ARMY BAKERY AT N0GALES
In this outdoor bakery of th
louves of bread ure baked dally for
TRACTOR USED BY U.
OF FIGHTING
L nlted State army at Npgales 5,000
the troops stationed nt that pluco.
j
S. TROOPS
HIS TRIAL IS ORDERED
Chow Tzu-Chl, who for Hcvorut years
wua minister of ugrlculturo and com
merce under tho late Yuan Shi Kul, has
been ordered put on trial by Chlnu'H
now president. Ho resigned under flro
and disappeared. He is now reported
living in tho British concession at
Tlen-Tsln nnd consequently la beyond
tho reach of tho Chinese government
unless It makes criminal charges.
Repaid for Her Trouble.
Mrs. Lyle Perry of Flutrock township
Is a teacher in the schools at Clifford,
uorthcuxt of Columbus. Last winter
she had a hen that "stole out her nest."
Tho hen finally selected a largo pile ot
anthracite coul and laid three eggs
time. Then she nursed the eggs for
the required length of tlmo and three
chickens camo out Mrs. Perry did not
wish to lose thu chicken, nnd eho could
not leave thorn at homo when alio went
to school, So sho solved tho problem
by taking them with her In tho morn
ing nnd returning them at evening un
til they wero old enough to shift for
thomsolves. Tho chickens wero
hatched In January und now ono of tho
pullets lias boon enterprising enough to
hatch out a brood of 17 little chickens
to repay Mrs. Perry for her troublo. -Indlauapolls
Nowa.
