THE 3EM1AVEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
DATES FOR COMINGl EVENTS.
Nov. 21-23 -Farmers' Co-operatlvo
Stato Grain and Live Stock Ship
Ping ass'n vonvontlon nt Omaha.
Novembor 26 Stato Federation of
Musical Clubs conferenco at Lincoln.
Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 Annual Poultry
Show at Omaha.
Dec. i to 9 Annual Poultry and Pot
Llvo Stock Show at Beatrice.
Dec. C-7-8 Stato Irrigation associa
tion annual convention at Bridge
port. Dec. 12 to 14. Stato Convention of
County Commissioners and Clerks
at Alliance
Dec. 12-14 Nebraska Farmers Con
gress at Omaha.
December 20-21 National Farmers'
Equity Convention at Omaha.
January 1 to C State Poultry Show at
Kearney.
January 15-20 State Improved Llvo
Stock association meeting at Lin
coln. January 1C-17-18 Annual convention
of Nebraska Volunteer Firemen at
Auburn.
January 1G-19 Winter Apple, Floral
and Potato Show at Lincoln.
A dramatic club known as the Lyric
Players, has been organized at Shu
bert. The purposo of tho club Is to
study and at different time produce
tho works of dlfforent playwrights.
Milk prices havo been raised two
cents a quart at Fremont as tho re-
suit of an agreement of dealers and
creameries. Milk now sells at 9
onts a quart, Instead of 7 cents.
Walter MIesbach, of Tecumseh, Is
suffering with two broken ribs, tho re
sult of having a chair playfully pulled
from under him. while enjoying a party
with a company of young folks at a
neighbor's homo.
Jitney busses and taxlcabs aro Idle
at Norfolk as a result of orders to tho
pollco by tho city council to stop
drivers of all cars who wore unable to
produce licenses under tho new Jitney
and taxlcab ordinance.
Dakota county had 3,083 acres in
-winter wheat this year, yielding an av
rago crop of 20 bushels per acre, or
over G0.000 bushels, worth In tho
neighborhood of $90,000.
Tho Graco Lutheran congregation of
Hooper dedicated their now church
building last Sunday, with pastors
and laymen from adjoining towns In
attendance.
' Tho Burlington railroad has found
It necessary to make a considerable
addition to Its freight facilities at Al
liance as the result of tho steady bus
inefis Increase
The flrat report on corn yield In
Phelps county, mado by A. M. Lanner,
near Holdrege, shows about twenty-
eight bushels to tho acre, based on a
twenty-flvo acre Hold.
Soventy-flve converts wore register
ed at a flvo weeks evangelistic cam
palgn conducted by Rov. C. H. Gray
and W. H. Collins, at Springfield.
There Is a possibility that the cider
and vinegar factory at Stella will not
resume operation this year, as the re
suit of apple crop shortage.
The Methodist congregation of Ran
dolph will erect a new church build
lng at once to take- tho place of tho
ono destroyed by fire.
-Farm Domonstrator Llel)ers of Gago
county has purchased a carload of
Shropshire sheep for a number of far
.mors In tho county.
Benson Presbyterians havo purchas
ed a church site and plan to build a
new, modorn edifice In tho very near
future.
Tho big drainage ditch of tho Nema
ha valley dralnago district, running
from Syracuse to Talmage, Is Hearing
completion.
Avoca schools have adopted tho hot
vlunch system nnd It is meeting with
favor by both parents anu patrons.
Tho big Farmers' Co-operative ele
vator. contalnlnc thousands of bush
els of grain, at Osceola, was 'com
pletely destroyed by lire. The loss Is
estimated at $75,000.
Alpha Graf, a farmer living north
east of Beatrice, reports that Ills cord
Is yielding fifty-two bushels to tho
acre, This Is the best yield reported
this season In Gago county.
A whooping crano, which measures
olghty-four inches from tip of one
wing to the other, was shot on the
Platto river by L. It. Kllllan of Morse
Bluff.
Wllbor Gettys, 16-year-old son of
Rev. Gettys, Mothodlst pastor at Ar
nold, was almost Instantly killed In a
football game at Ansloy. Ho received
a dislocation of his neck and death
resulted almost immediately.
Catholics of York dedicated thel
reconstructed and enlarged church
building last Sunday, with Bishop
Tlhen of Lincoln conducting tho cere
mony.
Tho Burlington Is building a now
live-stall engine house at Oxford to
take tho place of tho building destroy.
ed by tornado In August,
Auburn Is to have twenty-five Mu
nlclpal Christmas trees this year. Tho
main one is to bo In tho center of
tho town and tho remainder to be set
six to the block on adjoining streets
Each child will receive candy, nuts
fruit and a toy.
Work Is progressing very favorably
on tho Platto river brldgo under con
atructlon by the Burlington on th
Chalco-Yutan cut-off near Yutan.
Flfty-flvo citizens of Lincoln county,
all ovor 70 years old, attended th
second annual Sunset social at North
Platto.
October was tho banner month for
llvo stock receipts at tho South
Omaha market On tho 16th the
largest number of cattle wero received
for a single day 1,015 cars; tho weok
ondlng October 21, 55,987 head of cat.
tie wore shipped In, breaking all rec
ords for a week's recolpts, the great
est number of cattle received In ono
month 225,000 head wore registered.
Besides all of this, 12,015 cars of
Ktock of all kinds wero shipped to the
market, which smashes all .monthly
ecords.
Kearnoy Grain dealers and elevator
men declare they faco a serious prob
lem as tho result of tho freight car
shortage. Wheat Is selling around
$1.70 a bushel In Buffalo county, tho
highest prlco In all history. ElevatorB
are filled to overflowing nnd unless
relief comes soon, buying may cease,
dealers say.
Butter, eggs and poultry are Belling
from 15 to 25 per cent hlghor than at
this tlmo last year, according to
Omaha commission men. Tho ad
vance Is duo chlofly to shortago, they
say, Government reports show that
storago houses contain 20 per cent less
butter than they did last year and 2G
per cent less eggs.
Tho Cuming County Farmers' Edu
cational nnd Co-Operatlvo Union was
formed at West, Point last week. Tho
rural credits problem; telcphono
question, and tho adoption of tho
county Torrcns land tltlo scheme will
bo taken up at tho next mooting,
scheduled for January 2, 1917.
At a Duroc Jersey salo near Syra
cuse, thirty-ono head wero sold at an
avorago of $30 per head. Tho top
mark was a fall boar which wont for
$51. Elovon head of gilts sold at an
average of $33.50 per head. Most of
tho animals went to breeders outsldo
of tho county
Slow Bcepago through tho underly
ing quicksand caused a $3,500 to
$5,000 loss to the Central Power Co.'s
water powor plant at Grand Island.
Tho flumes caved In and put tho tur
blno engines out of commission.
About 100 feot of tho runway collapsed
complotely.
Plattsmouth's now Carnegie library,
built at a cost of $12,500, is npw open
for use of tho public. It is a beauti
ful structure and a credit to tho city.
An automobile belonging to Mrs.
Esselbatte of Seward, was taken out
of her garage by a gang of boys Hal
lowe'en night and set afire.
Stock receipts so far this year at
tho South Omaha market aro: Cattle,
1,129,910 head; hogs, 2,232,233, and
sheep. 2,G11,343, an Increase ovor last
year In tho'flrst ten months of 157,040
head of cattlo; 255.7G8 head of hogs
and a decrease of 164,575 head of
sheep. '
Musical clubs from all over Ne
braska will gather In Lincoln Satur
day, November 25, for an Intercom-
munlty conference under tho auspices
of tho Stato Federation of Musical
clubs.
A call has been Issued by the execu
tive ofllcers of tho Nebraska Stato Ir
rigation association, for tho seventh
annual convention of tho organization
to bo held at Bridgeport, December G,
7 and 8.
Phelps county farmers purchased
two hundred and twonty head of
calves at a public sale at Holdrege a
few days ago. They expect to rough
them through the winter and sell them
as grass-feds next summer.
Tho Nebraska Improveed Llvo Stock
association will hold Its annual con
vention in Lincoln during the third
woek In January. Charles Graff of
Bancroft Is president of tho organiza
tion. "
Tho 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Koenecko of Beatrice, had
both legs cut off In the Burlington
yards whllo laying between some
cars on a sidetrack when an engine
hooked on to tho cars.
Three thousand people attended a
big barbecue at Wymoro last woek.
Tho Nebraska Potato company, with
headquarters at Chadron, has placed
50,000 bushels of potatoes in storago
this year.
Mitchell Harbaugh,- a 17-year-old
boy of Broken Bow, had his right arm
torn off, his shoulder crushed and a
badly lacerated back, as tho result of
falling head-first In a corn shredder.
Ho became wedged in. the machine so
light that it took a half hour to get
him out. Doctors say ho may recover.
Selling a loaded gun which had al
ways been kept on a pantry shelf for
tho purposo of shooting a squirrel he
had seen In tho yard, Clarence Fish
burno of Grand Island, was Instantly
killed when tho weapon was acci
dentally discharged.
A gain of almost $1,500,000 a day
was tho record s-et up by Omaha bank
clearings for tho week ending Oct. 28.
Tho total clearings for the woek wero
$30,1G3,591.23, as against $20,820,283.14
for tho corresponding week a. year ago.
Reglna, 16-months-old daughter of
Otto Mullor, of Norfolk, died from
bums received playing about a stovo
In tho homo whllo tho mother was
emptying ashes in tho backyard.
Beatrlco bakeries havo raised tho
prlco of bread 5-oent loaveB selling
at G cpnts and the 10-cent loaf at 12
cents.
Burlington railroad officials havo
ordered removed a blockade of two
boxcars placed in such a way as to
prevent tho Union Pacific from dou-ble-traeklng
across tho former's right-of-way
In Hastings. Tho blockado
was placod in August, 1912.
. The highest price for a car of any
corn was reached on tho Omaha grain
exchango whon a car of No. 2 yellow
sold for $1 a bushel. Tho corn was
shipped from Brunswick.
Cattlo receipts at tho South Omaha
stock maiket last month broko all
previous October records.
SIX DIE III FIGHT
CITIZENS AND I, W. W. MEN BAT.
TLE AT EVERETT, WASH.
THE INJURED NUMBER FORTY
Two Hundred and Fifty Workers Met
at Wharf and Ordered Not to Land
Trouble Over Strike.
Everett, Wash. Six mon wero kill
ed outright and forty Injured In n
pitched battle at tho Everett city
wharf betweon 250 mombers of tho in
dustrial workers of tho world, who
came hero from Seattle on tho stoam
er Verona, and a posse of 150 cltizons
headed by Sheriff Don Mcllao. Tho
nnmlnp nt llin nnrlv nt tnvndirn linil
been announced In messages sont to I
Everett from Seattle headquarters. A
call to Industrial workers of the world
members from all ovor tho stato had
been Issued and citizens of Everett
planned to meet tho Invaders and de
ny them prlvllego of landing.
When tho Verona reached tho city
wharf, Sheriff Mcllao, who was back
ed by a posso of deputy sheriffs and
cltlons, stopped forward and Informed
tho mon on tho boat that they wero
not permitted to land. Ono of the mon,
evidently spokesman for the party, be
gan arguing with the sheriff, nnd then
mndc a speech.
Apparently as a signal, tho man
dropped his hand, and tho armed men
on tho steamer oponed flro on the
posse assembled on tho wharf. After
tho shooting, In which about 1,000
shots wero exchanged, tho Vorona
turned around and started back to
Seattle. Many men wero scon to fall
on, tho deck of the steamer, nnd oth
ers,', panlck-strlcken, Jumped over
board. Some wero taken from tho
water, but others disappeared, and it
Is believed they wero drowned.
Tho first man to fall was Sheriff
McRao, seriously Injured, Ono man
wns killed Instantly, nnd In a moment
the crowd on shore was stricken In
panic. Deputy sheriffs on tho wharf
quickly rallied tholr forces, however,
and returned the flro of tho invaders
on tho Verona.
Tho trouble betweon tho Industrial
workers of tho world and tho authori
ties at Everett has been on for sov
eral months, and was tho outgrowth
of a strike of shlnglo weavers hero.
After several minor outbreaks of vlo
lenco during tho strlko, Sheriff McRao
organized tho citizens committee, and
expelled all members of tho Industrial
workers of tho world from Everett.
On several occasions Binall parties
of tho mon havo attempted to enter
Everett, but havo been turned back by
tho sheriff! Just a few days ago forty
flvo members of tho Industrial work
ers camo from Seattle by steamor,
but wero met at the wharf by the cit
izens' posse loaded In automobiles,
and escorted to a point south of town,
whero they wero liberated and ordered
to leave.
Last weok, the "Industrial Worker,"
tho official organ of tho Industrial
workers of the world tn Senttle, an
nounced that tho forclblo expulsion of
men from Everett must ho avenged,
and called for 2,000 volunteers to go
to Everett to establish tho "right of
freo spocch."
"Tho flght must be won," said tho
paper, "as the whole future of the In
dustrial workers of tho world In this
section dopends upon tho outcome.
Kingdom of Poland Re-Establlehed.
Berlin. "Germany awl Austria
Hungary by Joint action has proclaim
ed Warsaw aud Lublin the kingdom
of Poland and ro-established tho right
of tho Polish nation to control Its own
destinies, to llvo an Independent na
tional life and to govern Itself by
chosen representatives of at nation,"
pays the Over-Sens News Agency.
Continuing- the agency says: "A
few days ago a Polish dologatlon had
called upon tho Imperial chancellor,
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. Its mom
bers wero representative Poles of all
classes, all parties, all ranks of so
ciety nnd all creeps. Thoy transmit
ted to tho German government the
wishes of the Polish nation, which
now havo been granted to them.
"Thus tho nnclent kingdom of Po
lnnd from which In tho past camo fa
mous rulers like tho Jagellones (a dy
nasty founded by Jagollo which
reigned In Poland from 138C to 1572),
nnd glorious soldiers like the great
SobieskI (John III, king of Poland In
1674-169G) la now resurrected. The
Poles aro freo from Russian opprcfe
elon; no moro to bo trodden under
tho heels of tho Cossacks, Tho liber
ty that had been destroyed a century
ago on Russian Instigation now Is re
stored." 8peclal Trains for Carrying Liquor.
Charleston, W. Va. Tho Chesa
peake & Ohio railroad announco the
creation of two special trains on
which persons carry legally labelled
liquor will ba permitted to travel,
Persons will not bo permitted to
transport liquor on regular trains.
Dainties for Militiamen.
San Antonio, Tex. Tho women of
San Antonio aro to bo asked to hake
sufficient cakes, pics and cookies for
tho Thanksgiving dinner of tho 15,000
troops stationed at Camp Wilson.
U. S. SUPREME COURT AS NOW CONSTITUTED
'this ihw group photograph of the Supreme court of tin' I'nltod Slates shows that tribunal with Its two now
members. Front row left to right: Justice Day; Justfco McKennn; Chief Jmtlco Whllo; Justice Holmes;; Justlco
Van Dovunter. Back row loft to right: JuhUco Brandies; Justice Pitney; Justice McRoynolds; Justice Clarke,
Tho United States battleship Oklahoma, ulster ship of the Nevada, on a recent demonstration trip for the navy
department, when she developed a speed of 20X knots an hour. Her displacement la 27,500, and sho cost nonrly
$0,000,000 to build. She carries ten 14-inch guns.
OFF TO JOIN HER
dHHNr . I II T XX V uTt -V . . I .
Lady Mawson unit Patricia the "snow baby," photographed in Sun Fran
cisco on their wny from Aimtralla to Loiulon, whero Lady Mawson will join
her husband, Sir Douglas Mawson, for another trip to tho polar regions.
MUNICIPAL
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Tho uow marriage chapel lu tho niunlclpul building, Now York city. Tho
city has gono Into the marriage business After you get your license you step
Into a comfortablo llttlo room a few feot away, Tho room is generally filled
with flowers. Tho city clerk stands behind u tnblo and Joins lovers In wed
lock. No tlmo Is lost, no oxpenso Incurred. Tho photograph shows the first
couplo to bo married in tho now chapel.
SPFFD TEST OF THE BATTLESHIP
EXPLORER HUSBAND
MARRIAGE CHAPEL
OKLAHOMA
BRIDE OF ITALIAN PRINCE
Margaret Draper, (laughter of tho
Info Ambassador and Mrs. W. F. Dra
per of Massachusetts, photographed In
her bridal gown immediately after her
nuirrlagi) to Prlnco Boncompagnl In
Washington. Princess Boncompagnl
will come Into full control of half tho
largo Draper fortune nt tho ago of
twenty-flvo, two yours hence. Tho for
tune was built up through her father's
Inventive genius lu tho textllo indus
try. Margaret was born in Ituly, whero
her father was ambassador during tho
llrst McKluley administration. Tho
Dowager Queen Marghorltn of Itnly
wns her godmother. Prlnco Bon
compagnl is descended from a noted
family, Is thirty-two years of age, nnd
m officer In u cruck Italian cavalry
regiment. Ho Is now on leave, after
having been severely wounded a year
ago.
Qualified.
"Hero's n man wants to Join this up
lift literary club who hasn't dono any
thing moro helpful to tho community
than raising pigs."
"Ho'll pass on that, no's making
his living by his pen."
A Blow.
Author Sir, I think when you use
this article of mine, It should ho
leaded,
Editor What for? Isn't it heavyj
enough as it is? ,
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