THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS0F NEBRASKA
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Juno 25 to 27 Intcrnntlonul Ass'ti.
of Hallway Special Agents nml Po
lice Meotlng t Omiilm.
June 20-20SemI-Centonnlnl Celubrn-
. Hon nt North IMntte.
July 2a to 28 State Tennis Tourna
ment nt Superior.
August 0 to IS Ftirm Tractor Dem
onstration at Fremont.
September 3 to 7 Nebraska State
Fair at Lincoln.
ScottsblulT county lias a larger beet
acreage than usual, It amounting to
52,000 acres. A. N. Mathers, presi
dent of the Goring National bunk and
chairman. of the executive council of
the Nebraska Hankers' association, es
timated that from tills should be pro
duced closo to 12,000,000 pounds of
sugnr.
A resolution protesting ngalnst the
proposed stamp tax on checks, under
consideration by congress, was pnssed
and forwarded to Washington by the
Nebraska Bankers' association at n
meeting at Omaha.
The Omabn Ornln Exchange passed
,n rcsolntlon urging early ennctment
by congress of proposed legislation
for the Increase of wheat production
as recommended by President Wilson.
J. A. Epard, a farmer of the Beat
rice vicinity, marketed four wagon
loads of wheat rcently for which he
received .$2.80 a bushel, or a total of
$721.
One thousand stockcrs, cows, year
lings, heifers nnd steers were sold nt
Morrill In less than four . hours, the
price ranging from $50 to $08 a head.
The sale nmounted to over $57,000.
Walter II. Smith of University Place
Is the first accepted recruit for the
new Sixth regiment. Ills application
was taken by Captain Crawford at
Lincoln.
Bids for paving eleven business
blocks nt Fullerton are being closed.
One new business block has just been
completed. Two up-to-dnte garages
are being erected.
The Llncoln-Crcte-Dorchester high
way, n tributary to the O. L. D. road,
has been established, and conspicuous
signs mark the course of the thor
oughfare. Springfield voters passed o.n n
$30,000 school bond proposition nt a
special election. The proposition car
ried by a good majority.
The Nebraska Bankers' . Associa
tion will hold Its nnnunl convention
In Omnba next fall, the date not hav
ing yet been decided.
The Glenwood School board" hns
voted $4,000 for erection of a modern
rural school and community center
building.
Plans are complete for building the
new St. Francis de Chnntnl church
at Randolph. The edifice will cost
$00,000.
The nnnunl meeting of the Elkhorn
Valley Editorial association hns been
postponed to the early part of Au
gust. An open-air market has been estab
lished at Norfolk for members of the
gardening club to dispose of their
wares.
Avoca claims a record for patriot
ism. Every man In the town of mil
itary age had enlisted In some branch
of the service prior to June 5.
A mnximum price of $1.63 n bushel
for corn on the Omaha future mnrket
was set by the clearing house associa
tion of the Grain Excbnnge.
Adolph Stutte. the Duroc Jersey
breeder, residing near Avoca, sold
one hog on the scnles at market
price Inst week which brought $88.
B. E. Bryant, proprietor of the
Boynl hotel In Omnba, hns leased the
$250,000 Clarke hotel at Hastings.
About 300 tons of bnled hay was
destroyed by fire In the Burlington
yards nt Alllnnce n few days ngo.
Department of Agriculture esti
mates of Nebraska crops for June 1
nro ns follows: Winter wheat,
12,000,000 bushels; spring wheat, 04,
800.000 bushels; onts. 05,800.000 bush
els; barley, 4.410,000 bushels; rye,
2,570,000 bushels; and liny, 7,700,000
tons.
More thnn 2,000 members of the An
cient Order of United Workmen, In
cluded In eight Omnha lodges, hove
withdrawn from the jurisdiction of
the Nebraska grand lodge and have
made application for admission to the
Iown grand lodge.
Ilnrry L. Crantz nnd Theodore Bob
Inson, two Boy Scouts of Detroit,
Mich., passed through Omnha the oth
er dny, on a hike from Detroit to
Denver. The lads left Detroit May
1, and hnd covered more than half
their Journey wholly on foot.
Nebrnskn will be expected to fur
nish 200 applicants for the second
training camp for officers, which will
open August 27. Applications mny be
filed with the examining officer nt
Fort Crook, near Omaha, between
July 15 nnd August 15.
Blue Springs Is to have nn old
fashioned Fourth of July celebration.
The city council hns appropriated
$150 to help with the expenses nnd
the business men nro also contribut
ing generously.
Arthur Klein set n new world's rec
ord for twenty-five miles on o half
mile dirt track nt Lincoln, driving the
distance In thirty minutes nnd forty
seven "seconds.
Considerable dnmnge wns done
throughout Platte county last week
by a severe hall storm that visited
the region.
TOTAL OF 118,123 REGISTER.
Nebraska Falls Nearly 11,000 Under
Federal Estimate.
The iotnl nutnbur of persons pre
senting themselves for registration In
Nebraska June 5, ns reported to Gov
ernor Neville, Is 118.123. The num
ber registered Is a little more thnn
30 per cento of the total vote of the
state, which Is 302,000. The registra
tion Is classified as follows:
White ...110.4M
lllnek M?
Aliens 6,044
Citizens of Germany 1,156
Total 118,123
The returns have not yet been can
vnsscd as to the number of persons
asking exemption from military serv
ice under the conscription act, but the
returns Indicate possible grounds for
exemption In the ense of 03,774. This
Includes nil who' merely stated that
they hud relntlves dependent upon
them but did not nsk enieptlon from
service. Following Is the registration
by counties, excepting two, Hooker
and Wheeler:
Count, fcjstj. Co.mty
Adams l,969lIowanl
Antelope "hnson"
Arthur 19JKenrnoy . S
Unnner "Kn?th "
Hlnlno ISSKkvr Paha ...
Uoone l,289Klmloll .
Jjuyd 64CKiiox J.'JJ
Hox Dutto 83Gl.iincaster 7,669
Hrown 613Mncoln 1,V.ti
HulTalo 2,108l,oi;an
Hurt l,124.ul "I
lllltlpr 1 qn.,lnlih.r.nn .... 121
Cass l,698MadlBon
irnse 396McrncK
Hherrv 1 aa f n.ll, ........ 847
Cfjlar 1,484 Nance "J
Cheyenne 891Neninha ?;
Colfax l.OSPNuckolls J.JX;
Clay 1.24SOUe 1,Sxi
Custer 2.260 1'awnce
Cuming 1.4011'erklns 22S
Dakota 662Phels JJJ
Dawes 82? Pierce , . "J
Dawson 1.363Platte
rAllnl ,19nnllr ....... VVV
Dixon J,647Heil Willow ... 901
Dodge 2,202 Richardson S
Douglas 20.444Kock . 51?
nun.1v i.cc.i!.. 1.461
' ......... ..onmiiig - crtf
Fillmore 1,261 8arpy ,
Franklin 853Snuuders J.JJJ
B'rontlcr 801Bcott8bluff i'il
Furnas 9278cward
Garden 474Sherldan
Garfield ,, 2698loux
Gosper 421Stnnton JJ;
Gage 2,433Sherman ...... . "J7
Grant 187Thayer l.JJJ
Greeley 791Thomas J"?
Hall 2.19'Thurston ...... ?,?
Hfimlltnn 1 ?livnllnv 848
Harlan 78 Washington ... 1.080
Hnyes 322 Wayne 1.010
Hitchcock 607 Webster 948
Holt 1.409 York 1,698
Fire destroyed the Wilber flour
mills, with n loss of nbout $50,000,
with Insurance of $30,000. The mill
wns not running nights and the cause
appears to be of Inccndlnry origin.
About thirteen years ngo the first
mill was burned ' on the same loca
tion. Ten cnrlonds of flour nnd n
lnrge quantity of wheat, rye nnd corn
wns burned.
The Bev. W. F. Eystcr of Crete
said to be the oldest college graduate
In the United Stntcs, having grad
uated from Pennsylvania college at
Gettysburg In 1830, attended the com
mencement exercises nt Donne col
lege. Ho Is over 05 years of nge.
Thousands of acres of corn nnd
hay land were saved from destruction
My floods In Johnson county ns tho
result of drnlnnge ditches along the
Nemnha river. ' Between June 3 and
8 5.50 Inches of rain fell In the vt
clnlty.
Unofficial census tnken In Bnynrd
just recently shows the town hns n
population of 1,020. In 1010 census
reports show 200 lived in the town
Other cities in tho western part of
the state have grown proportionally
The Menonltc church of Beatrice
lias contributed the sum of $204.15 to
the Bed Cross society to nld the so
cloty.ln Its good work. Business men
nnd others have been responding lib
erally to .the cause.
A movement Is on foot to erect a
state nld bridge between nnll nnd
nnmllton counties ncross tho Plntto
river nbout five miles southeast of
Grand Islnnd. Figures cover the In
vestment of nbout $70,000.
Peter Benes, n farm hand, employ
ed nenr Howells, lost his life by
drowning, when he attempted to
swim ncross n swollen stream, ns ho
went to drive cnttle homo for tho
night.
Enormous nnd wholesale boosts In
tax assessments by County Assessor
Fitzgerald of Douglas county were
verified when the notices of tho
raises were received by Omnha Job
hers, corporations, stores, factories
nnd private Individuals. In many
enses the raise Is over 100 per cent
Blchnrdson county Is carrying on
vniious activities to aid In the war,
Young men nre enlisting, plans nro
under way to organize Bed Cross
chapters In a number of towns and
subscriptions nre being taken for tho
Y. M. C. A. wnr work.
In the case of the state against Snm
Joe nt Omnha. Police Judge Mndden
ruled thnt fifteen cases of beer, nlne-tv-slx
bottles of whisky nnd eleven
bottles of wine Is nn "unreasonable
amount" under the state law and fin
ed the defendant $100 nnd costs for
having such n consignment of liquor
on his premises.
According to Fremont delegntes
who attended the Bocky Mountain
district Bed Cross convention in uen
ver, Dodge county Is expected to ralso
the sum of $27,000.
Frederick L. Tcmplo of Lexington
wns elected grand master of the Anc
lent Free nnd Accepted Masons of
Nebraska at tho Sixtieth annual con
vocation of the grand lodgo nt
Omaha.
Tim Burt County Democrat, a
weekly paper frtnrted at Tekamah
three yenrs ngo by a few democrats,
has closed Its doors, due to non-sup
port.
Bonds to extend tho Mitchell wnter
system nnd purchase flro equipment
carried nt n special election ny a ma
Jorlty of over 10 to 1.
k WTAlE
NEW PIGS.
"There wns n great deal of excite
ment In the barnyard," said Daddy,
"for five "new little pigs hnd Just ar
rived. "All the anlmnls were to be seen
going In one direction, nnd If anyone
asked :
" 'Where arc you going?' tho answer
would nlways be, 'I'm going to the Pig
Pen. There nro five new pigs.'
"Of course this nnswer would come
In different tones from different voices.
Some would squeak It, some squeal,
some grunt or gobble or moo I But
they nil tnlkod In their own way nnd
were quite natural. That can nlways
bo said for tho bnrnynrd folk. They
do not put on 'ulrs.'
"Of course old Grnndfnther Porky
rig wns ns happy as could be I He
was grunting and wallowing In the
mud, saying:
"'I'm so happy I More pigs for the
bnrnynrd. There couldn't bo too many !
How fine It Is to see new pigs. And
such handsome little dears as they are
too.'
"Now in this old Grandfather Porky
Pig was not too conceited, for after
nil, there Is not a more cunning sight
than little pigs. They arc so pink nml
so small. Their tails are so little and
the curl nt the end so very funny 1
"And their mint, Miss nam, was
there, too. She was offering pig weed
to everyone, which is the pet food of
the pigs nnd which no one else would
"Don't Get So Excited," Said Mr. Tur.
key.
hnve. Miss Hnm knew thnt, but then.
of course, she wns a pig and she was
much pleased when the other creatures
did not want unythlng to cat.
"And Pinky Pig wns too proud for
words I ne wns saying what lovely
little brothers nnd sisters he hnd. Al
together they were as fine n set of pigs
ns could be found.
"'Well,' snld Mr. and Mrs. Peacock
together, as they waved their glorious
tails of many colored feathers, 'they
nre ns fine a family of pigs as one
could nsk for that Is If one Is nsklnp
for pigs.'
" 'Of course we nsked for pigs,' snld
the pig family all at once, squealing
nnd grunting for nil they were worth
You don't suppose wo would nsk foi
peacock children, do you?'
" 'Of course not,' snld the peacocks,
" 'We're glad you agree, said Porkj
Pig.
" 'They're a very nice shade of pink,
said Billy Goat.
" 'To be sure, to be sure,' said Pinky
Pig.
" 'They nre the best pigs In the
world,' snld Brother Bacon with a
great deal of grunting to mnko It sount'
more Important.
" 'True, true,' squealed their mothe!
and fnther. While nil the little plgf
squenled as If they thought they were
quite worth all the fuss and nttentlor
they were receiving.
" 'They're as fine a sot as one could
shake a Btlck at,' gobbled Mr. Turkey
'"Oh, oh, whntever do you mean 7
nsked Mrs. Pig In n very nervous voice.
'Who would want to shake a stick at
my darlings? What do you mean, Mr
Turkey?'
"'Yes, what do you mean?' nskei1
Grandfather Porky Pig.
'"Indeed, yes, whnt do you mean?
nsked Miss nam, Pinky Pig nnd Broth
er Bacon together.
" 'Don't get so excited,' snld Mr. Tur
key. 'I don't Intend to shake u stick
nt them.' The pigs nil looked grentlj
relieved. 'But It's a saying,' he ndded
'It's as much of a saying ns "I'll be
rendy In n Jiffy," or "I'll do It In the
shake of a lamb's tall." '
"What's that? asked Miss Lamb,
for now she was much excited, and
Mrs. Sheep wns trembling nil over.
" 'None of them mean anything,' snld
Mr. Turkey. 'They nro all sayings
, that's all. Nothing more. If folks
hurry they mean they can hurry faster
than a lamb could shako Its tall.'
"I don't care about slinking my
tall,' said Miss Lamb.
'And a jiffy meanB n hurry that's
all. They're sayings. They don't mean
much."
" 'Well then,' said Pinky Pig disgust
edly, 'don't use them. Besides you've
taken the nttcntlon from the lovely
llttlo pink pigs. It's rude of you today
of nil days. Today should bo Pig Day 1
The pigs arc the ones to be noticed.
Yes, I vote wo cnll It Pig Day.'
"All the creatures of tho barnyard
rigrced that It wos more fun to watch
tho pigs thnn to hear nbout the queer
sayings which frightened everyone.
And ns the farmer enmo out to see the
now pigs too, Pinky Pig suld : 'Indeed
It Is Pig Dny. They'ro nil coming to
tho pen animals from nil over the
yard nnd the fanner from the house.' "
R.TC1
1 These are some of tho well-trained Greek soldiers that have been
front. 2 Lord Nortbcllffe, who has come to the United States as head of the British war mission. 3 Tho American
destroyer .Warrington, one of the type of warships that escorlcd General Pershing to England. 4 British women
mnklng target balloons that are used In the training of aviators, who while In flight shoot at them ns they would at
an enemy plane.
MAKING USE
German prisoners of war with a stretcher cart used for bringing In the wounded, nt St. Illlnlro, France.
PROBABLY THE U-BOAT THE SILVER SHELL SANK
This German submnrlne, the U-05,
American steamship Silver Shell sent
U-bont sunk by the Silver Shell fits the
Hnmon Mnrtl-Bella, n passenger on tho
proceed.
ELEPHANT RIDING
Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt, Jr. (to right) and Mrs. Charles B. Dilling
ham seated in "tonneau" on back of elephant, nnd "Julia" of tho New York
hippodrome on its head, starting out on their tour through tho streets of the
ilty to boost the McDougal alley Fe ita, tho most unique fete over arranged
by America's famous artists, sculptors, and society folk. All the proceeds
of tho festu xvvu to various wnr elr.rltles.
OF GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR
photographed whllo holding up n liner nt sen, Is probably tho ono which tho
to the bottom' nfter n fight that Justed an hour nnd a half. Tho description of tho
one shown In tho photograph to tho smallest detail. Tho picture was modo by
Spanish liner Espanoln, which was stopped by the submarine but allowed to
FOR WAR CHARITY
co-operating with the allies on tho Bulknu
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TO FIGHT UNDER PERSHING
Col. Henry T. Allen, U. S. A hasj
been promoted to tho rank of brigadier
general and nnmed to nccompnny tho.
Pershing expeditionary forco to EuJ
rope as one of Its commanders.
The Psychological Moment
"You seem to be tulklng straight
from the heart these days."
"I can't help It," replied Senator Sor
ghum. "And maybe my lack of cnu
Hon will bo all the better for me. Tha
most successful politician In tho world
Ik the mini who knows Just when ia
forget nil about po'itlcs."