The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, September 14, 1917, Image 2

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    Tire State fcws ot
the Week in Brief
An Epitome of All the Big and In.
tcrestlnn Events of the Past Few
Days In Nebraska.
Nobrnflku millers in the coming yenr
will mill 12,000,000 bushels of wheat,
which Is moro than 1ms ever be-an
milled In this Htnto boforo In a single
yenr. This is the careful ostlmute
'ndo by millers who have taken Into
consideration tho new mills being es
tablished, particularly the Omaha
Roller Hills, which will he the largest
mill In tho state. The Nebraska whent
crop for this year Is estlmnted at be
tween 30,000,000 and 1MJ.000,(K)0 bush
els, which will moan that after Ne
braska mills nro supplied (here will
Mill be between 18.000,000 and aa.OOO,
000 bushels for export.
The headquarters of tho Industrial
"Workers of tho World In Omaha
was raided by federal authori
ties us a part ( the ntton-w1a
campaign to end the anti-war propa
ganda being carried on by the organ
ization. Sodulistic literature and
other matted was seized.
Thu first contingent of York coun
ty's quota for the draft army, six In
number, wore each presented with a
$10 bill by tho Commercial club before
their departure for Fort Itlloy last
week.
A 100-ncro farm one mllo east and
one mile north of Elkhorn, Douglas
county, sold recontly for $2310.150 per
acre. It was n record price for land
In that vicinity.
Sis automobiles have boon stolen In
Dodge county during tho past month
and authorities believe thai' a band of
auto thlovos aro operating In tho
county.
Tho Rev. M. D. Borg, pastor of tho
Prosbytorlun church at Heaver City,
has announced his resignation to ac
cept tho pastorate of the Presbytorlan
church nt Atkinson.
A farmer near Grafton has been
granted a pormlt to Install a power
paltn on his place. Ho expects to
furnish electricity to tho surrounding
country.
llallroad crop reports of the past
week declare that corn throughout Ne
braska Is In a most excellent condi
tion, although rain Is needed In some
sections.
Jinx Wlckcrsham, a young 'Lincoln
county farmer, was almost instantly
killed when an automobile which ho
was driving turned over near North
Platte.
Wnhoo lias two cases of Infantile
paralysis, the dread disease that car
ried off thousands of children through
out the country about a year ago.
A strango white bird resembling nn
eagle, with wings six feet from tip to
tip, has a nest In a barn on the-farm
of John Page near York.
At a meeting In Hlalr preliminary
plans' wore laid for employing a coun
ty agent in Washington county.
According to tho Thayer County
Council of Defense Thayer county's
homo guards, now number about 450.
Tho Hrunlflg' Homo Guards, fifty
strong, htiYO Just been organized.
Tho Fremont braiy:liv.of 'the Ited
Cross made its first whlpment ot gar
ments to hcadquarteiuju Now York a
few days ago. The shipment consisted
of twelve dozen hospital shirts, four
dozen clinic gowns, three dozen hel
mets, two dozen towels and three doz
en dusting cloths.
A movement is on foo"V In Omaha,
backed by city officials and several
Improvement clubs, to establish a
municipal coal yard In tho city to
furnish coal to consumers at a prlco
lower than that at which coal can
now bo bought at tho retail yards.
Tho" government's wheat prlco,
Omaha's basis being 2.15 a bushel,
fixed In Washington, will not lower
tho price of bread. This Is tho opln
Ion of Jay Burns, Omahn baker, who
Is n member of tho war emergency
council of tho baking Industry of tho
United States.
Moro thnn 200 women woro present
nt tho organization of tho woman's
committee, of tho stnto council of do-
Ifonse, for Saunders county, at Wnhoo.
Practically every precinct In the coun
ty was represented at tho meeting.
Tho board of county commissioners
of Dnkotn county passed an appro
priation of $2,400 for u county agent,
twenty minutes after the hoard had
boon called to order. Fifty farmors
mado the request for tho levy.
Tho state law passed by tho last
legislature regulating labor agendo
In Nebraska was hold unconslltu
tlonnl by Judge Sears In tho district
court at Omaha.
Canadian casualty lists Just pub
lished In Ottuwa show that Thomas
Mitchell of Norfolk was killed In ac
tion In France.
Tho cornerstone of Randolph's new
Catholic church, which will cost In
tho neighborhood of $75,000 when
completed, was laid a few days ago,
Adiblshop Ilarty of Omaha conduct
ing tho ceremony,
John Stanbury, Germnn laborer of
Bcntricc, was arrested on tho chnrgo
of sedition. "Ho Is alleged to havo
said ho hoped all American soldiers
sent to France would bo killed.
Chadron ban u fund, subscribed by
Its citizens.. giving Company H 11)0
a month for extras while the war
lasts, 1
Iliii' i mm police headquarters In
Omil u to t' it nu'horlt cs lnllco
their c ..so agiin f rims. Smith, y.,iO,
arnisi'd c.f the hi iml im."2ar of Mrs.
NTmihuii.v. who was found hnrki d to
death north of town recently, Is weak
ening. A coroner's Jury returned a
stereotyped verdict of "death by a
hunting knife In the hands of on un
known p-crmm" after a three days' In
qnwif. The verdict oonrnlnod n recom
mendation that Smith, now In county
Jail, be held for further Investigation.
0. M. Thompson of Bismarck, S. D.,
made the assertion In Omaha tho
other day Hint within a short time 100
orjtanljsei will bo In Nebraska for
tho purpose of enrolling farmers In
the Nebraska Non-I'nrtlsnn league.
The league stands for conscription of
money for war as well as men, for a
new constitution for this state and
for public ownership of all utilities. I
Fifty thousand farmers are expected
to be enrolled In the organization.
Charles T. Neal, government agent,
Is buying all iwheat that passes
through the Omaha Grain exchange.
Tile prlco ranges from 2.01 to $2.15
a bushel. Only No. 1 hard winter
wheat commanding the Intter figure.
Mr. Neal says It will do farmers no
good to hold their wheat, because the
prlco Is not going n'ny higher.
A near riot followed the wrestling
match between .Too Steelier of Dodgo
and Marian IMestlna nt Omaha. After
two hours of stalling by Plestlnn tho
bout was awarded to Steelier on
points. A crowd of several thousand
loft the nudltorlum where the match
was held thoroughly dlsguested with
tho game.
Tho Germnn Innguago has been
eliminated from the Fremont schools
by order of the school board, after
tHng taught In the schools ten years.
Tho board acted In compliance with
the recommendation of the Stato
Council of Defenso without wnltlng
for tho formnl request The board de
cided to Introduce military drill In
the high school.
Rev. Kmuleldls was taken from
Lincoln by United Stntos Marshnl
Flynn to Internment enmp In Fort Itl
loy as an alien onemy. Fred Mitten-
dorf of Ilyannls and Kurt G. Wick
ons of Blsbco, Arlsi., Industrial Work
ers of the World delegates, were ta
ken to Fort Douglas, Utah, at tho
same time.
Nebraska's first contingent, nbout
100 men, five per cent of Its quota of
the new natlonnl nrmy, Is now at Fort
Itlloy, Kan., undergoing training to
engage In the battle for democracy.
Men from this state were consigned
to tho 335th Infantry. Tlio noxt con
tingent of selected men will go Into
camp September 10.
Tho Omaha branch of the Federal
Hcservo bank of tho Tenth district
has opened for business. The bank
started with a capital stock of $1,500A
nrf 1 1 , .1 1 1 .1 '
wm euuniuiliiiig uiu rcjuervo uuiiiisiiuu
by tho national banks which nro In tho
Omaha torrltory.
Humboldt has organized n company
of homo guards. Protection to homo
Industries, water nnd food supplies,
life and property In the community
?nd emergency calls aro objects of tho
homo guard.
A. M. Frlesen of Jnnsen was killed
and his wlfo seriously Injured In an
auto accident near Lincoln.
Two thousand Germnn Lutherans
gathered at Tecumseh In celebration
of tho quadrl-centonnlnl of Luther's
reformation. Tho assemblego pledged
Its loyalty to America anil took up n
collection which was turned over to
the mess fund of Company M, Sixth
regiment.
The Nebraska Hotel company which
Is building new hotels nt Scottsbluff
nnd Table Rock and recently bought
tho Evans hotel nt Columbus and tho
Franklin nt Franklin, has purchased
tho Lincoln hotel, the largest hostelry
In tho capital city.
Fifteen car loads of cattle from tho
Crow Indian reservation of Montana
were sold In tho South Omaha market
last week. They brought the highest
price over paid for cattle from thnt
region, tho best going nt 111.00 per
cwt. and others at 10.00.
Six of the first ten men which
Lincoln sent to tho camp at Fort
Itlloy as Its contribution to tho now
natlonnl army raised under the draft
law are University of Nebraska stu
dents or graduates, who waived eX'
emptlon.
Authorities bellevo thnt tho stiiko
at the Armour packing plant nt Otnn
hit last week was fermented by agents
of the Gorman government In an en
deavor to hamper food production
Tho trouble has been virtually settled.
A surles of township meetings wero
held In Knox county last week for tho
purposo of employing a county ngont.
Thnso closely Interested In tho move
ment bellevo the county Is sure to
havo such nn official.
Fremont milk dealers huyo raised
tho price of milk from 0 to 11 emits
a quart.
Resolutions wero adopted by the
United Evungcllcnl Stato Convention
nt Hastings commending the whole
state for voting prohibition and con
grntulatlng Nebraska officials for tho
rigid enforcement of the law.
Melvln Johnson, Clny county farm
or, was killed when a piotor car thnt
ho was driving skidded Into n strip of
plowed ground and turned over near
Edgar. .
With but throo dissenting votes cast
tho property owners of Dunbar voted
to Issue bonds for tho construction of
n municipal light plant.
1 Quays of the Russian port of
Gen. W. L. Sherrlll, Admiral Gleavos and
hand grenade throwers in a first lino trench setting the Xuses In their grenades.
EVIEW OF
THE PAST W
Governmerit Finally Closes Down
on industrial Workers of
the World.
MANY RAIDS AND ARRESTS
Italians Continue Victorious Progress
Toward Trieste Germans Take
Riga and Great Naval Battle
In the Gulf of Finland
Is Expected.
By EWARD W. PICKARD.
Its war Industries bumpered, Its dig
nity outraged nnd Its patience ex
hausted, the government of the United
States arose in Its might last week and
began tho process of squashing the dis
reputable and disloyal Industrial
Workers of the World. In more than
a scoro of cities, mostly In the middle
and fnr West, their headquarters and
printing olllces .were raided and great
quantities of material seized. Tho
department of Justice prepared for this
action secretly and carried It out
swiftly and skillfully, and Is now ready
to have the leaders of the organization
Indicted If the documents taken war
rant this. In soma cities many urresfs
were made. Prosecutions may bo
started under the new esplonugo law,
or any one of several other laws.
Two of the things that caused Uncle
Sam to get after the I. W. W. were the
preaching of sabotage the wllfull de
struction of property nnd the use of
stlckcrcttes" designed to obstruct en
listing, which wero plastered all over
tho country. They are also accused
of misusing the mails to send out mat
ter advocating treason,. Insurrection
nnd forcible resistance to the laws con
cerning the carrying on of the war.
Tho documents seized show thnt the
I. W. W. 'was planning a natlon-wldo
strike which, It hoped, would tic up
munition plants, railroads and lumber
mills, and the sabotage advocated was
to bo practiced In connection with this
strike.
There Is n well grounded belief that
tho leaders of tho I. W. W. are con
stantly supplied with funds from Ger
man sources, but the great mass of Its
members no doubt are merely Ignorant
and misled creatures.
Tho national headquarters of the
Socialist party In Chicago also were
raided and books and papers seized.
"Big Bill" In Eclipse.
Another "prominent" opponent of the
government William Halo Thompson,
the mayor of-Chicago came a crupper
last week. In defiance of tho orders of
Governor Lowden, he compelled the
police of Chicago to give protection to
a meeting of tho pacifists who had
been barred from Wisconsin, Minneso
ta nnd other suites. Thereupon the
governor sent troops to the city to pre
vent repetition of the offense, the city
council of Chicago formally rebuked
the mayor, the ugents of the depart
ment of Justice began Inquiries Into
his conduct with a view to his Indict
ment, tho press and people of tho
country denounced him, and his In
fantile boom for tho Illinois senator
ihlp collapsed utterly. He did not go
to the Kankakee fair, where that boom
was slated to be started. It Is dltllcult
to write of Thompson, Mason and oth
er still more prominont foes of their
jountry In printable language. Those
who combat tlte government's war ef
forts "give aid and comfort to tho
jneniy" nnd exasperated loyalty won
Jers why tboy nro not subjected to the
penalties prescribed by tho law against
trenBon.
Great Victory for Italians.
When the Italian armies on Tuesday
stormed nnd captured Monto San Gu
brlelo they took the last mountain fort
ress barring their way toward Lalbach
and an advance thnt would separate
tho northern and southern Austrian
armies. Such n movement probably
will compel the Austrlnns to evneuato
Trieste, which has been under shell firo
from tho water for duys, and also Is
likely to result In tho taking of Tol
Jtl.i, captured by the Germans. 2 iJolonel
Gen. Ell. D. Iloyle choer(ng the parade
mlno by Cadorna's forces. In fnct, n
gi-ncral retirement of the Austrlnns on
that front was predicted. In the bat
tles on the Balnslzza plateau the Ital
ians captured Immense quantities of
arms and munitions, for the enemy lied
In haste and disorder. Nearer tho
const, the fortresstin Monto Hcrmnda
still held out against furious attacks,
keeping tho Itnllnns from advancing
on Trieste by that route.
Riga Taken by Germans.
Riga has fallen, the kaiser rejoices
and tho war-to-victory party In Ger
many has a new argument. But this,
like the Gntlclan affair, Is rather a
cheap victory over a disorganized
army, and was expected. The Russians
have retired beyond the River An,
lighting fairly well as they went, and
the fierce bravery of the Battalion of
Death enabled them to prepare a new
line of resistance.
The tuklng of Riga gives Germany
complete command of the Baltic and
the way lies open for an udvanco on
Petrogrnd by lund, but it is not nt all
certain tho knlser will go on to tho
Russian capital. The route is long and
through dllllcult country, and the ad
vantages of possessing Petrogrnd
might be offset by such nn extension
of his Hues Just ns winter is at hand.
t the time of writing, it appears like
ly that tho German Baltic Meet will
meet the Russlnn sea forces In battle
In the Gulf of Finland, it is believed
the fortified Islund of Osel at the head
of the Gulf of Riga and the port of
Reval, which guards the entrance to
the Gulf of Finland, cannot hold out
long, and the Russian Heet thus is like
ly to be cooped up under the guns of
Kronstadt, the greut fortress that pro
tects the port of Petrogrnd.
Part of the German ileet already has
been sighted at the entrance to the
Gulf of Finland.
Germany's offensive ugalnst Russia
appears to have been timed to coincide
with au expected counter-revolution
planned to restore autocracy In Russia.
the plot, however, was uncovered and
many nrrests of grand dukes and oth
ers have been made.
General AlexlelT, former commander
In chief, and General Vassllkovskl,
commander of the Petrogrnd garrison,
agreed Thursday that the fall of Riga
did not threaten Petrogrnd and was of
moral but not strategic Importance.
On the Western, Front.
In Franco nnd Flnnders the week
brought little change In the positions
of tlte opposfiig armies, though the
lighting was uninterrupted. Tlte Brit
ish deluged the German llfles In Bel
gium with shell fire that Indicated an
other drive, and there were reports
that Crown Prince Ruprecht was pre
paring to execute another "strategic
retreat" to the Courtral-Thourout lino
and thus give up a strip of territory
east of Ypres from ten to twenty miles
deep. This would help the allies on
their way toward the German subma
rine bases at Zeebrugge und other
ports on the Belgian coast.
Tho Germans made several air raids
on England, killing n number of per
sons, especially at Chatham, and one
of their U-bonts shelled Scarborough.
The British press exhibits some un
easiness lest tho Germans have "got
the Jump" on the allies In the matter
of Increased ulr forces. The United
State's, however, Is coming fast in this
respect, building machines as rapidly
as possible and training u big army of
aviators, here and abroad.
Again on Thursday night the Ger
man aviators devoted their attention
to the French hospitals behind the
Verdun lines, bombarding them for six
and a half hours and killing 10 soldiers
who already were severely wounded.
If a cablegram from Shnnghnt Is to
be believed, China Is about to enter
Into active participation In the war.
Tho Twenty-fourth army corps, com
posed of 15,000 ptcked troops from the
northern provinces, Is suld to be mobil
ized for Immediate depnrturo for Eu
rope, probably through Siberia to the
eastern front to assist tho Russians
and Roumnnlans. Tho corps Includes
several companies of engineers offi
cered by Chinese graduates of Ameri
can colleges, and nn aviation corps
trained by American nnd French air
men. Those troops would be the first
Mongolians to fight in Europe since the
tlmo of Genghis Khnn, 800 years ago.
Argentina two weeks ago was rejoic
ing over n supposed diplomatic victory
over Germany In tho matter of U-
Roosevelt, Charles E. Hughes, Adjt.
of Now York's draft atmy. 3 French
boats. Now the Soulh American re
public Is in the throes of a great rail
way strike which Is certainly fomented
nnd financed by Gernmns. Thousands
of workmen linvo'qult and there has
been serious destruction of property
nnd considerable rioting.
From "un American port" conies nn
exciting story of a concerted uttnek
by seven German submarines on u
Heet of 22 nllleif merchantmen west
bound; Four of tho largest of the
steamships were sunk by torpedoes,
but tho guns of the others destroyed
three of the U-bonts. Tho battle took
place 30 miles off tho const of Ireland.
Organized Labor Loyal.
Organized labor in the United
States, determined to nssert Its loyal
ty, met last week In Minneapolis, to
gether with many radicals and Sociul
Ists, nnd formed tho American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy. Under the
leadership of Samuel Gompers, Frank
P. Walsh, John Spnrgo and others, the
delegates declared the new organiza
tion firmly back of the armed forces of
the government in their fight for "n
victory which will mean the coming
of tho greatest world democracy ever
dreamed of." Definite reports have
been circulated that laborites are plan
ning to cripple various Industries by
strikes, especially the fuel industry.
These reports,. Mr. Gompers declnris,
do not relate to the American Federa
tion of Labor. They are, however, too
well substantiated to be Ignored.
The British trades union congress by
a vote of 2,894,000 to 91,000 declared
Itself opposed to participation In the
Stockholm congress, aud this, tnken
with the refusal of many countries to
grant passports to delegates, probably
Will result In the entire abandonment
of the gntherlng In the Swedish city.
Pope Preparing Second Note.
Not wholly discouraged by the fail
ure of his -peace note, Pope Benedict
Is preparing u second proposal for the
ending of the wnr. Premier Rlbot,
speaking on the Mnrne bnttleileld, de
clared that 'a requisite In uny pence
treaty acceptable to France wns the
restoration of Alsitce-Lorrnlne.
The German press continues to heap
abuse and ridicule on President Wil
son for his reply to the pope's note,
declaiming loud,ly against his demnnds
that tho government of Germany be
democratized before peace can bo
made with It. But the rclchstag mu
Jorlty Is Insistently demundlng Just
about the reforms the president con
siders essentlnl.
Dispatches from Switzerland say the
central powers havo determined on
the "partition of Polnnd. According to
the plun, Germnny Is to take about
one-tenth of Russian Poland to rectify
her frontier, nnd Austria will annex
the remainder, unite It to Gnllcia and
proclaim the territory the united king
dom of Polnnd, with Emperor Chnrles
as Its king. It Is to hnve its own par
liament, but Its foreign policy, finances
nnd nrmy nre to be controlled by Aus
tria. This plan does not please Hun
gary, because that country thinks Its
Influence will be lessened If the em
pire hecomes n triple kingdom.
Led by President Wilson nnd mem
bers of thq senate and house, und es
corted by thousands of soldiers and
sailors, the young men of the District
of Columbln selected for service In tho
Nntlonal army paraded the streets of
Washington on Tuesday, and similar
parades took place In hundreds of
cities and towns. Next day these men
of the Nntlonul nrmy begun streaming
from nil points of the compass Into
the 10 cantonment camps built for
their training and Instruction. They
are tho first 5 per cent of the (587,000
men selected by the draft.
The long wrangle in tho sennte over
war profits taxation ended In the de
feat of the high tax group and the
adoption ot the finance committee's
provisions for a totnl levy of 1,280,'
000,000, or about a third of this year's
war and normal excess profits. This
would make tho bill total 2,822,000,-
000.
Thursday night the house passed
unanimously the big wnr credRs bill
authorizing 11.538,045,400 in bonds
and certificates. Every effort of a
group of Republicans to .limit Secre
tary McAdoo's control over these Is
sues was defented, but an amendment
by Congressman Cannon wns adopted,
exempting from taxes Interest on
bonds not In excess of 5,000.
GERMAN
PLOT IS
EXPOSED By U. S.
iETS MILITARY INFORMATION'
THROUGH SWEDISH ENVOY.
BUENOS A RES HEADQUARTERS.
Breach of Neutrality By Sweden Con-,
sldered Unfriendly Act Envoy
Denies Implication Plot Long
Standing Says London.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 11. Reve
lation by the Stnto department of tho
Intrigue by which thu German charge,.
Count Luxburg, nt Buenos Aires,
used tho Swedish, legation and tho'
Swedish foreign office to get Informa
tion concerning ship sailings and
other matters Into Germany, has cre
ated a sensation which absorbs tho
dlplomatlc corps and all official quar
ters almost to the exclusion 6t- nil
other subjects connected with tbo
wnr. '
Sweden's plight Is more or less
tragic; Arengtlnn's that of a nation,
long considered pro-German, refusing
to join the allied cause, and now find- "
lng thnt .Germany's; envoy wns plot
ting ugalnst her and laughing at her
acting foreign minister.
May Not Break Relations.
Sweden appears guilty of furnish- .
lng the enemy with Information nn
net- which department authorities
said could, but probably won't bo con
strued ns so unfriendly ns to warrant
a break In relations with Sweden.
Sweden's representatives here, how
ever, were "shocked" at the news and'
professed to bellevo that Minister
Lowen, old and feeble had been an
Innocent tool for the German trick
sters. This may be Sweden's official
reply to the revclntions. nlong with
dischnrge of the offending official.
Sweden's entrance Into the wnr
would be an ndded menace for Rus
sia, however, s6 a break against her
will prolfnbly not be pressed.
As for Argentina, this situation
takes the edge off tho "diplomntlcr
victory" of vPhlch the Argentine min
ister spoke in congratulating his min
ister nt Berlin when Germnny finnlly
yielded to the U-boat demands.
Swedish Minister Denies Telegrams.
Buenos Aires, Sept. 11. Denln has-
been made by the Swedish minister of
Argentlnn thnt ho sent or caused to bo-
sent by members of the legation staff
any telegram from the German lega
tion to Germany advising the sinking
of the Argentine ships "without truco-
being left" of them.
Plots Long Standing.
London, Sept. 11-Tho Swedish dip
lomatic corps and the foreign office lit
Stockholm hnve served as a clearing"
house for Germnn communication '
from other nations for three years, or
since the stnrt of the war.
This was learned on high authority,.
following the receipt of cables an
nouncing the revelntlons mado by tho
Stotejdepartment In Washington.
Buenos Aires wns tho center of the
system for transmission of messages
from America, It was said.
Prepare to Evacuate Petrograd.
Petrogrod. Sept. 11. Authoritative
statements Issued here dealing -with-the
loss of Riga says' that although,
competent military authorities do not
regard Petrogrnd as mdangcrcd, yet
the npproach of the wnr zone to tho
capital necessitates decisive measures,
for the government of the city. There
fore a new administration will be
formed. M. Nlkltlne, minister of posts and
telegraph, who has been charged by
tho government with the task of part
ly evnctiHtlng tho capital, In n state
ment explains thnt the pnrtlal evacua
tion Is due to tho problem of the food
supply rather than to any military
menace. The only result of the Ger
mnn advance, ho says, Is further to
complicate the food question.
Americans Die In Hospital Raid.
Scene of the Bombardnient of
American Hospitals In France, Sept.
11. Four Amerlcnns wero killed when
Germnn airmen deliberately bombed
Amorlcnn hospltnls on the French
coast. . i
Tho men killed were:
First Lieutenant William T. Fltz
slmmons, Kansas City.
Adjutant to tho colonel command
ing the Harvard hospital, Private Les
Mo G. Woods of Streator, 111.
Rudolph Rublno. Jr., of New York.
Oscnr Lctugo of Boston.
In addition to those killed three
lieutenants were wounded as well at
six privates and one nurse.
Road Apportionment Announced.
Washington, Sept. 11. Apportion
ment of 514,550,000 to the stntes from
government funds to aid In the con
struction nnd maintenance of rural
post .ronds, In accordance with tho
federal nld-rond law was announced
Friday by Secretary Houston of tho
Department of Agriculture for tho
yenr ending June 30, 1019. Tho
nmount for western state for 1010
follow: Nebraska, $310,445: North
Dakotn. $22fl.5S5 ; Iowa. $434,053;
Kansns. S420.131 ; South Dakotn,
$243,175: Wyoming, $183,850.
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