THE SEMIAVEEKLY TRIBUiE7TjORTTL!EBRA8KA.
'NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS
DURING THE PAST WEEK
fcrlef Outline of Important Eventr
Throughout the State of Intereot
to the General Reader.
Food Atlinlnlstriitor Hoover hus Is
mod un appeal to tho people of Ne
. 'braslca and tho nutlon to Join tho
army of food conservation. Tho week
of October 21 to 28 1ms been sot nstdu
for n nation-wide campaign to com
plete the enrollment of forces In tho
" r 'saving of our food supply. A house-
to-house campaign will be mnde In
this state to secure members for tlmt
Imlghty nrmy. State Food Adminis
trator Wattles has named S. It. Sic
Kclvle of Lincoln manager of tho
campnlgn In Nebraskn.
Already COO young men In several
counties have enlisted In Nebraska's
"'Corn In the Crib by Christmas" cam
paign. It Is planned to raise an army
of SO.OOO boys to help with the harvest
this year In Nebraska. Leaders In
the movement declare the help of
those going to school will be nsked
only on Saturdays and during vaca
tions. School teachers throughout
tho stnto nre being enlisted to do re
cruiting work during their spare time
Nebrasknns who intend to send
Christmas presents to tho Sammies In
Europe must mall them not later than
November 15, nccordlng to advices
from Washington. Kvery package
must bear tho words, "Christmas
mall," and must bo nddressed Intelli
gently and packed securely. The rnto
of postage Is announced at 12 cents
a pound.
From (5 a. m. to 12 o'clock midnight
on October 1 n total of 1,070 vehicles
of all kinds arrived In Fremont, while
1,0.17 went out. Boy Scouts under the
direction of tho Commercial club, kept
count on the principal highways lead
ing to Fremont. Of the totnl number
I. 7G8 arriving were nutomobllcs, while
II, 720 leaving were automobiles.
Nebraskn has more Hod Cross
j, members, population considered, than
any state In the union. Tho totnl
membership In the stnto Is 170.000,
fifteen per cent of tho entire popula
tion. Nebraskn was one of the last
states to start n campaign for Red
Cross members.
' Tho week ending Saturday, Septem
ber 28, was a record week at tin
South Omaha market. More than 00,
000 cattle were received during the
six days' run. Tho former record
week wns the one ending October 21,
1010, when 55,000 bend of cattle werq,
received.
!Tlu AVnr department at Washing
ton has Included tho University of
Nebraska In n list of schools whose
grnduates and undergraduates may be
ndinltted to the third series of mili
tary training camps to bo established
next spring for the purpose of obtain
ing moro officers for the army.
The Beatrice board of education
has ordered the purchase of flags for
i nch of tho school houses that do not
' have them, In compliance with tho
itato law which requires flag poles
nd flags on each school building.
Seven printers and former printers
of Auburn have answered the call of
their country by enlisting In the serv
ice. Five nre now In tho army and
two have signed tho muster roll of the
reserve guards.
Seward Is to have a munlclpnl band.
This was decided on at the midweek
luncheon nt the Commercial club, and
It will no longer bo necessary to call
In outside organizations to furnish
music.
, Because public sentiment was
against It, Gormnn will be no longer
taught In the schools nt Kearney after
the present yenr. By unnnlmons vote
the school board decided to drop (he
study.
Ak-Sar-Ben officials estimate that
over 150.000 people witnessed the elec
trlcal pageant In Omaha on October
a, and at least 100.000 viewed the
daylight parade the next day.
Rev. A. C. Smith of Stamford. Tex.,
has been elected to the pastorate of
the Congregntlonnl church at Avoca,
Tie has accepted and Is now In chnrge.
Lincoln city officials are Investigat
ing the advantages of a municipal coal
yard, and It Is possible ono will bo es
tablished In the capital city.
Nebraska's third quota of tho new
national army, about 3,300 men, went
Into training nt Camp Funston, Fort
Riley, Knns.. last week.
The State Library Association will
hold Its nnnual meeting In Kearney
from October 17 to' 10.
A 3-wcek-old calf, donated to the
.Red Cross, sold forty-nine times, for a
totnl price of .$475.50 nt Phillips,
Hamilton county. Prices ranged from
$1, the price paid by several small
children, to .$10, the price pnld by the
lost purchaser.
At a mans meeting of Alliance cltl-
rona f-nllml liv flir ("Vimiiifuvlnl r1iil.
W. D. Fisher, who served ns club sec
retary for two years, but who for two
years has been located In Topeka. wot
elected secretary for a period of
three yours.
Nuckolls county chnpter of the Red
Cross has shipped tho first consign
ment of gnrments for tho boys nt the
front. Tho shipment consisted of pa
jamas, bed room slippers and other
useful articles.
Two Lincoln schools uro charged
with compelling children to study Ger
man regardless of their wishes. Tho
president of the school bonrd says tho
practice Is to bo stopped at once.
Contract has been let for a sewer
system by tho city dads of Oakland.
Work on tho project, which will coat
over $30,000, will commence nt once.
Students frofn tin Agricultural col
lop,e nt Lincoln carried off first lion
ors in the Judging contest nt the Na
tional Sw Ine Show at Omaha. Follow
lug Is the standing: Nebraska, 2,870
points, first prize, 3125; .Missouri.
2.S77 points, $100; Iowa, 2.745 points.
$85; Kansas, 2.507 points, $00; South
Dakota, 2,300 points, $50. Carl
Ilogue, Crete; .1. L. Ilcpperly, Nor
folk; W. F. Roberts, O'Neill; A. 12,
Anderson, Lincoln ; Chester Ornu, Elk
City; "Shorty" Lewis, Superior; SI.
A. Townsend, Tecumseh; D. Motion,
Wymore; R. A. Draper, Ansley; S. A.
Blglow, Sandhill; Glenn Snnp, Bell
vllle, Knns., and Carl Dale, Green
wood, constituted the Nebraska team,
The latter seven men were alter
nates. Marvin Hoffman, son of J. C. Hoff
man of Butte, who was bitten by n
horso that bad developed a violent
case of rabies, was taken to Chicago
and placed under Pasteur trentmetft,
After wrecking the stall, biting every
thing In sight and showliipther
symptoms of the disease, the "horse
dropped dead. Before sul-cumblng
the nnlmnl bit several dogs and a
cow, and to prevent an outbreak of
the disease a number of dogs had to
')c killed.
Friends of R. W. Mnrshell of Pan
nnia were unsuccessful in trying to
secure bis release from service In the
new nntlonnl army. Young Mnrshnll
Is running his father's bank nt Pan
amn while Srnrshall. sr.. Is serving on
the Lancaster county exemption
bonrd. The father bad certified bis
son for service, but friends carried
the case to the appellate board, which
ruled that the son would hnve to go
to war as soon ns tho father was re
leased. A movement to bring about dress re
form among the girls In the Seward'
high school was stnrted the first week
In September. At a recent meeting of
nil the high school girls a regulation
uniform was adopted consisting of" a
blue sailor suit. To distinguish tho
high school classes, stripes arc worn
on the nrm, cuff or collar, the fresh
men, one stripe; sophomores, two;
Juniors, three and Seniors, four.
Five nutos loaded with 3,300 quarts
of whisky were captured by Sheriff
Qulnton of Cass county. Chief Bnr
clay and Officer Jones of Plattsmouth,
ns a supply train, consisting of ten
nutos, wns making Its way across
Nebraska at a point near Pluttsmouth.
Five cars are known to have gotten
nway. Tho men urrcsted said they
lived In Omaha and wero on the way
to the metropolis when apprehended.
One of the greatest sacrifices mnde
by n conscripted man in Nebraska Is
that of Frank L. Snide of Springfield,
'who left Pnpllllon October 3 for Fort
Riley. On October 1 ho hold a closing
out snle of bis stock and farm Imple
ments, which netted him .$13,000. Sir.
Snide Is Is 23 years old and wns con
sidered one of the most, successful
farmers In Sarpy county.
In demonstration of disapproval of
the exemption of Lucius R. Brlnlnger,
by the district board at Lincoln, some
one pnlnted the front of the Grand
Island Nntlonnl bank yellow. Brlnln
ger wns recently nppolnted as cashier
nt the hank. Cashier Brlnlnger, mar
ried, but without children, Is the son-in-law
of Chris Hansen. Ihe president
and main owner of the bank.
The Lndles Red Cross, nssoclnflon
of Brunlng raised .$101 for the Red
Cross fund nt a basket social recently.
The soclnl was well attended and un
usual enthusiasm and generosity were
evidenced nt the gathering.
W. L. Wlxon, farmer near Stella
lost six head of cattle from somo un
known disease. The cattle were
found dend In a pasture, and It Is
fen roil they may have died from somo
contngeous disease.
During the week ending September
20 the Omaha marker received 153.047
head of sheep or 40,047 more than
were received at Chicago, and 105,047
more than were registered at Kansas
City.
Lewis King of Mend was the first
Ncbrnskan In the new national army
to meet death while In the service,
no wns killed while assisting In un
loading a train of conscripts at Fort
Riley, Kan.
Dynnmlte, plkepoles and grappling
honks hove failed to locate the body
of Joe Sharp of Lincoln, who Is sup
posed to hnve been drowned In tho
Sllssourl river when bis car went Into
the river near Omaha.
When butter fat reached 50 cents
In nnstlngs last week, the highest In
history, local dairymen formed an
agreement boosting the price of milk
from 10 to 13 cents per qunrt.
Robbers lured Sam Dillon. Burling
ton agent at Wllber, to the depot last
Friday nlglir, cut bis throat and from
all Indications, slugged him. He wns
found by n train crew In u dying con
dition. It Is believed the thugs were
frightened away as no money was
taken.
Plattsmoutli's new Farmers State
bank, which opened for business just
recently. Is very much of a farmers'
Institution. Twenty-six of the forty
five stockholders nre men engaged In
the farming industry.
Rnilroad crop reports which touch
nearly every part of the state estimate
a total yield for Nebraska at 250.000.
000 bushels of corn. 18.000.000 bushels
"moro than government estimates.
The firm of Leavenworth and
Dodge, near Wood River, plan to feed
0,000 head of sheep this winter on al
falfa bay which they rnlsed during the
pnst summer.
The Nebraska apple harvest began
Inst week with picking the fruit on
the Franklin Bros. 100-ncro orchard at
Baradn. Jonathans nro selling for
from $4.60 to $0 a barrel.
DDIS
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jsy .MARY
NAUGHTY CAT.
"Jotn, the cat," said Daddy, "was al
ways complaining. First Jotn would
leave her milk ns if she didn't like It
at nil and then she would upset her
little dish filled with bacon.
"There wns really nothing In the
worldHhe mntter with Jotn except that
she had been spoiled. She had always
been nllowed to hnve her own way.
She had been horrid to the dog and no
ono had over told her she was naughty.
She was pleasant If she wanted to be,
and cross If she wnntod to be. She nto
her food if she felt like It, and If she
didn't feel like it, she would snarl and
raise her back ns though It were the
fault of tho cook.
"Ono day she heard some strnngc
sounds In the cellar. 'It sounds like
mice,' said Jotn to herself.
"And the moro she heard the sounds,
tho more decided she was that It must
be a family of mice who hud Just
moved to the cellar.
"She knew that there had been no
mice there the week before, ns she had
been down in the cellar and luul had a
good look.
"But now there was no mistake
about It she heard tho sound of mice.
"Just then tho cook camo In. 'Hello
Jotn,' said the cook.
"Now Jota did not purr as a nice po
lite cut should hnve done. She looked
at the cook as much us to say,
" 'What right have you In my kitch
en ?'
" 'I hnve some nice milk for you to
day,' said the cook. 'It has Just come
und It Is good and warm.'
"Now Jota was thinking of the mice.
She didn't want the milk. She would
"Oh, Jota, How Could You Have
Scratched Me?"
much rather have mice. And when the
cook lifted her up and carried her to
the corner of the kitchen where she
had put the bowl of milk, Jota scratch
ed as well us snarled.
"Oh, how badly the cook did feel!
Not because tho scratch was such a
bad one. No, that nmountcd to very
little, but she felt so hurt that Jotn
could have scratched her. She had al
ways been so good to Jota.
"She let Jotn down, and with only
a very soft 'Olv, Jota, how could you
have scratched me?' she did not scold
the cat.
"Jota didn't enre In the least. She
didn't mind if she hurt people's feel
ings or not. She wns so spoiled. She
liked to pretpnd there wns no crenture
so fine, nnd yet she did not want to
net like a fine creature. Fine crea
tures are alwuys bravo and kind and
gentle.
"Jotn wns off for the cellar. The
door bad been closed since Jotn bad
heard tho sound. She cried to have
the door open and the forgiving cook
opened It right away.
"Jotn hurried down the stairs that
led to the cellar. Yes, now she smelt
the mice I Ah, whnt n scamper she
would have. She did not want milk.
No, she would hnve mice. She did not
need to be waited on nt least ouly
when .she wanted attention.
"This was a day when she wanted
some fun herself. She sprang for n
mouse.
"Whnt I It had vanished. Then she
tried for another ns It was hurrying
ncross the floor. She missed the sec
ond one. She tried to catch three oth
ers nnd each time she missed them.
"Then she waited to see If they wero
coming out again. But tho mice hnd
learned a lesson. They hnd gone to a
place whero they thought they would
bo finfer, for they never cared for a
house whore there wns a cat.
"Jota was so ashamed. Yes, for onco
In hor life, she was thoroughly nnd ab
solutely ashamed of herself. She hail
not been able to catch the" mice ami
slio had onco been fnmous for her pow
ers ns n mouse catcher.
"Yes, she hnd grown lazy and use
less. She had been stupid too. That
was all because she had not been un
selfish and nice, but bad been horrid to
everyone. And It hnd spoiled her. Sho
could not catch mice I
"Jota was n very sad cat as she slow
ly climbed the cellur stairs. She went
back Into the kitchen und there she
drank the milk sho hud been so rude
and horrid nbout before.
'"Oh, you wore thirsty ufter all,'
said the kind cook. Jotn purred und
Jumped Into tho cook's lap, trying to
say:
"I know I have been horrid but
please forgive rae now. "
Value of Pleaslno Manner.
Don't underrate tho value of a pleas
ing manner. The boy whose faco lb
ulways bright, und who exerts himself
to please others,' gets many of life's
titbits.
1 DraftMl nun of Washington leaving for Onmp Mearle wearing the slogan "HI Be Ihe First Man Over tho
Rhine." 2 Hllznbcth Flynn, I. W. W. organizer, anarchist and strike Inciter, held In heavy ball for alleged sedition.
3 French troops In u first line trench ready to go over tin top when the signal Is given.
Men of the Nntlonnl army In the cantonment camp at Spartanburg, S. C, miring their arms to let Iodine dry after
being Inoculated with serum. After Injection the arm Is swabbed with Iodine to prevent lufectton.
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Governor SIcCall of Slassacliusetts (second from' left) leading Lexington Minute men of 1017 to tho Lexington,
battle ground, whero he bade them Godspeed as they left for tho National army niinp. The send-off wns ipeiuor
ublo one for everyone present. All the townsfolk turned out to bid farewell to their departing sons and brothers.
GEN. PETAIN DECORATES BRAVE NURSE
General Petuln decorating with llio Cross of Wur one of the nurses who
by her Individual bravery saved the lives ,of many wounded soldiers In the
Froncli hospital at Dugny when It was bombarded by tho Germans, and who
was herself wounded.
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,F0R FOOD PLEDGE SIGNERS
-MEMBER OF-
CAUV
Millions of tho new Hoover pledge
curtls hnve been received by the voji-,
nil's eonunltteo of the council of ,m
llonnl defense nnd nre being tilstrlbut"
cd throughout the country nt tho re
quest of the national food administra
tion a hose who sign the pledge may
obtain handsome cards hearing tho
words, "member of the national ftma
iKliiiliiIstrntlon." and a
united smm
APMUflSfllffllW
on u wheaMlccorntcd disk.
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