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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1917)
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS DURING THE PAST WEEK Drlef Outline of Important Events Throughout the State of Interest to the General Reader. 15. 1 Smith, council for tho Nebras ka food administration, wains Unit any person found guilty of willfully hoarding foodstuffs faces Imprison ment for two years or a line of $5,000, or both under tho law passed by con gress. Any person holding, contracting for or arranging for necessities of llfo In excess of reasonable require ments fr tin unreasonable time will bo considered a "hoarder" and punish ed, says Mr. Smith. A unique campaign has Just been closed In Grand Island. A Grand Islnnd newspaper advertised and con ducted a tobneco Kit fund for the sol diers in France, specifying at tho out set that tlds fund should bo a free will offering. A goal of 500 kits had been set as a minimum, being one for every llnll county man in the service nt nny place. At tho end of ten days the fund was oversubscribed by 150 kits. The United States bureau of mnr- Tfota is offering to send free to any 'Nebraska farmer or live stock feeder, lnlly bulletins showing the live stock loadings and condition of tho meat trade. Those desirous of being placed -on the mailing list are Invited to send their names to the Bureau of Markets, 4030 South Twenty-fourth street, -Omaha. Nebraska's quota of the government -baby" securities is $20,000,000 and jvcry rann, woman and child in the tnte will be expected to purchase "$20 worth or more. The government grants twelve months In which the "bonds may bo sold. Every postmaster nnd rami mall carrier In the state Is n salesman for those certificates. A farmer nenr Edgar shipped In 125 head of hogs from ( Kansas the other dny, all of which were supposed to he Immune from cholera, but upon receiving them, mnny wero found to l)e sick nnd , some have died from cholera. In urging farmers over tho country to Incrense pork production fifteen per cent, the Department of Agriculture, nt Washington, asks Nebraska stock raisers to do their bit by raising 20 per cent more hogs next year than formerly. During the week ending Dec. 8 Omaha was the top hog market of the United States. Prices pnid at the Ne braska market averaged 50 cents per hundredweight more than any com peting market in the country. The Saunders county Red Cross chapter has completed its shipment of 545 Christmas packages to Chicago lor the soldiers and sailors. The quota assigned the county was 500 nackets. Two workmen lost their lives at Plattsmouth while excavating for a The two men killed R. D. Dal ton, 55? and Edward McCullcy, 24, wero burled under live feet or eartn. Seven hundred nnd four carloads of live stock were received at the South Omaha Stock Ynrds December 4. On tho same dntc 30 years ago 30 cars of tock were received nt the yards. Preparations are being made to build a new consolidated school nt Trumbull for the districts comprising nnrts of Clay. Adams. Hamilton and Hall counties. At the dedication of the new Meth odlst church at Ames n total of :$2,G00 was raised, leaving only $300 of the $5,000 which the new structure cost, unaccounted for. Tim fnrmers nnd hoc raisers of "Kearney county have effected an or iganlzntion for the control of cholera. Such an organization lias been eiiect -ed in Buffnlo county, The whole town of Genon turned out to bid farewell to eleven young men who left for Omnha to enlist In -vnrlous branches of tho nation's light ing service, Alpha Grnf. a farmer living slx TnlIon northeast of Beatrice, states that his corn Is yielding nhout sixty five hushels to tho acre, . . ... r-n..ii.c nnrrvin,' xsenrnsKn wuiunn on a campaign to rnlso $5TO as an endowment ior w out nunisrers. ... rP., ;Vn t tlfe Y M C A war subscribed $.150 to the . M. C. A. ti. ci inn lino Hlliu mutt.. , For the first time In tho History or Stella, milk Is now selling for ju cenus a minrt. r,.,. .,. Pintte draft board of ap- jiiu jwi i . ..,.Piiiiirnl exemn- peiUH una iuum ..- tinna in i (W farmers aim t ?m n i 000 others Two hundred tllCIU tO 1,W UWII.IO. ......... nn,l twpntv-flVO of tllO agricultural claims have been appealed to Presi dent Wilson. To meat the labor shortage on tho farms of Nebraska and to Insure prop- er nlantinK and harvesting or crou next your State Food Administrator wttles s'ueccsts tho Importation of foreign labor. Mr. Wattles says 100,- 7 i 1 Sent m f Y k oslng hogs in dITeient parts oi i n ....(,. nnrnfll eXaUUIIUIIUll mi" luu,u" . . .. .... ' i. ,i been mndo nnu un mm i i. i,.i.,,r InfliitniMl WHICH lie- Is luncs Del g Intlamtd. note pnoumqnln. bushels of corn was destroyed by fire near Table Rock, on the Jno J tenant far.m The fro h - -ed to havo been of Incendiary origin. t Union hall, six miles oast of Blue ; nM. has been torn down and a "" .. i.i i,iu nn Bul,stnntln community school built on the crouncL J During a high wind a big French typo army balloon broke loose from Its moorings nt Fort Omaha and dragging 0,000 feet of steel cabio, swept a path of S00 miles through Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Foi general destroying purposes a cyclom had little on that tall. Pulled acrosi country nt high speed this cable dashed aside telegraph lines, wlr fences and In fact everything with which it came In contact. Aftet switching Its devastating tall for 21 hours the huge bng was captured neat Trenton, Hitchcock county, by It cnblo becoming entangled In an Iron bridge. Before 0,000 football rooters, sprinkled here and there with khaki, Camp Dodge triumphed over Camp Funston at Omilha by the score of ii to 0. It was pronounced by many of those in attendance as the greatest athletic event ever staged In the mid dle west. Tho sum of $12,000 over expenses was realized for the contest, all of which will go to equip gymna sium quarters at tho two army camps. One of Lincoln's lending dally pa pers snys thnt Knlsorlmn In the pub lic schools of Lincoln is a direct pro duct of tho activities of the German American state alliance. "The Intro duction of Gorman lnngunge instruc tion into the grade schools of the city Is traced to tho pressure exerted by that organization upon the board of education nnd tho former superintend ent of schools," says the paper. Representatives of several old po litical parties met at Lincoln and or ganized a new national party for Ne braska. A. G. Wray of York, .Tamos Pearson. Moorcflchl. and C. C. Porter of Omaha, are leaders In the move ment. It Is planned to hold a con vention In Lincoln soino time this winter. Food Administrator Wattles told county administrators from 50 Ne braska counties at Omaha that hoard ing of foodstuffs Is being carried on over tho state to a great extent. "Tench them they nre wrong." he toll' tho committeemen. "Be lenient nt first," ho said, "but If they persist be firm as a rock." John Sosengren, who died nt his home in Fremont a few days ago at tho age of SI years, Is believed to bo the last survivor of tho crow that manned tho confederate battleship Alabama at the time it wns sunk In its fight off tho coast of France with the Kcarsage. An nudlt of the books of Adams county Indicates that tho county has a total shortage of $7,071.70. The audit resulted from the conviction of C. II. Hudson, former county clerk. A petition Is now In circulation ask ing tho release of Hudson from the penitentiary. Patriotic demonstrations wore In evidence In Loup City when the un popular yellow was applied to the fronts of the Zemmermnn and Wnlte garage, C. W. Fletcher shoe store and M. Losehinsky general store. Helena nrecinct. n Gcrmnn settle ment east of Sterling, has organized a Homo Guard company. While the mnjority of tho farmers are Gcrmnns, they nre practically all loyal citizens nnd true to "Old Glory." Wnltcr Anderson, attorney of Lin coin nnd chairman of Lincoln exemp tlon board No. 2, has been nsslgnod to take chargo of all Nebraska 'xemp tlon boards by tho war department at Washington. The Custer County Khaki Backers Is tho nnmc of n new organization per fected nt Broken Bow last week. The object of tho organtzntlon Is to pro mote loyalty to tho government nnd to nld wherever possible to win tho war. Tabulations made In Washington of food pledge cards signed by Nebras l.-nns shows this state went over the gonl estimated by Food Administrator Wnttles at 175,000, by 10,502, the to- tnl being 101.502, Business wns suspended In several Keith county towns during the fun ernl of Private G. n. Meyer at Brule, who died at Camp Funston. Vacation Is to bo from Dec. 14 to Jan. 2 In Bentrlco sciioois, several iinvs Innircr than usual. This Is to allow young men to husk corn. A monster meeting was held nt Su perior tho other day at which a home uunrd wns formed. ,. T). npnna snnnnP ,in,i ,inco ? , - " sn,0 wnH - Rod .. mwni n,f tim T.tn I minim- "ii- .. ...... coin Western League Baseball club co . nrlnnna Ulllllp yrv-n - ; - uuu... - - muster ro OI ao; inuimiera, During the next two weeks women . i m nr of Nebraska are nsnen 10 inrnisii ou, ,yraaBna w tlin Nntlrmnl mini"" un..i.nih" -- - Red Cross society, this state's appor- .. ... - .nnnnnn .1 .. a l,n tionmonr nt i,nnj.um uiiiisn i" propnred by the central division be tween December 10 nnd 24. Over 300 boys attended tho older boys' conference of tho Y. M. C. A. at Fremonr. ine ioiiowiiik ..u.t.c-.r, elected: President. Dan Longwell, Omahn ; vice president, Cecil Sours, Albion; secretary. Carroll Wiggins, lixeter. Thousands of stock hogs are being shipped Into Hamilton county from i . t, Wlljthern I . . ... stntes. They are Doing som ia . -n,mnrB nt on P,nt(i n(.r nound. It. - I prp(1,pte1 lhnt cnl(, wenther1 w brnB nbout sor,OU8 ,o8S()8 wnnR . - ' t concort nnrt ,,nicaiir rnfctd Qn . S-Q00 church. ?vcnu i ' , I made in acoiiHoiuii tuuui; iui nm nmoc . in pcctlng for o,L v THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE, SHOWING CITJ AND HARBOR OF HALIFAX Spid In circle ""ar nSTss $hohVJiiMiaf . i J) ATLANTIC HALIFAX HORROR u Oil 1 Disaster Probably Most Fearful That Ever Occurred on the American Continent. 1TJTAL LOSS OF LIFE UNKNOWN Will Surely Be Numbered by Thous ands Stricken City One of Great Britain's Important Military Po6ts Its History. The dlsnstcr at Halifax, which cost the lives of at least 2,000 people, though tho exact number will never bo known, plunged tho Dominion Into mourning. It probably ranks as tho most fearful that ever occurred on tho Amerlcnn continent. Residents of Halifax and thousands of volunteer re lief workers, who came into tho city were dazed at the extent of tho hor ror. Tho Belgian relief ship Imo collided with the French munition vessel, Mont Blanc, londed with 3,000 tons of T. N. T. nnd n largo quantity of benzine. The impact set fire to a deck load of benzine on tho French ship and the flames quickly communicated with tho munitions, resulting in n practical bombardment of the city. Tho zone of destruction In Halifax Itself extended from the North strpet railway station as far north ns Afrlc- vllle to Bedford basin and covered an area of about two square miles In the section known as Richmond. The buildings which were not demolished by the force of the terrific explosion were destroyed by the lire which fol lowed. District Densely Populated. The devastated district was the old er part of Halifax and thickly popu lated. It contnlncd, In addition to Citadel hill, many churches nnd schools, the railway station, govern ment dockyard, Wellington imrracKS, Aumirniiy nouse imo ouiciui rem denco of the admiral in command of the North American British sqund- ron), the military hospital, post ofllce, provisional parliament building, city hall, the ordnnnco department, most of the department stores, all of the tele graph and cable offices and a few ho tels, Tho better residence district was al most unharmed. It lies southward from the Queens, nnd Includes most of the churches, Including St. Mary's Ro man Catholic cathedral. In the fire-swept section were the parliament buildings, post office, three newspnper olllces, Royal Bank of Can ada, Cnnndlan Bnnk of Commerci Bnnk of Nova Scotia, Hank of British North Amerlcn and the Bnnk of Mon treal. Other structures destroyed arc Dal housle college, two Romnn Catholic convents, tho Presbyterian Theological college, tho government technlcnl col leiro. 42 ehurehes and RO fnetnrlcs. ill- -n-. - . eluding iron foundries, breweries, dls- llllnrlnn nn1 two nllirnr roflnnrlfis tlllciics nnd two sugnr refineries. FAMOUS FOR BEAUTY. Ono of tho oldest of Cnnndlnn cities, Halifax also Is ono of tho most pic turesque. It has two principal beau ty spots, Point Pleasant park and tho Public Gardens. The first lies between tho North Arm, a fiord threo miles long, nnd the hnrbor proper. Tho North Arm Is the cruising bnsln for canoes and pleasure craft of small size. Two hundred ncres of land make up Point Plensant pnrk, and the woods , L ' 1 " -'. . . . -.-I" iihvu uitu ifii in ii im nimu. nu roml3 are Hplon,i,. They were built m,Uary purn0HCH. Tho ,)nrk im a pair of magnificent Iron gates given to tho city by Sir Wllllntn Young, a former chief Justice of the province. They nro sot at tho head of Young avenue, one of the prlnclpnl roads of tho pnrk. A mile from Young avenue gates NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA3KA. are tho Public Gardens, the most cul tlvated spot nl Canada, and said to be Its most beautiful garden. An area of 20 ncres Is thus given up for pur- poso of pleasure right In tho heart of the city. When the lnnd wns origin ally taken up for park purposes it lay on the outskirts of the town, and was a hunting field. It Is laid out In foruinl IhmIs, a band stand and precise walks. Other Noted Buildings. The Provincial Building, the Govcnv ment House, the City Hall, tho Domln Ion Building nnd the new Customs Houso were nmong tho edifices of which the natives of Halifax boasted. Other buildings of promlnenco nre tho Dnlhouslc College, Provincial Museum, Academy of Music. Y. M. O. A. Build lng, Odd Fellows' Temple and the threo prlnclpnl hotels. Hnllfax. Prlnco George and Queen's. Among the famous edifices of tho city Is tho St. Paul's Episcopal Church, said to be the oldest Protestant church built in North Amerlcn. It wns con structod In Boston in 1750, a year after the town wns founded, and carried in schooners to Hnllfax, where tho parts were put together. Tho story is told that when Cornwnllls wroto the Earl of Halifax ho wanted to build a church the earl replied by sending to Canada tho architect who built St. Peter's in London. St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, which wns built during tho late years of tho eighteenth century, was de stroyed by fire In 1857, only to bo re built. One of tho most beautiful buildings In the city Is tho St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral. With a tall white splro extending unwnrd. It Is visible for miles. Religion of nil denominations seems to thrive in Novn Scotln, for in n re cent census of religions only 51tt per sons were listed as belonging to no sect. At present there nre 120,000 Ro man Catholics, 100,000 Presbyterians, 83,000 Bnptlsts, 00,000 Anglicans, 57,000 Methodists nnd n few thousand spread through tho Adventlsts, Disciples nnd Jews. Of the lntter there wero 437, Eighty years ago, when tho province wns small and practically unlnhnblted, the Presbyterlnns were tho lnrgest body, nlthough thcro was a flourishing colony of Roman Catholics at Capo Breton. The Bnptlsts then wero nn In considerable body of poor peasants with badly educated teachers ana preachers. Today the Baptists stand third in the list of denominations. One of World's Best Harbors. "Halifax has ono of the finest har bors In the world nnd Is the chief Cnnndlan gateway for exports. It Is the capital of Nova Scotln, with a population of 00,000. Tho city Is three miles long nnd n mllo wtdo; Is built on tho enstern slope of a sninll penln suln. "It Is a gurrison city nnd has eleven forts and batteries, Including tho CItn del, once one of tho strongest fortlllca tlous In America. "The harbor Is open all year. Its Inner haven Is Bedford Bnsln, 20 miles In circumference, In which the colli slon nnd explosion occurred. I havo seen as many ns 140 occun vessels In tho bnsln at once. "Vast new wharves nnd railway ter mlnnls arc being constructed by the government nt a cost of $:50,000,000, hut these are nenr the tip of the penln sula nt the south, nnd evidently wero not harmed. "Halifax Is 010 miles nenrer Liver pool than Is New York for trnns-Atlnn-tic liners. It Is 000 miles from New York. Founded By Cornwallls In 1749. "Colonel Edward Cornwnllls left Britain In 1749 and founded tho city. The French armada gathered thcro In 17B7 bent on demolishing Loulsburg, only to meet disaster through storm nnd plague. Howo went to Halifax with his men after thoy were defeated at Boston. Great numbers of royalists from New York found refuge there In the revolution. Hnllfax was the chief British base of supplies. "One hundred and six warships made harbor thero In 1812. The expedition thnt burnt Washington started from Hnllfax. And It was there the Shan non sailed with her prize, tho Chesa. peake." STARTS CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF PORK NEWS FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Varied Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources at the State House If Nobrnska falls In its hog produc' tlon campaign, ono of tho most nouto shortage In pork products In this soc tlon In yoars piny result, It was pointed out at conferences at tho stato farm, lnnuuilrnllnir Nnnr.mlrn'n Yinrlr wim, pnlgn. With tho oxcoption of four states to tho south Nanmska hn.it l.eon nskod for as great a production of pork as any state in tho country, Tho 20 por cent incronso asked for Is only oxcooded by Missouri, Alabama, Kan Bns, nnd Iowa, tho last two atatos ox ceedlng by only 5 por cont. Eighteen Nobrnska farmors nnd ngrl cultural workors have received tholr nppolntmonts ns spoclal workors in tho pork campaign which has Just been Btarted. Each farmor choson will havo a certain section of tho stnto to look nftor. He will lntorost other farmors nnd will Book to havo thorn brood ono extra sow for ovory fivo that thoy havo boon breeding In tho past Only tho failure of a stato to do Its part can defeat tho organized national campaign for n 15 por cont Increnso in hog production noxt year, assort of- flclnls 01 mo unuou sinios uopnri- mont of agriculture now co-operating with tho stntos In putting tho program Into offoct, If farmers do not roach tho quotas sot for them, specialists say n moro ncuto shortago of pork products than now provalls will result, extromcly high prlcos for hams, bacon, and lnrd will prevail, consumers will suffer from tho high prlcos nnd tho short ngo of necessary animal fats, and only a fow will bonoflt. On tho other hand, If tho systomntlzed program 1b carried out, n market will havo boon provldod for about one-third of tho 1917 corn crop, tho demands on tho country for pork products can bo mot without Btraln, prlcos to tho producer should bo romunorntlvo nnd prlcos pnid Ivy consumers should bo roasonablo. Tho workors chOBon , tholr districts nnd tho counties composing thorn, fol low: 1. Chnrles IIrwIc. Chnclron Sioux. DmveH, Sliprldnn, Cherry, nox iJiitto, 2. .T. A. Halrten. Mltcliolt Scotts nluff. Moirill, lljinnor. Kimball, Cheyenne, 3 W. P. Snyder. North Plntto finr den, Deuel, Arthur, Keith, MoPhcrson Logan, Lincoln (part). 4. George C. JunUIn, BmlthfleM Per kins, Frontier, Oospor, Lincoln 'partj fv rt Hull limn n Virion tlnvlita ltlin dy,' Hitchcock, Red Willow,' Furnas, liar inn. 8. O. O. Hmlth. ICenrnov Sherman. Howard, Iluftalo, Hall, Kenrnoy, Hamil ton, t. Oeorirn Jackson. Nolnon Franklin. AflnmB, Webster, Nuckollfl, Clay. 8. E. 11. Danlelson. Lincoln Fllmore, Saline, Thayer, JcfforBon, Gago, Lniicns ler. 9. J. O. Shrovor. Humboldt Johnson, wemana, I'awnee, lucnaruson 10. Raymond Pollard. Nehawka Cush, utoo. tl. 13. Z. Runselt Omaha Douelas. WftsliInRton. 12. C. II. auatafson. Lincoln Doone. Nance, I'lattc, coirax, uouce, Hammers. 13. O. E. Mlckov. Osceola Polk. Rut ler, xorK, Hewuru, niemcic. 14. Charles Graff. Bancroft Cedar. Dixon, Dakota, Wayne, Cuming, Thuis ton. Hurt (Dart). 15. C. Y. Thompson. West Point Mndtson, nurt (part), Plerco, Antelope, Madison. Stanton. 1G. Alva Wilson, Lincoln Brown, Rack, Holt, Boyd, Keya Paha. 17. Elmer iOiniR, L,exingion- Blalne, Lnun. CURtnr. Diiwnon. 18. u. u. wcicn, Ansiny urani, mam as, Hooker, vnuoy, wneeior, uurneia. Funds Rolling Into Secretary's Office) Businoss continues to show an In cronso in tno otuco 01 uocrotary 01 Stato Pool when compared with tho samo month of tho preceding year, as for Instanco tho total cash ro celpts in tho office proper for tho month of Novombor foot up $4,810,00 as compared with $1,402.90 In 1916, or a gain In tho month of $3,317.10. Tho funds woro collected last month from tho following sourcos: Corpo ration permits, $110; corporation ponaltics, $17.25; for filing articles of Incorporation, $3,074.10; for licenso resident ngont, $100; for notnry com missions, $S0; for brands, $500,50; for cert's and transcripts, $223.75; for sale of statutes, $77; all othor Bources, $0.40; total, $4,810. Tho farmors of tho wheat country of woBtorn Nebraska havo grown Impa tlent ovor tho failure of requests mndo to tho stato railway commission nnd the stnto council of defenso for nld In getting tholr grain to market, and havo changed to a demand for assist nnco. PotltlonB havo boon filed with both bodies In which it is set up that con dltlons havo grown Intolerable, and that if tho farmors aro to respond to tho call to raise moro whoat a way must bo found by which their prosont crop can bo moved to markot Warns Against Christmas Tree Fires Firo Commissioner W. S. Illdgoll rocommonds tho abolition of tho Christmas troo bb a noodloss luxury until nftor tho war In a bullotln Just Issued, Othorwlso, It Is urged that stores show windows and Christmas treos havo tholr holiday decorations of non-inflammablo material Instead of cotton and celluloid, mid that alec trio lights roplnco candles as n pro tectlon against firo. Tho bullotln ad vocatos that careless firo bo rogarded as a crime and that people guilty of nogllgenco bo punished. CO-OPERATIVE SERVICE 200 Nebraska Towns Will Make Gar den Surveys. Two hundred Nebraska towns havo ngrood to co-opornto with tho agricul tural oxtonslon sorvlco In conducting a garden Burvoy this fall and wlntor, looking fonvnrd to n rcnownl of tho 'war garden" nctlvltlos noxt summor In Lincoln tho work will bo dono by tho Junior Civic and Industrial leaguo. According to C. W. Watson, londor of tho junior division of tho oxtonslon sorvlco, tho present Burvoy will in- cludo tho acquisition of all nocossary Information. Tho work will bo dono ontirely by boys and girls working In co-oporatlon with tho school authori ties. In oach town ownors of back yards and vacnnt lots will bo nskod to tell whothor thoy will garden or ront tho proporty next year. Tho studonts will "18U ' murium mo ainu oi son, mo '"aunuio supply or leruiizor in mo town, and slmllnr lnformntion. Tho location of oach garden spot will bo recorded on n enrd with tho dotnlls concerning it. It Is bollovod sovoral thousand ncroa of lnnd will thus bo- como avnllablo for gnrdoulng In Ne braska noxt spring. State's Accounts Overdrawn Overdrafts amounting to $G75,000 aro shown by Stnto Troasuror Hall's monthly roport nt tho closo of busi ness for Novombor. Of this largo sum, $220,000 was In tho stato normal fund, $100,000 In tho stato university nctlvltlos fund, ?5G,000 In tho tempor ary university fund, $58,000 In tho stato aid bridgo fund, and $35,000 in tho stnto institutions Improvements fund. Tho conernl fund m1nmn iln. clInod tillring tho raonth from $135,000 0 $50,000. Cash ilonosltn In hiinltn nggrcgntod $284,000 at U10 closo of tho month. Tho total invoattnonta of tho educational trust fund aro $10, 243,000. Thoro is $340,000 In tho tem porary school fund, and this will bo Increased by tho timo of tho January apportionment. Can Do No Business In State Six Gorman insurance companies thnt havo held licenses in Nobraska must ceaso doing buslnosB in tho stato, undor tho fodornl government's ordor forbidding them to continue operations in tho United Stntos. Fivo of them, havo headquarters in Now York nnd tho sixth in Wnshlngton, D. C. Tho namos of tho companies and amounts of insuranco carried are: Prussian Nationnl, $2,304,030; Hamburg-Brom-on, $1,301,470; Anchon & Munich, $1,0(38,077; Nord-Doutscho, $137,550; Mannhoim, $72; Frankfort (not stat ed). Tho first of tho fivo aro firo In surance companies. Tho last does a gonornl insuranco businoss, including firo, nccldont and somo othor linos. State Reclaims 120 Acres of Land Land Commissioner Shumwny has Just loarnod that tho stato owns 120 acres of land In Douglas county, worth $100 an ncro, which Is not under leaao at tho present timo nnd has not boon for sovoral years. In fact, tho land was roportcd a fow yoars ngo as hav ing boon swallowed up by tho Mis souri river. Tho fact that It Is In oxlstenco Is shown by a roport from DouglaB county on roappraisoraonta covering n numbor of school land tracts thoro. Tho rlvor is supposed to havo onco moro changed Its courso and surrendered tho land again to tho stato. Reference Was to Allen Enemy Land Commissioner Shumway's sug gestion to curb allon ownership of land under tho nbsoleto antl-alion stato law roforrod only to onomy aliens, ho makes It plain in a corroc tlvo statement Just Issued. Aliens frlondly to tho United States may bo assured of co-oporatlon of tho depart ment, ho Bald. "Anyono holding a stato contract, or othor land, and who Is nn alien onemy, ought to loso It," ho said. "Thcro aro too many Ameri can boys on tho battlo lino to allow them to bo shot in tho back by ene mies at homo." Inheritanco tax on shares of Ne braska estates bequeathed to porsons not of blood kinship to tho tostator is to be computed ns a lump, and not on tho installment plan llko tho fed eral Income tax, according to tho way tho Btato law on that subject 1 con strued by tho attorney general's of fice That is to say, tho s-uno per centage of tax applies uniformly on tho wliolo estate, and Is not a gradu ated affair. Tho offect of this ruling, if uphold by tho courts, will bo to insure a con siderably larger rovonuo from inheri tanco tnxes than If estates woro per mitted to pay a low porcontngo on tho first $5,000, $10,000 or $20,000 and tho hlghout rato only on tho larger amounts. Tho board of control hnB announced tho nppolntmont of Dr. W. S. Yngor of Nebraska City as physician at tho state school for tho blind, located thoro. Ho takos tho placo of Dr. Claudo Wilson of .Watson, lately de ceased. Tho stato board of educational Innds nnd funds has traded off $500, 000 of govornmont liberty bonds for homo securities boarlng n hlghor rato of lntorost. In addition it has trodod $50,000 of govornmont land bank bondB for homo securities bearing a hlghor rate of lntorost. Tho liberty bonds boar 3V& por cont., but woro ox chnngenblo for 4 por cont. llborty bonds. Tho land bank bonds boar 44 per cont. Interest. Both woro ex changed for 5 per cont bonds Issued by Nebraska counties, school districts and cltlos and villages. (