Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
COL. E. M. HOUSE
NOW IN FRANCE
Admiral Benson, General Bliss
and Wilson's Friend to
Consult Allies.
TO DISCUSS TRUCE TERMS
Texan Authorized to Represent Presl
dent Wilson Berlin Crowds De
mand That the Kaiser Abdl
cate Hungarians Die
In Revolt.
Washington, Oct. 28. Colonel E. M.
House, President Wilson's closest po
litical adviser, accompanied hy Admiral
W. S. Benson, hns arrived In France.
Colonel House will represent President
Wilson In all diplomatic matters grow
ing out of the existing situation. Ad
miral Benson will represent the nnvy
in the various conferences which nrc
1o deal with the armistice request of
Germany which litis been referred to
the entente by President Wilson.
In all conferences that mny bo held
Colonel House will deal with matters
purely political; Cen. T. II. Bliss will
handle the purely military matters,
and Admiral Benson will deal with
naval questions. Admiral Benson's
presence will Insure that the navy has
adequate representation by a full milk
ing ollicer, as he Is the ranking admiral
of the navy.
Paris, Oct. 28. An enormous crowd
nssembled before the relchslag build
ing In Berlin Thursday, calling for the
abdication of Emperor William and
the formation of a republic, according
to a special dispatch from Zurich to
L'Inforniatlon.
Dr. Knrl Llcbnecht, the socialist
leader who has just been released from
prison, was applauded frantically. He
was compelled to enter a carriage filled
with flowers, from which he made a
spfeech declaring that the time of the
people had arrived.
Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 28. Turkey
will accept peace based on the princi
ples of right and Justice laid down by
President Wilson, which the new Tur
kish government approves. The grand
vizier, Towflk Pasha, Is quoted In a
Constantinople dispatch as having
so stated in parliament.
The grand vizier's speech was made
on the occasion of the presentation of
the new ministry to the chamber. He
said the government would grant with
out delay to all elements not only po
litical rights without distinction as to
nationality or religion, but the right to
participate in the administration of the
country.
London, Oct. 28. The revolt of
Croatian soldiers of the Seventy-ninth
regiment at Flume has been sup
pressed by three Austro-Hungarian
regiments . arriving from Albania, ac
cording to nn Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen. Thcro was
hard street fighting at Flume in which
hundreds of persons were killed, the
dispatch udds.
Basel, Oct. 28. It was announced In
the lower chamber of the Hungarian
parliament that the Croatian soldiers
of the Seventy-ninth regiment at
Flume havo revolted, seized the city
and destroyed the railroad there.
Count Apponyl, Count Andrassy and
the opposition deputies thereupon de
manded the resignation of the minis
try, according to Budapest advices re
ceived here.
Doctor Wekerle, the premier, de
clared that, In view of the Increasing
dlillcultles of the situation, he would
propose to the king, n coalition min
istry. According to Zurich dlspntches, two
Slav regiments have mutinied and cap
tured Karlovlcz, 200 miles east of
Flume.
DUTCH SHIPS RENEW TRIPS
Trade With the United States and
England Planned With With
drawal of U-Boats.
London, Oct. 28. Dutch newspnpers
say that shipping concerns In Holland
are taking steps preparatory to resum
ing regular trips to England and
America In consequenco of the pre
dicted withdrawal of the U-boat men
ace, according to an Amsterdam dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany. Shipping with Denmark was
resumed Wednesday, It Is said.
YANKEE AIRMEN DOWN HUNS
German Two-Seater and an Observa
tion Balloon Destroyed by
American Flyers.
With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun, Oct. 25. Lieut. Sidney
White of Elizabeth City, N. C, brought
down a German two-seater airplane
and fought off live other enemy ma
chines which came to Its assistance.
Lieut. Wler Cook of Anderson. Ind.,
brought -down av balloon.
Five Anarchists Sentenced.
New York, Oct. 28. Five avowed
anarchists, convicted of circulating
nntlgovcrnment literature, Including
pamphlets urging munition workers to
Htrlkc, were sentenced to confinement
In' prisons in the federal court here.
Hostages Shot by the Reds.
Amsterdam, Oct. 28. From the time
that Mosoe Urltzky, commissioner for
elections to the constituent assembly
of HuBSla whs Hssfiyslnatod up to Oc
tober 1. 08 hostages, Including ilvu
priests, were shot by the bolshevlkl.
MRS. MARY HATCH WILLARD
Mrs. Mary Hatch WlllKid. president
of the surgical dressing committee of
Now York, hns been n warded a gold
medal by tho French government. She
established the committee locally In
1014, but It beenmo a national organi
zation and last spring was merged with
the lied Cross.
SOLDIERS IN WRECK
FIFTY HURT IN ACCIDENT NEAR
GENEVA, ILLINOIS.
Thirteen Cars on Chicago & North
western Line Turn Over Troops
Were on Way to Atlantic Port
Chicago, Oct. 25. Approximately
fifty soldiers, members of the Eighth
United States Infantry, are suffering
lrom Injuries received when a Chicago
& Northwestern train of thirteen cars,
which was transporting them toward
an Atlantic deportation port, tipped
over three miles west of Geneva. III.
The accident Is attributed to a split
rail. The train was going at 50 miles
nn hour to make up lost time, and the
engine and first three- cars passed the
split In safety. The next nine cars
were hurled from tho track, while tho
last car escaped.
Among the Injured soldiers, who
wero en route from Camp Fremont,
In California, who were taken to the
Colonial hospital at Geneva, are:
Omer Acree, Pomona, Cal. ; Leo Bing
ham, Thatcher, Ariz. ; Byron F. Brown,
Temple, Tex.; John IX. Ellikor, Enter
prise, Utah; Clarence Itaney, Charles
ton, Miss.; Carlos Domingo, Placentln,
Cal.; Godfrey Gottfried, Daly City,
Colo.; Sergt. John .7. Egan. Philadel
phia, Pa.; Erwln Jewett, Gllmore,
Idaho; John Chlmlos, Santa Barbara,
Cal. ; Walter S. Mitchell, ' El Paso,
Tex. ; J. S. Peoples, Yuma, Ariz. ; Rob
ert McKlnley, Yumn, Ariz.; John Orth,
Los Angeles, Cal.; H. S. Moody, Red
ding, Cal.; Clnudo C. Burt, Riverside,
Cal. ; Millard C. Johnson, Bloomlngton,
III.; Sergt. Wallace Henderson, Port
land, Ore.; William L. Numley. Elsl
norc, Utah.
Dlillculty in ascertaining all the facts
was experienced duo to the cordon
thrown around the wreck by the
troops, who Immediately took charge.
It Is feared two of the soldiers may die
from their Injuries.
213 LOST ON TIC0NDER0GA
Two Officers and 99 Enlisted Men
Among Victims of Hun
Torpedo.
Washington, Oct. 24. Two officers
and 09 enlisted men of tho army lost
their lives In the sinking of tho Ameri
can steamer Tlconderoga In the wnr
zone September 30. This announce
ment by the war department brought
tho totnl loss of life to 213, tho navy
having previously reported ten officers
nnd 102 of tho crew dead and two of
ficers carried off us prisoners by tho
enemy submarine that sent tho vessel
down.
WILSON ACTS FOR SUFFRAGE
Asks Oklahoma to Vote for Equal
Rights at Election November 5
Program of Justice.
Washington, Oct. 28. Another move
In behalf of woman suffrage was made
by President Wilson. He addressed
the voters of Oklahoma, who act on
the suffrage amendment November 5,
reiterating his judgment thnt ndoptlon
of woman suffruge Is a necessary part
of the program for Justice and recon
struction. Belgian Capital to Bruges.
Havre, Oct. 20. The whole of the
province of western Flanders and part 1
of eastern Flanders and Halnuut, hav
ing been recovered from the Germans, I
the Belgian government has decided to j
establish Its administrative depart-i
inents In Bruges. j
Great Lakes Clear of "Flu."
Great Lakes, III., Oct. 28. Spanish
Infltinnzit lins been driven frmn nln
Lakes naval training station. Health
auinoriues announced mat conditions
could not be better thnn at present
and the epidemic has disappeared.
Close Cables to Soldiers.
New York, Oct. 28. Announcement
wuh made by tho Western Union Tel
egraph company that public uso of Its
cable servlco In communlcntlng with
members of tho American expedition
ary force hns been discontinued.
SENATORS SLASH
TAX ON SPIRITS
Radical Change Made by Com
mittee in Provisions of New
Revenue Bill.
PROHIBITION AGAIN HUNG UP
House and Senate Conferees on Emer
gency Appropriation Dill With Its
Amendments for War Time
Measure Fall to Agree.
V
Washington, Oct. 20. In lieu of the
taxes on estates proposed In the house
war revenue hill, the senate finance
committee in its revision adopted a
plan of taxing Inheritances of $10,000
and more, at rales to be fixed later.
The committee also decided to reduco
to $2.20 per gallon the tax on distilled
spirits used for Industrial, medicinal
and other tionbcvoruge purposes.
Tho new tax proposes that inheri
tances received by heirs, Instead of es
tates left by deceased persons, shnll
be the subjects of federal taxation, af
ter state Inheritance taxes are Im
posed. The revenue of the government prob
ably would bo half of the $110,000,
000 levy on estates proposed In the
house hill. Returns from life Insur
ance policies under $25,000 would not
be taxed under the committee's plan.
Reduction of the rate on nonbever
age distilled spirits and alcohol or
dered hy the committee was said to be
In response to Interests urging It ln
order to stimulate production of spir
its needed for munitions and also to
reduco the cost of medicines. The
house luiil fixed the lax at $1.40 per
gallon. Recently the senate commit
tee reduced that to $3.20 and today to
$2.20 per gallon, which Is the rate un-'
der present law.
House and senate conferees on the
emergency agricultural appropriation
bill with Its amendments for national
war-tllne prohibition, failed to break
their deadlock in the rent profiteering
section and decided to report a dis
agreement. The military deficiency bill, carrying
$0,345,523,0SS, only a sllgl.. decrease
from the original house draft, was re
ported to the senate today by the ap
propriations committee. Anticipating
speedy passage of the bill by the sen
ale, the house Interrupted Us three
day recess program and adjourned un
til tomorrow so that no delay might
result In sending the measure to con
ference. A substitute for the administration
emergency power bill, passed by tho
house to meet a shortage of steam
power in war activities, was agreed to
today by the senate commerce commit-'
tee. Instead of forming a separate
corporation, with authority to lend
funds to private enterprises to In
crease power activity, the substitute,
which representatives of the war in
dustries board have been asked to aid
In drafting, will authorize tho war
finance corporation to lend funds for
thnt purposo up to $50,000,000.
Washington, Oct. 24. Surtaxes
adopted by the house on Individual net
Incomes below $100,000 would be low
ered "nnd those on Incomes in excess
of that amount Increased under
amendments to the wnr revenue bill
adopted by the senate finance commit
tee. A. STAMFORD WHITE DIES
President of Bonrd of Trade of Chi
cago Succumbs to Influenza After
Two Weeks' Illness.
Chicago, Oct. 20. A. Stamford White,
president of tho board of trade, died at
his home, 5217 University avenue, of
Inllucnza. Ho hud been ill for two
weelcs. Mr. White served two terms
as president of the bonrd. Ho was
elected to that office In 1010. He was
senior member of the grain and provi
sion firm of A. S. White & Co., and
has been a member of tho board since
1881. He was born In Liverpool, Eng
land. St Louis Commissioner Resigns.
SL Louis, Oct. 21. Henry L. Weeke,
an enemy alien and active politician,
resigned as city commissioner of
weights and measures, following the
suspension last Friday of Chief of Po
lice William Young, two police cap
tains and three police sergeants. The
only announcement regaullng the sus
pensions of the police officers was that
the action of the police board was
taken following charges lodged hy the
government. Secrecy has since veiled
the suspensions.
Two Student Aviators Killed.
Mlnml, FJn., Oct. 25. Student A via
tors At. L. Hope of Merobnson, III., and
Percy M. Goring of Pittsburgh, I'ir.,
were Instantly killed at the Marine
Corps aviation field while practicing
aerial gunnery.
! Roumanln Closes Her Ports.
London. Oct. 20. Tho British nil
! mlralty reports that German official
I wireless dlspatehes picked up at Mos
i cow are to tho effect that the Hon
1 manlnn government has declared Hint
till Itnumnulun ports are closed.
! "No Crime to Bet," Says Magistrate.
I Now York, Oct. 20. In discharging
128 men arrested in a poolroom charged
with violating tho antlloaflng law, Mag
j tetrnto Joseph Corrlgan declared that
j t hoy hail committed no crime cither In
lonnr.k'. ttliivlug poker or betting
MAJ. HERBERT C. EhNoi.r,.
I Muj. Herbert C, Ernshaw, I . S. A.,
i luis succeeded Tot. .1. P. Flnley In
luirge of on of the largest student
lsts In the rnl ted States. Major
Ernshaw Is one of Genera! Pershing's
veterans nnd fought In the battle of
'hatean-Thlerry.
NAME NEW HUN STATE
"GERMAN STATE OF AUSTRIA,"
IS THE LATEST.
Austrian Authorises In Poland Hand
Over Administration to Polish
Officials.
Basel, Oet. 20. Tho Oormnn-Aus-irlan
deputies In (he Austrian rolehs
rnlh have formed an assembly for the
purpose of conducting the affairs of
i he Germanic people In Austria and
have Issued a declaration announcing
the creation of the "German state of
Austria."
Karl Seltz.lendor of the German so
cialists In Austria, has been elected
president of the new assembly. The
deputies have announced their desire
t bring about the autonomy of tho
Germans In Austria and to establish
relations with other nations.
The nssonibly has drawn up a reso
lution respecting the form of govern
ment of the territory occupied by Ger
mans. The "German State of Austria"
will seek access to, the Adriatic sea.
in agreement with other nations.
Pending the establishment of a con
stitution, according to this program,
the people will bo represented by tho
rclchsrath deputies constituted as a
provisional national assembly. This
body will represent the Germans In
Austria In negotiations for peace and
will exercise legislative powers. "The
legislative branch will consist of 20
members, who will havo power to con
tract state debts and administer In
terior affairs.
"Wo must act in favor of peace,"
said llerr Seitz in taking tho presi
dency of the new state. "Wo must do
all possible to lessen tho misery of tho
Gerninn-Austrlnn people. Tho new
Gcrman-Aiistiiit, for which we shall
lay the foundation, will bo constituted
In conformity with tho free will ex
pressed by the German-Austrian peo
ple." Amsterdam, Oct. 25. The Austrian
authorities In the pnrt of Poland oc
cupied by the Austrian arms have for
mally bunded over tho administration
to Polish authorities, says a Vienna
illspntch to tho Vosslsehe Zeltung of
Berlin.
CHICAGO AWAY "OVER TOP"
City's Total Liberty Loan Subscrip
tions $305,000,000 Leads Sev
enth District.
Chicago, Oct. 20. Chicago magnlfi
cently redeemed Itself In tho last days
of the fourth Liberty loan campaign.
Not only did It equal Its quota, but It
exceeded In percentage of oversub
scription all other divisions of the Sev
enth federal reservo district. Iowa,
which was first "over the top," has tho
smallest percentage of oversubscrip
tion. It was n case of hare and tor
toise, and Chicago, llko tho tortoise,
won.
BIG VICTORY FOR SERBIANS
Defeat Armies of Enemy In Valley of
Morava River Foe Retreats In
Disorder.
London, Oct. 28. Tho Serbians havo
defeated the armies of the enemy In
the valley of the grout Morava river,
says an official Serbian announcement.
The enemy Is retiring in disorder.
LATIN FLYERS SINK U-BOAT
Italians Bombard Enemy Submarine
From Low Height Believe Ves
sel Was Sunk.
Runic, del. 25. - Italian naval avi
ators have bombarded an enemy sub
marine from a low height and believe
that the U boat wa. sunk says an of
ficial statement.
No Ralre in Coal Mine Pay.
Washington, Oct. 28. Fuol Adminis
trator Garfield refiued to grant bitum
inous coal miners an increase of wages
sought In connection with tho plan for
stabilization of wages worked out for
the anthracite miners.
Capture 5,000 Huns.
Koine, Oct. 28, In hitter fighting
Friday In' the region of Monto Grap
pa, tho Italians established themselves
on the northern bank of the Ornlc
river. They captured nearly 5,000 prisoners.
OUR RURAL SCHOOLS
Forty-two Established In Nebraska
During Past Two Yearsp Tract
of Land for Each.
Tho annual report Just Issued by
State Superintendent Clcmmons shows
thnt during tho past two years forty
two rural consolidated schools havo
been established In Nebraska, Nvhero
children can get a high school educn
tlon without leaving the farm. Tho
report shows that more than $1,000,000
has bei-n expended for rural school
buildings In this stato since 1010,
Each building which has special rooms
for agriculture, sewing, domestic
science and other Important studies
represents from two (o ten districts,
costs from .$10,000 up to 8110,000, and
has from ten to twenty acres of land
for farming experiments. There are
from 150 to 250 pupils In each school
From ono to ten automobile trucks are
owned In each district, to take the
children to and from school In somu
cases as far away as ten miles.
The State Council of Defetiso hns
set aside November 14 as registration
day for all boys who have attained
the age of 15 years 7 months nnd up
to IS years. The registration const!
tutcs membership In tho U. S. Boys
Working Reserve. Tho two general
classes Into which this reserve will be
divided Is Industrial and agricultural.
During October Nebrusuuns used
21508,450 pounds of sugar for house
iiold purposes. With Nebraska's
population estimated at 1,300,000, the
state Just got under the two-pound nl-
lotment, It being the first time since
sugar certificates Were Issued that tho
people lived within the required quota
for a single month.
Potato prices In Nebraska, fixed by
Federal Food Administrator Wattles
are: Best No. 1 reds, 2?i cents. Best
No. 1 whites, 2V6 cents. Best No. 2,
2 cents. Tho previous maximum
price was 3 cents u pound. The
new prices were made following an
Investigation into tho supply.
The Fort Omaha balloon school Is to
he enlarged to about three times Its
present size. Tho number of men to
be trained at the school Is expected to
bo more thnn doubled. There ore
about 5,000 men at tho fort now.
The state convention of tho Nebras
ka Federation of Women's Clubs will
be held ut Lincoln, Nov. 10-22. The
convention was to have been, held at
Falibury, hut was called off 'on ac
count of the Influenza situation.
Nebraska soldiers who become In
sane In service will bo cared for at:
tjic three .state asylums, tho stato
board of control hns decided. Sixteen
soldiers have been received at these
Institutions In tho last six weeks.
Coming Just before tho general elec
tion the state-wldo quarantine against
tho "flu" puts a ban on all campaign
tours and speeches nnd gives Ne
braska the novelty of a campaign
minus the oratory.
Total expenses for running the stato
of Nebraska for the third quarter of
this year amounted to $2,130,515.58.
Nearly 1,000,000 nmro than was ex
pended during tho second quarter.
Nearly 1,000 persons attended tho
dedicatory services of tho new Meth
odist church nt Cortland. The church
was erected at a cost of $23,000 and It
was dedicated free of Indebtedness.
It is not nn uncommon sight to see
nn aeroplane soaring over Omaha
nowadays, slnco fiylng machines havo
been added to the Fort Omaha bal
loon school for observation work.
The annual convention of tho Stnte
Teachers' association, which wa
scheduled to ho held at Omaha, Nov.
G to 8, has been postponed on account
of the Jnlluenzn epidemic.
Potato crop failures at nil but two
of tho stato Institutions will compel
the State Board of Control to buy
about 0,000 bushels of spuds to supply
tho different Institutions.
Figures compiled nt state headquar
ters at Omaha show that Nebraska's
oversubscription to tho Fourth Liberty
loan will he moro than $1,000,000.
While excavating for a cesspool
near RIverton, workmen discovered oil
In what promises to be paying quan
tities. yVrrangeinents are complete to raise
Nebraska's quota of $2,000,000 in the
united war work campaign Nov. 11-18.
By a vote or 52 to 2 citizens of the
HoltnesvUle school district, rejected a
$50,000 school bond proposition.
As a means of combating tho Span
Ish Inlluenza epidemic, the state hoard
of health Issued an order prohibiting
ull public gatherings, Indoors or out
doors, throughout tho entire stnte, un
til November 2. The order closes nil
schools, churches, lodges and theatres,
urges that children he kept ot home
as much as possible, and states that
the eaiiho of the large number of
deaths from the disease was on uc
coi.nt of persons aflllcted refusing to
go to bed soon enough and attempting
to get out of bed too soon.
The state convention of Congrega
tlonalNts scheduled at York last Mon
day has been postponed to November
18, owing to tho inlluenza epidemic.
The government has sent six army
physicians Into Nebraska to help com
bat the inlluenza epidemic. Several
doctor have been sent into Knox
county, where a large percentage of
the populace is III with the iniilady.
The poslolllco department at Wash
ington hns granted tho request of the
citizens of Berlin, Otoe county, nnd
changed tho name of their town to
Otoe j
Thcro is Bomo talk by stnto educa
tors of eliminating tho Christmas and
spring vacations, nnd continuing school
on Snturdays, for tho tlmo lost dnrlng
tho quarantine period. Somo encH ac
tion, It is said, Is necessary In order to
complete tho required nmount of
school work as early ns posslblo to re
lease students for work on tho farms.
A Burlington passenger train struck
n cow In tho vicinity of Seward tho
other day, resulting In the engine,
baggage, mall and express cars going
Into tho ditch. No ono was hurt.
Governor Novlllo lias called upon
Director General McAdoo nnd Food
Administrator Hoover to ralso the
grain embargo nt tho Omaha terminal,
that has placed Nebraska fanners "at
the mercy of grain speculators." Tho
federal food administration Is also
asked to stnblllzo tho ratio of prices
of corn to hogs, now on n nine to one
bnsls. Tho administration promised a
thirteen to ono bnsls on November 3,
1017. Tho action was urged by the
Nebraska farmer's war council.
Arnold Martin of Du Bols, who has
become nationally famous through his
success in farming n 20-ncro tract In
Pawnee county, added another laurel
to his crown when ho won the sweep
stakes prize for states nt the Interna
tional Soli Products exposition in
Kansas City. To win tho trophy ho
had to compote with the states of
Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Florida and two
Canadian provinces.
Distribution of tho 1018 home food
cards for Nebraska has been postpon
ed by Stnte Food Director Wattles un
til December 1, owing to tho Inllucnzn
epidemic. In Nebraska 325,000 cards
will Jie distributed hy school children
Union Pacific crop experts say Ne
braska winter wheat acreage will bo
20 per cent greater than last year,
and the quality of the product will bo
better.
More than 75,000 acres of govern
ment laud In Nebraska, under tho
Lane hill now before congress will bo
turned over to maimed soldiers, ac
cording to estimates made by Onmha
railroad colonization experts. The bill
provides for n house, bam ami fence
for each soldier.
Mills may sell a year's supply of
Hour to tho consumer now rather than
u sixty-day supply, nccordlng to n rul
ing made hy tho state food admluls
tvatlon. Mills nlso are allowed to ex
change with farmers a twelve-month
supply of flour for homo grown wlient.
Tho Slate Railway commission lias
granted the Lincoln Tclephono and
Telegraph company authority to, In
crease telephone toll rates 25 per
cent and telephono rentals approxi
mately 10 per cent. Tho Increases nf
feet 00 cities nnd towns In the state.
Definite announcement hns Vcon
mado from official sources that Omaha
will bo a highly Important division
point on tho Woodrow Wilson airway,
which will bo maintained for air mall
services nnd other government pur
poses nftor the war.
Tho Dodge County War Service
league, organized for tho purpose of
raising and distributing all war funds
with the exception of Liberty loans,
will start a drive on November 12 to
raise $150,000, which Is expected to
last a year.
Scootts Bluff county won first prize
for tho best county exhibit, best col
lection of cereals, and best collection
of fruit and vegetables shown hy a
county at thu International Soil Prod
ucts Exhibition at Kansas City.
Sheridan county oversubscribed her
quota of tho Fourth Liberty loan wore
than $200,000. Tho county's quota was
$520,000. Subscriptions to.talled $725,-
000. Tills is about $75 for every man,
woman nnd child in tho county.
Three telephono companies In Ne
braska, the Palisade, Thedford and
Union Valley, have petitioned tho
Stato Railway commission for permis
sion to Incrense their rates.
O. F, Chapman, superintendent f
tho Lincoln board of health, nredleis
that tho "llu" epidemic in Nebraska
will not bo over until tho mlddlo of
November.
Ono man wns killed and four Injur
ed when a switch engine kicked into
a box car from which section workers
were unloading ties, Jn the U. P. ynrtls
at Fremont.
An organization of potato growcra
has been formed In Scottsbluff county.
The crop In tho county Is exception
ally good this year.
A company has been formed, a
drilling outfit Is already on the ground
nnd plans arc being made to drill for
oil nt RIverton.
An average of thirty food regula
tion violators aro penalized each
month In Douglas county. Penalties
have ranged from a brief closing to
Inrgo contributions to the Red Cross.
Poor corn crops In Sownrd county
this year has resulted In farmer's of
tho county offering to assist farmers
In other counties to harvest Ihelr
crops.
So numerous have gopher become
In Dodge county that measures havo
been taken to rid the county of the
pest
A rumor is current In western Ne
braska that the mounter twenty-four
Inch oil well near Harrlshurg, drilling
of which has been going on for about
a year, has struck ol at a depth of
over four thousand feet.
Records of the state health office nt
Lincoln up lo Saturday showed a
total of about 37,301 influenza caaas
In Nebraska, with a death rata of
about 2 per cent, which Is considered
remnrkably low.
Potato growers of western Nebraska
aro ngnln urging tlio establishment
of potato flour factory.