Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMNWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA
QABD REPORTS
BUSINESS GOOD
iFrce Spending Points to Era of
Prosperity for the United
States.
WAR HELD UP MANY ORDERS
statements From Federal Reserve
Agents Said to Point to Summer
and Autumn of Unusual
Prosperity.
Washington, Juno 2. A noticeable
upward trend In business during May,
especially In those lines related to the
lending retail trades which have folt
the release of buying power held back
by the war, was reported by the fed
eral resorvo board.
Practically uniform reports from fed
eral reserve agents were said to point
to a summer and autumn of unusual
activity.
A warning was added, however,
against accepting the prospective pros
perity at its full face value until con
ditions become more clarlllcd.
"The country seems to bo passing
through n period of free expenditure
or reaction from the enforced economy
and business restrictions of the war
period," a statement by the board said.
"If the present? activity should provo
to bo based principally on these causes,
ti reaction may be looked for when
these forces hnvo spent themselves."
The price and reconstruction situa
tion was said to bo practically a con
tinuation of that noted In April, with
prlrcs showing no tendency to retro
grade. One federal reserve hank found that
"the public Is slowly adjusting Itself
to the conviction that there Is to be no
rapid post-war drop in prices and Is
reconciling Itself to the probability
that the old pre-war basis may never
again bo reached."
Agriculturally, the remarkable prom
ise of the early spring appears to be
sustained In nn unusual degree, tho
statement said. Diversification duo to
orgnnlzed effort is making progress
and the cash returns to fanners aro
expected to be more than ever before
Prices of cattle are considerably high
er than a year ago, while sheep aro
lower. Receipts of hogs have been
smaller, with the price cont'nulng to
advance.
In steel and Iron the month's output
foil to the lowest figures In mnny
months, but a much better tone In tho
market was noted.
While tho bituminous coal Industry
- was reported depressed, with an out
put less than 70 per cent of that n
year ago, operators were said to bo op
timistic for the future. Tho current
use of the fuel Is In excess of produc
Hon. After several weeks of almost
no demand the copper market showed
a slight Improvement.
General manufacturing was said to
ho showing decided Improvement. Tho
wool mnrkot were strong, with prices
In favor of the seller. Largo order3
lmvo !)een placed for yarns and fin
1shcd goods and woolen and worsted
mills are going back to full time,
These conditions are reflected In tho
demand for dry goods and shoes. Shoe
, prices are being marked up for fall
delivery, tho outlook being for an In
crease of 25 to 50 cents a pair for
Tctallers.
Retail trado Is assuming unprece
dented volume, while prices continue
abnormnlly high. Retailers In most
sections had made little or no adjust
ment, but continued to demand prices
based upon war conditions, tho board
said. In New York largo establish
ments report a largo volume of busi
ness two-thirds greater than a year
ago, and In Chlcngo returns range from
25 to 50 per cent In excess of 1918. In
the South there Is said to bo "no con
traction In the public buying power,"
while a greater proportion of cash
sales Is reported.
In buildings there has been n dis
tinct revlvnl throughout the country.
Real estate values were said to be
hardening, with sales of farm lands
on tlie Increase.
"The banking position of the country
Is reported as on the whole sound,
present clrcufhstances considered," the
board said, and "reserve percentages
of the federal reserve system hnvo
jshown an ability to hold their own."
U. S. FLYER IS OVER SWEDEN
American Naval Airman Makes Air
Trip From Copenhagen to
Stockholm.
Stockholm, Mny 29. Captain Batt,
.nn American nnvnl aviator, who Is fly
ing from Copenhagen to this city, ur
rived nt Calmar. lie left Cnlmar and
later descended at Nyncs, about 00
miles south of Stockholm, llo again
rose and descended on nn Islnnd nt
.the mouth of the hnrbor here.
I
U. 8. Troops to the Border.
El Paso, Tex., Juno 2. The First
squndron of tho Fifth cavalry, sta
tioned at Fort Bliss, hns been ordered
tt.n nil' nitnd district, oust of El
iu nil. n ----
Paso, on the Mexican border, to tako
station under uoionci wuignorne.
Owes U. S. 34.260,000,000.
London, Juno 2. J. Austen Cham
berlain, chancellor of tho exchequer,
roi In tho house of commons
that tho present Indebtedness of tho
British government 10 mo American
government is ?4(uu,uw.uw.
MAP OF NEW
BRITISH TURNED DOWN
UNITED STATES WILL KEEP
SEIZED GERMAN SHIPS.
Washington Notified by tho President
That Big Four Approves tho
American Plan.
Washington, Mny 27. President
Wilson has Informed ofllclnls hero that
tho council of four at Paris has reach
ed a full understanding by which
the United States will retain tho 700,-
000 tons of German shipping seized In
American parts when this country en
tered tho war. Great Britain had pro
posed that this tonnage as well as
German ships seized In other countries
bo placed In n common pool and al
lotted on tho bnsls of tonnage lost
through action of enemy submarines.
The United States has steadfastly re
fused to .accede to this plan.
Paris. May 27. Tho credentials of
the Austrian penco deltgatlon at St.
Germnln-en-Lnyo have been approved
by the credentials commission of tho
peace congress and tho Austrlnn dele
gates have sent their first note to tho
allied and associated powers dealing
with the treaty's terms. The note
hns to do with Carinthlan affairs.
Tho council of four has completed
the Austrlnn trenty, with the excep
tion of flnnnclnl clauses and the south
ern boundary, on which some details
are still to be straightened out.
BIG STRIKE SPREADS WEST
Canada's Walkout Apparently Is About
to Extend Into British
Columbia.
Vancouver, B. 0., Mny 28. Winni
peg's general strike, In progress more
thnn a week, spreading to Calgary
and Edmonton, seems about to extend
Into British Columbia.
At Victoria tho Trades and Labor
council has called for a strike vote,
In sympathy with Winnipeg strikers,
the results to bo In by Sunday night.
In Vancouver no strike move has
been Intimated by labor leaders. Sev
eral unions aro said to have had' strike
votes In preparation for a week or two
but no result has been made public.
Acting President Connlchyof tho post
al workers said the union did not pro
pose to take any action without de
liberate consideration.
Among thoso who struck at Calgary
were tho postal clerks, whoso refusal
to sort mall tied up thousands of re
mittances to relatives of soldiers In
a wldo nrea for which this Is the dis
tributing point. An attempt to move
these with the aid of volunteer post
office workers was to bo made.
YANKS LEAVING ARCHANGEL
Withdrawal of the American Troops
From North RuGsia Actually
Under Way.
Washington, Mny 28. Withdrawal
of the American forces from Arch
angel Is actually under way, accord
ing to cable advices to tho war depart
ment, which stated that members of
tho Three Ilundrcd and Thirty-ninth
Infantry were nwaltlng evacuation.
The cablegram also said that the
return of Individual soldiers as cas
uals, In accordance with a recent re
quest of tho department, would not
expedite the discharge of such casuals
since tho units would arrive nt home
beforo these Individuals.
Lynch Mississippi Negro.
Memphis, June 2. Reports received
here from Hernando and Olive Branch,
Miss., told of tho lynching near MIn
oral Wells, Miss., of a negro accused
of attacking ono of three white women
whom he dragged from n buggy on n
country rond.
Bank Robbers Get $55,000.
Forest River, N. D June 2. Tho
First Stnte bank of this city wns
burglarized and $5,000 In cash and
$50,000 In coupon Liberty bonds wcro.
stolen.
Winnipeg Militia Ready.
Winnipeg, Man., Juno 2. Canadian
militia officers who reported to head
quartors wero Instructed to ho In
readiness at any tlmo for u call for
emergency service. They were not
detained at headquarters.
Greeks Land In Asia Minor.
Paris, Juns 2. Greek forces wero
landed Thursday at Avlall, on tho
const of Asia Minor, CO miles north
west of Smyrna. Tho Turkish troops
there offered only slight apposition,
which was overcome.
GERMANY
5J
FLIES OVER ATLANTIC
U. S. SEAPLANE FIRST TO ACCOM
PLISH GREAT FEAT.
Lieutenant Commander Read In NC-4
Makes Flight From Azores to
, Portugal In 9:44.
Lisbon, May 20. Tho Atlantic ocean
lias been crossed for tho first tlmo In
history In nn uerlul passage, the Amor
lean navy winning tho honor.
The American nnval seaplano NC-1
accomplished tho feat by winging Its
way to Lisbon, Portugal, from tho
Azores, whence It had ilowu from New
foundland. Tho flight of npproxlmntcly 7SG
miles was made by Lieut. Com. Albert
C. Rend and his crew of Ave In 0 hours
nnd 41 minutes.
They left Ponta Delgada, Azores, at
15:18 a. ni., central time, nnd renched
Lisbon nt 3.01, central time.
Tho actual flying tlmo of tho NC-4
In crossing the Atlantic from St.
Johns, N. I, to Llsbou wns 20 hours
uud 41 minutes.
Tho NC-4 wns greeted by the cheers
of great crowds on tho water front,
the shrieking of whistles nnd tho ring
ing of bolls. Tho plnno covered tho dls-
tnnco at a speed of more thun 80 miles
an hour.
As soon as the news wns received
by Admiral Jackson utTontn Delgada
he ordered all the war craft In the har
bor to blow their whistles nnd sirens.
The flyers were received hern by tho
president of Portugal and other offi
cials on board the U. S. S. Rochester.
The crew of tho seaplane, the Enmo
ns that which made tho memorable
flight from Newfoundland to the
Azores, boarded the piano nn hour be
foro sunrise, but It was not until scv'
erni hours Inter that the giant machine
taxied outside tho breakwater, headed
to windward and rose gracefully In tho
air.
Sho circled tho hnrbor and then
headed for her destlnntlon amid
cheers from tho snllors and soldiers
who lined the decks of tho ships In tho
hnrbor and the crowds on tno piers,
Tho din of tho salute -was kept up
several moments, tho plane meanwhile
speeding on her way and slowly disap
pearing In tho bright eastern sky.
HAWKER' JEERS U. S. FLYERS
300 British at Banquet Greet Airman's
Remarks With Silence and
Cheer Americans.
London, May 510. Speaking nt n
luncheon given by tho Dnlly Mall In
his nnd Lieut. Commander Grlove's
honor, Harry G. Hawker deprecated
tho organization which had won for
tho United States tho honor of tin
first crossing of the Atlantic by n
hcnvler-lhun-nlr machine.
He snld: "If you put n ship every
fifty miles, It shows you hnvo no fight
In your motor."
This wns greeted with absolute si
lenco on the part of tho men gathered
at the luncheon, numbering between
250 nnd 300, nenrly all of whom were
British. A few minutes before they
had heartily cheered the American
aviators.
SEE REFUND IN LUXURY TAX
Internal Revenue Collectors Face
Problem of Returning $1,500,000
if Repeal Is Voted.
Washington, Mny 2!). Internal reve
nue collectors fnce tho problem of re
funding moro than $1,500,000 to tnx
payers when the luxury tnx Is re
penlcd, unless, congress comes to their
rescue by setting tho repeal date ten
dnys or two weeks uftcr the passu uo
of the repealing act. It will tako ten
days after tho repeal act becomes a
law to notify retailors to quit ml
looting tho tnx, ofllclnls say. It Is s
tlmnted that 40,000,000 persons would
become entitled to refunds before ho
work of halting collections could 1)0
completed.
Forty-Six Slackers Sent to Jail.
Corpus Chrlstl, Tox., Mny 30. Two
native Americans nnd 41 men of M x
Icnn bltth, but citizens of the Unii.'d
Stntes by nnturalizntlon, pleiKed
guilty to violating tho soloctivo m . v
Ico net nnd wcro given sentences.
Ask Dry Law Referendum.
Otnahn, Neb., Mny 30. Petition" 'or
n referendum on tho rutlflcntlon of tho
prohibition nmendment to tho national
constitution will bo circulated In
Omaha nnd surrounding territory by
tho Omaha Central Labor union.
WARNED OF
ISE
Navy Holds All Men to Meet
Crisis, House Committee
Is Told.
NAVV CHIEF BEFORE BOD
Tells Members .That at Least Sixteen
First-Class Battleships Should Be
Kept In Commission Daniels
Presents General Report.
Washington, Mny SO. Bear Admiral
McKcnn, acting chief of naval opera
tions, told tho house nnvnl committee
the navy dare not return any tnoro
ii"'n to civilian life nt present.
"Wo are keeping tho men becnuso
we have to." the ndmlral snld. "Wo
dare not let tho navy drop down to
a state of unprepnrcdness. If we did,
anyone could como along and bump
us off.
"I do not see where wo can go any
further than wo hnvo. Two-thirds of
our lighting ships hnvo been placed In
reserve, but tho battleships and de
stroyers wo must keep. We should
not even bo nldlng the army In bring
ing bnck our soldiers from Europe."
"Is not that of tho greatest Impor
tance at this timer' Itcprescntntlvo
Hicks of Now York asked.
"Our duty Is higher than bringing
Hie men back," Admiral McKcnn snld.
"Our duty Is to guard the country
from danger. It Is almost n sncrllego
to use our ships for transports."
"What Is tho danger you fear?"
asked Mr. Illcks.
"1 don't know, but wo must bo pre
pared to fuae It." '
Admiral McKonn.told tho committee
that not less than' sixteen first-class
battleships with a total complement
of 20.8S0 men would be kept In com
mission ns n peace-time force.
lie said fewer men were used on
British ships thnn on American craft
of the same typo, duo partly to tho
fact Great Britain hns more men
trained to the work and pnrtly to tho
fact the British term of enlistment Is
longer.
"I wnnt to sny, though," the ndmlral
added, "that tho British arc not a
whit more efficient thnn our men. As
a whole I believe our men stack up
better, taking everything Into consid
eration. This Is proven In part by
the fact tho British navy Ib pattern
ing itself In mnny wnys after ours."
The cost to tho United Stntes of
each mnn In the navy averages $1,200
a year, tho witness snld.
It was disclosed that unnnlmous de
cision had been renched by tho naval
coneral ' board and lending officers of
m nnvv wjl0 wero i commnnd over-
sens during the war to continue con-
structlon of battleships and bnttlo
i cruisers rnthnr thnn to ndont a Com-
poslto ship embodying the cssentlnls
0f tho two tvnes.
, ti,0 Kenernl hoard's report was pro-
( rented by Secretary Daniels. It urged
i that tho ten bnttleshlps and six battle
( cruisers, authorized In 1010, c com
ploted ns expeditiously as possible
with clinnges in the bnttlo cruisers to
nfford greater protection nt tho cost
of a slight reduction In ,fro designed
speed of Hfi knots.
Decision of the bonrd was reached
after hearing the views of Rear Ad
mlrals Taylor, Earle nnd Griffin, chief
technical advisers to Secretary Dan
iels, who accompanied tho secretary
on the recent trip to Europe.
The ollicern discussed ship con
struction with admiralty officials In
Great Britain. France nnd Itnly nnd
evidently found little favor there for'
tho composite ship such ns Great Brit
ain built dining the war.
Work on Hie six battle cruisers wns
suspended by Secretary Daniels pend
ing his trip, but It Is understood It
will be resumed with n view to com
pleting the vessels ns soon ns possi
ble. Tho American navy Is now with
out any ship of this class.
HUNS AGREE TO SMALL ARMY
Gctman Reply to Allied Peace Terms
Says Forces Will Be Cut
to 100,000.
Berlin, Mny 20. The Gcrmnn reply
to the nllled pence terms will ngree
thnt tho German army shall bo 100,000
men on n penco fooling, but will urge
thnt this limit be not enforced until
conditions aro thoroughly stabilized.
YANK TROOPS LAND AT DANZIG
U. S. and British Marines Occupy Bal
tic Port Powerful Fleet
Going There.
Paris, May 20. British and Amoii
enn murines have been landed nt the
Baltic port of Danzig, according to a
dlspntch received hero from Warsaw
A powerful fleet, It Is nddod, will bo
anchored oft tho harbor there.
Siberian Guards Menaced.
Vladivostok, Juiio 2. A largo forco
of bolshovlkl Is mobilizing at Jaznnka,
In tho Important Suchnu mining dls
trlct, nnd, nccordlng to reports re
colved here, Is preparing to nttack tho
ulllos' mine guards.
New Threat to the U. S.
El Paso, Tex., Juno 2, "If tho ml.
ministration at Washington lets Car
rnnza troops pnss through tho United
States to Juarez, neither I nor nny
body else will bo nblo to hold my men,"
said General Villa.
FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
Reports of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines for Quick
Perusal.
Hundreds of citizens of Omaha wlio
wltnossod tho tragedy nt Rtvorvlow
park, when thlrtoon children foil Into
(loop water ns tho result of tho cap
sizing of two rowbonts, four of whom
woro drownod, nro bitter In their
charges of gross nogloct on tho part of
park ofllclnls and tho poll'.'o depart
ment. Tho boats In which tho children
wero rowing aro said to havo boon
leaky. No llfo guards wero at tho
lake and more than 45 minutes
elapsed after tho accident occurred be
fore a city doctor was upon the scene.
Ono of tho llvos could hnvo boon
saved, It' Is said, If a pulniotor had
boon nvatlablo. Tho chlldron, three
girls, ranging In ngo from 12 to 14 nnd
a hoy, 10, woro attending a picnic at
tho park..
Tho Slate Railway Commission has
ordered that tho 300 mutual farmers'
telephone lines In Nebraska are com
mon carriers nnd under tho commis
sion's Jurisdiction. This ruling will
do nwny with tho actions of some
companies In the stnto of refusing
service to certain parties when they
bo dwlred.
Sixty boys ranging In ago from 10
to 17 years, representing the different
counties of the stnte, who won spoclnl
prizes for the best hogs, com, etc.,
grown In contests hold by tho school's,
wero cntcrtnlncd at tho Stato Farm
and visited tho Stnto Capitol and ex
ecutive offices at Lincoln tho past
week.
Tho 4,320 acre Fitzgerald farm,v lo
cated north of Greenwood nnd partly
In Cass and Lancaster counties, was
sold tho other day for $1,000,000. It
wns one of tho largest real estato deals
ever consummated In this stato. Woods
Brothers of Lincoln woro tho buyers
of tho tract.
It has been finally decided by Gor
man and English synods to rcniovo
tho Midland college from Atchison.
Kan., to Fremont. A 100-acro tract
north of Fremont und near the Ma
sonic orphanage has boon chosen for
the establishment.
Moro thun 300 Nobrnsknns woro
nmong tho 3,000 enlisted men of tho
Thirty-fifth infantry which arrived at
Newport. News, Vn Momorlnl Day on
Uio transport Aoluos. Tho Thirty-fifth
Infantry Is part of the Eighty-eighth
division. ;
Throe Donne college students,
Francis Wnlkln, Royal McDonald
and Evelyn Masok, wero drownod In
tho Bluo river nt Crete when a canoe
in which they woro riding cnpslzed
as tho occupants were changing seats.
At a commercial club dinner given
at Friend it was unanimously agreed
that Friend would eclobrate July 4th.
Tho event Is to u regular homo com
lng celebration for tho many boys
who hnvo returned from tho wnr.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Vincent -ntbacek, who
rcsldoon their farm ono mllo south of
Spring ltnnch, Clny county, woro
bound to chairs one night recently by
three unknown men who robbed the
house of $500.
Private James M. Walker, son of
Mrs. Lydla Wnlker of Geneva, has
been nwarded a distinguished sorvico
cross for extraordinary heroism In
action, near Norroy, Franco, Sept. 15,
101 0.
Moio than 3.000 rtolcuntos nro ex-
pfctcd to attend the fifty-second nn
nunl state Sunday school eonvenlon
which will convene at York for a
three days session Juno 11.
E. J. "Doc" Stownrt has tondored his
resignation ns director of athletics and
head coach of tho University of Ne
braska football, basketball and track
teams to take effect Sept. 1.
A bunch of live wires at DeWltt
got together the other day and or
ganized a commercial club. Forty
business men of tho city joined at the
Initial meeting.
A splendid program has been pro-
pared for tho annual convention of tho
Nebniskn Bankers' association at
Omaha, Juno 11 and 12.
Albert Mlon, 20 years old, of Omaha,
was drowned In tho Bluo river, near
Beatrice by the capsizing of a canooJn
which ho was riding.
Recent sales In Jefferson county
show that tho .price of farm land has
advanced In price approximately $50
an acre.
Contracts have been awarded at
Madison for 10 blocks of paving to
cost In tho neighborhood of $130,000.
Washington county's lady county
clerk. Mrs. Mary C. Debel, has ap
pointed a deputy of her own sex,
Box Butto county oversubscribed
Its Victory Loan quota and com
pleted a war record of ono hundred
per cent perfect.
According to estimates Gnge conn
ty's wheat crop will average about
twenty bushels an acre or a total of
around 2,500,000 bushels.
MIsh Laura Roohrkasso, 20, of Lin
coln, wns killed and her sister, Gor
trade, was seriously Injured whon an
automobile In which tho sisters uud
six others wore riding, turned turtle
nenr Lincoln.
Tho new American Stato Bank at
Loup City commenced business with a
nubile reception to citizons of the
city.
The Community club of Ognllalu Is
putting forth every effort to make
the fourth annual round-up to bo held
In tho city July 3, 4 and 5 tho great
est on record.
A movement Is on foot nt McCook
to construct u now, up-to-dato hotel
McCook has long needed u modern
hostelry and It Is now thought tho
right men are behind tho project to
make It a go.
NEBRASKA OFFICE CARES
FOR TWO FRENCH ORPHANS.
Lieutenant Hurdette Klrltcmlall of
Omaha, now a. member of the American
Army of occupation in Germany, la play
Inc the Rood samarltan to thoso two
j'l-encn orpiinnn, jeonno inBiioiniu, j
niul hor brothor, umlur tho plan of the
Fatherless children of Franco association.
Tit mnvntnAitf tin nlrftiiflv trained consid
erable headway In Nebraska and tho atata
headquarters nt 140 North SSth street,
Omaha, Is recolvlne; Inquiries regularly
rrom persona ot prominence wno uesiro i
nld the thousands of parentless toU la
wnr-torn France.
The first complete stntemont cover
ing Red Cross acttvlttos In Nobrnska,
Issued by Stato Chairman Judson,
shows' thnt tho Red Cross of Nebras
ka had 5S5.150 members In 1918, or
approximately 40 per, cont of tho pop
ulation of tho stnto; It raised nearly
three lines Its quota In tho second
war fund drive; It disbursed 5101,0-10
In local activities; It furnished 1,373
nurses for war work, nnd it sent
0,074,031 articles through the state In
spection warehouse at Omaha.
Tho reception accorded Nebraska
boys of tho 80th division 155th in
fnntry nnd 311st mnehlno gun battalion
at Omaha Memorial Uuy was In keep
ing with the spirit tho stnto metropolis
bus shown throughout the ontlro wnr.
Hundreds of peoplo from nil parts of
Nobmskn wcro In tho city to greet tho
"Fighting Farmers."
Wheeler county ofllclnls wo now
comfortably Installed In tho new court
house nt Bnrtlelt, built to replace tho
frame building which was destroyed by
fire In September, 1017. Tho new
building Is of concrote, built on tho
Van Guilder system and finlshod out
side with studoo. It wns built at a
total cost of 10,000.
Petitions cnlllng for a referendum
veto on tho nntlonnl prohibition
nmendnicnt.'Govornor MeKclvlo's codo
bill and tho now primary law aro
being circulated In Oinuha and
throughout eastern Nebraska by
Omaha labor unions.
Herbert MIcholsen, n boy scout,
saved threo lives, when thirteen
children wero .thrown Into n lake at
Rlvervlow park at Omaha. Four of
tho children drowned. Of tho nlno
Btivod three wcro taken from tho water'
by MlchClson.
The 300 now laws passed by tho
lalo legislature cost tho stato an av
erage of $150 apiece, figures compiled
by Stato Auditor Marsh on legisla
tive expense show. Tho total ex
pense of tho 1010 session was $140.-
000.20.
Lincoln had on Its gayest nttlro Inst
Friday and gavo the boys of tho 80th
division who stopped olt on tho way to
Camp Funston a reception far In ex
cess of anything of like nature over
undertaken by people of tho capital
city.
The Douglns county branch of tho
American Legion plans to Issuo a book
containing pictures, sketches and
storiOK of tho 15,000 soldiers, sailors
nnd mnrines who went from tho coun
ty Into war service.
L'hroo thousand citizens attending a
Memorial service In tho( Methodist
church at Tekamah, arose in protest
against the action of President Wil
son In urging repeal of tho war-tlmo
prohibition act.
Speaker Dwlght S. Dalboy lias pre
sented to Rawlins post, Grand Army
of tho Republic at Beatrice, tho largo
flag used back of the speaker's chair
In the recent leglslntlvo session.
Threo registered nurses of Colum
bus, Kniina, Mamlo and Estollo Nat-
zen hnve purchased a building and
will open a hospltnl In the city In
the Imniedlato future.
The governor's civil code bill, Sen
ate File No. 2, cost the stato between
$0,000 nnd $7,000, according to figures
compiled by the state auditor of leg
islative expense.
Work has started on tho now fed
eral highway between Beatrice nnd
Fnlrbury. Tho road will bo 30 miles
long and will cost about $00,000.
Judge T. O. C. Harrison, former
momber of the stnto supremo court,
dieil at his home at Grand Island at
the age of 70 years.
Nebraska's 1010 wheat crop, fore
casted to b worth $150,000,000 or
more, will be allowed to movo only
by the ponnlt system, according to a
bulletin received by tho stnte railway
commission.
According to reports ranching tho
Stato Agricultural department at Lin
coln, fanners In a groat mnny coun
ties of the stato aro not raising tho
normal number of pigs this year. Cool
weather, which caused' heavy losses
from pneumonia, und high prices of
grain nro said to bo responsible.
A good roads association lias been
organized in Polk county. It started
oft' with a membership of 100.
A spoclnl train to take 500 Ne
braska O. A. It. veterans to the na
tional encampment in Columbus, O.,
September 8, at a rate of 1 cent u
nillo has been promised by tho fed
oral railroad administration.
Corporal J. A. Johnson of West
Point, who Just roturned from over
seas' sorvlce, wearing tho Croix do
Guerre, Is bolloved to bo tho only
Cuming county soldier to have been
decorated for extraordinary bravory.