THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
CRUSHING DEFEAT
FOR BOLSHEVIKI
r
:Poles Rout "Reds" in Neighbor
hood of Dubno; Foes in Re
treat Everywhere.
VICTORS ARE IN PURSUIT
'Generals Petlura and Denlklne Con
tlnue Offenses In West and South
Russia With Striking Success
Kolchak Forced Back.
Copenhagen, Aug. 25. The Polish
nnny hns administered u crushing de
fent of the bolshevllcl In the neighbor
hood of Dubno, the Polish general stuff
at Wnrsuw announces.
Tho soviet forces nre in retrent ev
evnrywhcre, with the Polish nrmy In
pursuit.
Tho fortress of Itovno, In Volhynln,
northeast of Dubno, bus been captured
by the Poles after hard fighting.
East of Minsk the Poles havo
reached tho line of Igunicn-Dortyn.
Ukralnlnti troops have captured
Odessa, It Is announced by tho Ukrain
ian mission.
Tho capture was effected after se
vere fighting north of the city. Hoi--shevlst
naval detachments from tho
Black sen lleet, who were dispatched
In great haste to oppose the Ukrain
ians, deserted.
Berlin, Aug. 23. The Tngcblatt's
Tilsit, Hast Prussia, correspondent, re
ports the transport of troops and pro
visions to Russia by night.
This is considered here as confirm
ing the nssertion of Die Frolhelt that
"there is co-operntion between tho Ger
man military party and the Russia
counter revolutionaries.
London, Aug. 23. Advices received
ly prominent Poles in London nro to
the effect that Generals Petlura and
Denlklne are continuing their often
sives respectively In west and south
"Russia against the bolshevik! and with
striking success.
The correspondent was Informed
that General Dcnlklne's advance prob
ably soon would connect him with the
signal for tho rising of the entire
Ukraine against bolshcvism nnd the
driving back of tlto bolshevlkl Into
the desolnto regions of central Rusln.
The bolshevik drive which hereto
fore had been toward Omsk, now Is
'being centered against Turkestan,
where the bolshevlkl would be nble to
secure cotton and other supplies of
which they would bo deprived by the
iloss of tho Ukraine.
Admiral Kolchak's Ural Cossacks
:and his southern army have been
forced hack to the Orenburg-Tashkent
railway. The northern Siberian rear
guards nro retiring and the bolshe
vlkl claim that they have crossed tho
'Tobot river.
The latest Information concerning
the strength nnd tho distribution of
tho bolshevik nrmy is as follows:
On the north front, 39,000 west
front, 107,000; south front, 1-10,000,
and cast front. 133,000. In nddltlon,
It is estimated htat they have 727,000
men available In the Interior.
The Armenians have tnken tho of
fensive southeast of Knrnarla and aro
meeting with success. The belief was
expressed that tho withdrawal of Brit
Ish troops from the Armenian region
will not be likely to affect the fate of
Armenia.
The bolshevlkl have plundered tho
town of Stnnlzas, in tho district of
the Upper Don river, according to ad
vices reaching here. Cruelties were
'Inflicted on the population by the bol
shevlkl, who are reported to havo
killed children In their cradles and to
have burned old people.
In tho towns of Mlgullnsknla and
ICabansknia, In the same region, the
advices add, 5,000 persons havo been
executed and more than 800 have been
put to death in the surrounding ter
ritory. IRISH SEEK $25,000,000 LOAN
Sinn Fein Council Authorizes Valera
to Raise That Amount In the
United States.
Dublin, Aug. 25. Tho executive
council of the Sinn Fein mot, with del
egates reported present from all parts
of Ireland. Edward do Vnlera, who
was authorized to raise $1,250,000 by
loans lrr tho United States, has re
ceived permission to Increase tho max
imum to $25,000,000.
Bank Is Robbed of $40,000.
Newton, Kan., Aug. 23. Forcing
three ofilclnls nnd n stenographer of
tho First National bank of Nowton to
lie upon the floor fnco downward three
masked men robbed tho bank of $20,
000 In currency and $20,000 In Liberty
bonds. The robbers escaped In a mo
torcar. Senator Fletcher Laid Up.
Washington, Aug. 25. Senator Dun
enn U. Fletchpr of Florida, who was
knocked down by a Btreet car, was
not seriously Injured and probably will
be out In n week, physicians an
nounced after an examination.
House Passes Tariff on Tungsten.
Washington, Aug. 25. By n strict
party voto the house passed and sent
td the senato a bill Imposing a tariff of
$10 a unit , or $000 a ton on crude
tungsten oro and $1 a pound on serro
tungoten and other tungsten salts.
E. MARVIN UNDERWOOD
13. Marvin Underwood or Atlanta,
Ga., who bus been nppoluted by Di
rector General Wnlker Hlnes to bo
general counsel for tho United States
railroad administration, succeeding
John Barton Payne of Chicago, who be
comes chairman of tho United States
shipping board. Mr. Underwood was
formerly assistant attorney general.
TROOPS QUELL RIOTERS
TEN COMPANIES OF INDIANA
MILITIA AT HAMMOND, IND.
Gates of Standard Steel Company
Open and Officials and Workers
Enter In Safety.
Hammond, Ind., Aug. 21. Arrival of
ten compnnles of Indiana state militia
at Hammond fprestnlled the threatened
violence to the plant of the Standard
Steel car company, whero 1,500 work
ers nro on strike. Tho gntes of the
compnny'8 plant were open nnd a few
workers and officials entered without
molestation, although crowds of mut
tering strikers lined the street watch
ing the troops.
No trouble was reported during tho
night, nnd the police snld that they be
lieved the presence of tho troops would
prevent any outbrenk. The strikers had
threatened violence to anyone who en
tered the plant.
Tho refusul of tho striking em
ployees to accept the compromise by
the company Wednesday decided the
locnl officials to call for the state
militia.
The militia was ordered to Ham
mond by Governor Goodrich following
receipt of a message from the Lake
county officials stating that they feared
tho situation would be beyond their
control.
More thnn 15,000 men, mostly nllens.
are on strike demanding shorter hours
and Increased wages. An nrmistlco
was arranged Monday, but disorder has
prevailed Intermittently ever since.
Late Weduesdny the strikers noti
fied the police that they should permit
no one to enter the plant. Shortly
after this notice was sent to the au
thorities the appeal to Governor Good
rich for troops was made.
Agents of the department of justice
have been in Hammond for the past
week nnd ns n result of information
gathered by these agents wholesale
arrests of "red agitators" are prom
ised. This Information, It Is said, will
warrant deportation of n number of
the agitators, Including a score or
more women who the federal Investi
gators say have been active In foment
ing discontent among the employees of
the plant.
TRAIN BANDITS TAKE MAIL
Masked Robbers Hold Up Louisville &
Nashville Passenger No. 7 From
Cincinnati to Montgomery.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 22. Masked
! bandits held up Louisville & Nashville
passenger train No. 7 from Cincinnati
to Montgomery, Ala., between Colum
bia nnd Pulaski, and carried off the
mall pouches. None of the passen
gers was molested. Tho robbers, four
I In number, forced the engineer to cut
off the mall car and run some dlstnnco
with It. Covering tho crew, the rob
bers sent tho engine running wild nnd
rifled the mail car. The amount of
loot could not bo determined.
CARNEGIE LEFT $50,000,000
Vast Gifts During Life Shown as Fil
ing of Will at New York
Near.
Now York, Aug. 22. Andrew Car
negie died worth $50,000,000, accord
ing to ono of his executors, nis will
Is to be offered for probnto next week.
Mr. Cnrnegfo stipulated that tho Homo
Trust company of Hobokcn, N. J
should net as executor without bond.
Tho will Is nbout 4,500 words long.
Labor Party Meets November 22.
Clevelnnd, O., Aug. 25. The nation
nl convention of tho newly formed Na
tional Labor party will be held In Chi
cago on November 22, with 2,000 dele
gates from all parts of tho country In
attendance.
Pershing Back In Paris.
Paris, Aug. 25. General Pershing,
commander In chief of the American
army In France, who has been visiting
tho Italian battle front and the prin
cipal cities of that country, returned
to Paris.
YANKEE TROOPS
KILL 4 MEXICANS
Bandits Surrounded in Mountain
Pass Adobe Blockhouse,
Matlack Reports.
CAPTAIN RETURNS IN PLANE
Carranza Protest at "Invasion" Falls
to Move President Wilson Yanks ,
Will Capture, Kill Bandits or
Give Up Pursuit
Mnrfn, Tex., Aug. 23. Four Mexl
fan bandits were killed by American
troops In Mexico. Capt. Leonard Mat
lack, who arrived hue by airplane, re
ported the light. They were surround
ed In an adobe blockhouse tho Mexi
cans had built In a mountain pass.
Washington, Aug. 23. President
Wilson will refuse to comply with the
demand of Carranza that American
troops be withdrawn from Mexico
whore they nre In pursuit of tho ban
dits from whom tho two American
nrmy aviators were ransomed.
According to administration officials,
tho American forco will return to
Amerlcnn soli only when they either
havo enptured or killed the bandits or
given up the pursuit as fiitile.
The president Is drafting n reply to
tho protest of Carranza against what
the lntter terms nn Invasion of Mexico
a reply in which Mr. Wilson Is ex
pected to make it clear that the course
now being' pursued, IsMn line with tho
threatened radical change of policy of
which warning was given Carranza
last mouth.
Tho administration position Is that
the entrance of Mexico by American
troops in pursuit of the bandits does
not constitute nn invnsion, particularly
as the disappearance of all semblance
of law and order In this border district
of Mexico compels the United Stntes
to adopt practical measures for tho
protection of Its citizens.
Cnrrnnzn's protest nnd demand for
the withdrawal of the American troops
was presented nt the stato department
by Ambassador Bonlllns. Secretory
Lansing declined to mnke tho text
public until after tho dispatch of a re
ply, when the correspondence will bo
given out.
The following statement was Issued :
"Two aviators of tho army of the
United States, through error, as they
state, flew over our territory, landing
approximately 112 kilometers o the
south of tho frontier, where they wero
enptured by a band of 20 bandits.
They have now been liberated.
"Some troops of the Eighth cnvalry
of tho United Stntes crossed the fron
tier In pursuit of the outlaws. Tho de
partment of foreign rclntlons gave In
structions nt once to our embassy In
Washington to make appropriate rep
resentations protesting and requesting
the Immediate withdrawal of the In
vading troops."
Secretary Baker snld that nothing
had been heard from the punitive ex
pedition, but declined to state whether
the troops hnd been ordered back to
the United States.
GERMANS AND YANKS FIGHT
U. S. Sailors Wound Several Teuton
Seamen and Civilians at Neufahr
wasser, Near Danzig.
Copenhagen, Aug. 23. Collisions be
tween Germnn nnd Amerlcnn snllors
nt Neufahrwasser resulted In the
wounding of several civilians and ono
Germnn seamnn, according to Danzig
dispatches received here todny. Neu
fahrwasser Is a seaport four miles
north of Dnrralg.
The disorders grew orrt of a quarrel
in n dance hall Mondny night, accord
ing to these dispatches. Americans In
volved In the disturbance, which was
continued In tho streets after the sail
ors left tho danco hall, returned to
their ship, the destroyer Hale.
BILL IN TO CURB IMMIGRANTS
Deportation of Allen Slackers Also
Asked in House Measure
Other Provisions.
Wnshjngton, Aug. 22. A bill to stop
nil Immigration for two years ami a
bill to deport all aliens who drew their
I first papers In order to escape military
service during the wnr were Introduced
i by Chairman Johnson of tho house
Immigration committee.
After tho end of the two-yen r sus
pension period aliens would bo entitled
to admission to tho United Stntes only
under a passport or on their written
declaration to become an American
citizen.
Finn Envoy Presents Credentials.
Washington, Aug. 22. Armns Her
mnn Snnstamolnen, tho first provision
al minister from Finland, presented
hla credentials to Presldont Wilson.
U. 8. Farm Course for Australians.
New York, Aug. 25. Ono hundred
Australian soldiers will arrive hero
from England, August 20, on their
way to tho University of Callfornln
whero they will tako a course In agri
culture. Big Damage by Cloudburst.
Unlontown, Pa., Aug. '5. More than
$100,000 damage was done In tho Con
nellsvlllo coke region by a cloudburst,
which flooded mines, swept nwny
buildings, Btreet railway and railroad
trucks.
ABBE ERNEST DIMNET
Abbu Ernest Dlrunet, ir well-known
French author, is In the United States
in advance of his engagements ns
Lowell lecturer at Harvard university
In October, to Interest people here In
the crowded nnd impoverished condi
tions In the hospitals around Lille.
Abbe Dlmnet Is professor of English
lltcrnturo nt the College Stanislas,
Paris. Tho hospitals for which ho Is
seeking nld aro nttached to tho Cath
olic university of Lille, no writes
with equal facility In the French nnd
English langungcs.
KILLS DAYLIGHT LAW
SENATE FOLLOWS HOUSE IN
PASSING REPEAL OVER VETO.
Hour "Gained" in 1918 Will Be Porma
nently "Lost" In October
Ends Hot Fight.
Washington, Aug. 22. Repeal of tno
daylight saving act 'has been accom
plished. The senate voted to sustain
the house in pnsslng the repeal meas
ure over President Wilson's veto. Tho
vote wns 57 to 10.
The repeal of tho law, which now
takes Its place among the very fow
which havo been passed over n presi
dential veto, becomes effective after
the clocks are turned back to normal
In October. It will go down In legls
latlvo history ns ono of tho very fow
measures which twice have been ve
toed by n president nnd become law by
the vote of more than two-thirds In
both houses of congress.
Agitation for repeal of tho daylight
saving lnw first came from farmers,
but recently was buttressed by labor
tmlons, mothers' club.s, rural school au
thorities and mnny other Interests.
Urbnn opinion also becamo divided
and ofilclnls of many cities nnd small
er tovri8 demnnded repeal. Congress
wns flooded with petitions for repeal
nnd with petitions urging retention of
the stntute.
Loss of time In farm labor was tho
principal objection raised to the lnw.
This complaint came principally from
farmers employing "hired hands."
Tho complnlnt of loss of labor was
bnsed principally on the shortening of
the working day on tho fnrm by tho
advancing of the clock one hour from
March to October.
Tho farmers declared they could not
ndjust farm work to tho advanced
time because, with the clock advanced
nn hour, farm work could not be begun
as early in the morning ns under tho
normal time schedule and must closo
an hour earlier. This Is because tho
dow on tho ground In the early morn
ing prevented plowing nnd other fnrm
labor under the advanced time schod
ule. SEVEN BANDITS ARE KILLED
Mexicans Who Robbed Yank Sailors
Executed by Carranzistas, Says
Galveston Dispatch.
Galveston, Tex.; Aug. 23. Seven of
tiro Mexican bandits who robbed snll
ors from the United States cruiser
Cheyenne off Tnmplco Inst month
hnve been apprehended and put to
death by trio Carranza authorities, ac
cording to nn iilllclnl report from Gen.
Pueblo Gonzales to Mexican Consul
Meade Flerro, here, made public. Tho
report stntes the bandits had property
of the sailor in their possession.
ASKS COURT TO BAR PACKERS
Mississippi State Revenue Agent A p.
piles for Perpetual Injunction
Against Big Five.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 22. Perpetunl
Injunction against tho five leading
pnekers, which would bar them from
doing business in this state, Is sought
In n petition filed in chancery court by
the state revenue agent. Tho court Is
asked to put n statutory penalty of
$5,000 n day on tho packers.
Want Code of Ethics.
Mason City, In., Aug. 23. Traditions
nnd professional ethics aro wanted by
the auctioneers of Iowa, who opened
n two-day conferenco here. Licensing
of auctioneers nnd legislation to con
trol them will nlso be discussed.
Return Ships to Owners.
Washington, Aug. 23. Tho Amerl
cnn passenger liners Finland, Kroon
land nnd Loutsvlllo (St. Louis) will bo
released from government servlco as
soon as surveys for repairs have been
made. All lruvo been transports.
NEBRASKA
HAPPENINGS CONDENSED
TO A FEW LINES
, .iti I, . , i i
Unmistakable evidence of tho work-
g of nn incendiary, whose purpose
Ing
"S,tt,,Hrn ,IU5 WJ,Pnt CrP " 11,0
W. II. Grnssmeyer farm, near River- I
dale, anil destroy tho threshing outfit
working there, was discovered by
Sheriff Funk. Boxes of matches wero
hidden In tho bundles of grain which
wero to be threshed and matches wore
widely scattered over various parts
of tho Held. Pieces of steel, old bars,
etc., wero also hidden In tho grain
bundles, evidently with tho deliberate
Intention of crippling tho threshing
machinery. Grnssmeyer gnvo tho prin
cipal evldenco which resulted In the
interning of the Germnn pastor, Krnu
dells. O. W. Lnngley, Cortland farrier,
shot nnd killed Justice of tho Pence
Pfelffer, following a light In which hi
wounded two deputy sheriffs. After
overpowering tho olllcers Lnngley en
tered n store, and shot the unde
fended police official through tho
heart. Lnngley was recently arrested
by state agents with 105 gallons of
homc-runde whisky In his possession.
Ho wns taken to the Beatrice Jail for
safe keeping.
A terrlblo tragedy occurred nt n
railroad crossing, soven miles north
west of Beatrice, Sunday, August 17,
when an nutomobllo containing Mr.
nnd Mrs. Don Esch nnd their seven
children, was struck by a fast passen
ger train. Four of tho children, Norn,
12; Dan, 5; Esther, 2; nnd George, 1,
were killed, nnd tho other three, to
gether 'with tho father ' nnd mother,
were Injured.
Promoters of the referendum on tho
governor's code bill have appealed to
the supreme court from the decision
of the Lnncaster district court, which
ruled that a full and correct copy of
the 4(53-pngo code bill should be at
tached to each sheet for petitioners'
signatures. v
Word has reached Lincoln thnt Mar
shal Foch of France nnd Gen. John
J. Pershing, commnndcr of the Ameri
can forces In Europe during tho war,
will be present at the organization
and llrst convention of tho American
Legion to bo held In Minneapolis No
vember 10-12.
Letters circulated by stock salesmen
In Nebraska, purporting to be recom
mendations of tho stato bureau of se
curities urging tho public to make
certnln stock Investments rmve been
branded ns "fakes," In n statement
Issued by the bureau.
An epidemic of anthrax exists
among cattle In northern Cedar coun
ty, Homo raisers having lost as high
as twenty-ilvo head. A campaign to
combat the plaguo has already been
started.
Railroad crop olllcials pluco Ne
braska's 1010 wheat crop at 51,000,000
bushels. This Is an Increase of
5,000,000 bushels ubovo government
and state ilgures.
Assessors' reports on grain nnd
grain valuation reaching the state
board at Lincoln show Valley county
with 1)87,720 bushels of popcorn, val
ued at 0,300,000.
J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency ox
pert, Is nt tho state house at Lincoln,
helping the new departments under
the code law get started in an olllc
ieiit muniier.
John Krause, for tlto last llfty yenrs
known as the potash king of Nebraska,
died at Alliance, following injuries re
ceived from nn explosion of gasoline.
The school board of Sidney has let
n contract for the construction of n
new grade school. Tho building will
cost $32,000.
Contract has been nwanled for the
construction of the McCook-Bnrtley
Federal Aid highway. The contract
calls for the expenditure of $05,000.
Buildings of the Fremont Normal
school have been turned over to tho
Midland college, which wns moved
from Atchison, Kan., to Fremont.
A movement Is on foot to build a
now short-cut highway between Sid
ney nnd Bayard, SeottsblulT and Ger
ing via Itoddlngton.
A seat on tho Omalia Grnln Ex
change sold tho other day for $8,100,
the highest price on record for a mem
bershlp on the exchange.
A $15,000 water extension bond
proposition carried at a special elec
tion at Ord by u margin of barely ten
' votes.
A number of Ord business men have
bought a Curtlss Hying machine that
carries a pilot and one passenger,
Tlie Yankee (Shis nt Gibbon hnve
(reeled a large arrow pointing to n
beautiful park and inviting nutomobllo
tourists on tho Lincoln highway to
stop there and camp.
!n an effort to reduce tho cost of
living to Its members, the Lincoln
Central Labor Union has decided to
establish a co-operative store lrr the
city.
Crop experts of the Burlington es
timate that Nebraska corn production
will total 175,000,000 bushels. This Is
virtually the same ns estimated by tho
Stuto Board of Agriculture.
Flro of unknown origin destroyed
tho Electric theater nt Plymouth. The
loss Is placed at $7,000.
Tho goddess of liberty, molded life
size itr pure butter, nnd preserved for
exhibit in a double glass-walled refrig
erator, will feature tho dairy exhibit
at tho Nebraska state fair, August 31
September 5, nt Lincoln.
T. S. Allen, United .States district
attorney for Nebraska, ut Lincoln, has
announced ho will call a federal
grand Jury to Indict those guilty of
violating provisions of tho ' Hoover
food control act.
News that both houses of congress
passed tho repeal of tho daylight sav
ing lnw over tho president's second
voto was received with a great denl
of satisfaction In vlrtunlly nil sec
tions of Nebraska. When tho clocka
go bark to normal time, tho Inst Sun
day In October, tho practice will bo a
thing of tho past. Tho fight for tho
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churches nnd women's ' organizations
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goes much credit for
nnce.
Judge Morning of tho Lancaster
county district court has Issued a writ
J ''mirdarrrus to compel Secretary of
Stnte Amsberry to nccept nnd fllo tho
petitions calling for n referendum voto
orr prohibition In tho state. The secre
tary of state had refused to accept
and Hie the petitions, claiming tho
question wns n federal Issue. Ac
cording to tho secrefary of state tho
caso will bo appealed to tho Nebraska
supremo court.
The selection of onndldntcs for the
constitutional convention to bo voted
upon nt the November 4 election wns
completed without tho necessity of n
prlmnry In all but twenty-soveu dis
tricts. This means that In fifty dis
tricts there will bo no primary nnd
the candidates tiled will be the men
from whom the voters will choose
their delegates nt tho regular election.
Tho strrtc government has launched
Its Investigation of profiteering, hoard
ing, waste nnd other Illegal causes of
the high cost of living. The probo
started in Omaha last week with Leo
Stuhr, secretary of the stato depart
ment of agriculture, and Attorney
General C. A. Davis In charge. Sim
ilar hearings will be held at Lincoln
and other Nebraska cities.
Tho Tecuuisch homo guard company
ih bought u bronzo memorial tnblet
for tho soldiers, snllors and marines
of Johnson county. Raised letters
will give the names of nil the men of
the county In tho world wnr, with
those who made the supremo sncrl
llco duly prominent.
A complaint charging O. W. Lnng
ley of Cortland vicinity with llrst
degree murder has been filed. Tho
complaint charges Lnngley with In
flicting two mortal wounds on tho per
son of Chris Pfelffer, whom ho shot
nnd Instantly killed nt Cortland.
The University of Nebraska with
drew from tho Missouri Valley con
ference when tho governing board of
tho conference, in session nt Kausa3
City, refused Nebraska permission to
piny a football game nt Omaha this
fall.
Applications coming Into G. A. R,
state headquarters nt Lincoln Indicate
that more than 1,200 persons will
Journey from Nebraska to tho na
tional encampment nt Columbus, O.,
September 7 to 1-1.
A "better babies" day Is to bo ono
of tho new features at tho Nebraska
fair at Lincoln this fall, In which freo
medical udvlco will bo given for all
children who errter the better babies
corrtest.
After making nil preparations for
voting on a $10,000 sower bono" propo
sition the city uuthorltlcs of Ord dis
covered they were working under n
law vetoed by the governor. The elec
tion wns cnlled off.
Lutherans of Nebraska aro planning
a campaign to raise $5OO,bO0 to mnko
further improvements for Midland col
lege, which lias recently moved from
Atchison, Kus., to Fremont.
Air aero club has been organized nt
Fremont, capitalized nt $10,000. Its
purpose Is to glvo the city publicity
through the medium of airplanes.
Mrs. W. T. Judy of Kearney was
killed and her husband badly hurt
when -a passenger trnlrr hit their auto
mobile at a crossing near Kearney.
A total of 70,000 head of live stock
wero received at tho South Omaha
market, August IS, shattering nil past
records for a single day's receipts.
Work Is expected to commence soon
orr tho reconstruction of Seward's
brlclc works, which was nearly de
stroyed by Are n few days ago.
General Pershing will visit members
of his family at Lincoln early in Oc
tober, (recording to word reaching tho
Nebraska capital.
Preparations nro to bo made at
Gibbon before the snow flies for tlto
laying of twenty-one blocks of paving
early irext sprirrg.
Tiro school board of Aslrland has ad
vertised for bids on a rrew $123,00
school house, which it plans to com-
plete next year.
General Pershing hns been asked to
attend the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities at
Omaha, September 24 to October 1.
Kearney Elks nro to have a now
home. Plans have already been
drawn for a building to cost $45,000.
Hog prices aro sliding downward nt
tho South Omuhn market. Tho past
week saw u drop of more than $1 per
hundred.
Despite tho fact' that a great short
age of school teachers exists In Ne
braska, every ono of tho seventy-seven
schools In Fillmore county hns n full
crew of instructors for tho opening;
irext month.
Dr. B. F. Williams, chairman of the,
Stato Board of Control, has tendered
his resignation to Governor McXel
vlo to take effect as soon as his place
can bo tilled.
Nebraska's potato crop for 1010 1
estimated at 8,500,000 bushels, com
pared with 10,000,000 bushels last
year.
Tho government hns sent word to
Federal District Attorney Wllen nt
Lincoln to prosecute anyouo found
making liquor containing more than
one-half of ono per cent alcohol.
Therefore, those who hnve assembled
tho well-known malt, hops nnd yeast
to concoct basement beer of unau
thorized test, aro running tiro chanca
of Immediate arrest by government
ofllclals.