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CORiUSKER ITEMS
Hews of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
! ' Nebraska.
OF' INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Very little change will lie made In
the plans 0f the Nebraska delegation
jto the national encampment of the O.
A. It. this yenr by reason of the
switch niiiile from Atlantic City to In
idiunupolis as the meeting place, ac
cording to Assistant Adjutant General
J'.ross. Arrangements' have heen com
pleted for a special train and It Is
practically assured that a 1-cent per
mile rate will he granted. The en
campment will be hold the- week of
September 10.
Farmers of Holt, Garfield, Loup,
Itoek, Rlnlne, Ilrown and Thointid
counties are elated over the
e prospeetl',1
111 Its line i 'n
that the Partington will build
to connect Tbedford nnd O'Neill. It
is nam that the Interstate Commerce
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vuiiuuiNMuiii win no nsKou lo compel
41. n II,.. 1.-. f
tin- nm uuiuii iu iiiiiue me extension,;
Avhlch will serve a vast territory along I
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iin- noiusuu iu nine route.
Losses sustained In a lienvv linil
storm in Harlan. Custer and Phelps
counties tiled with the hall insurance
!cnrlmpent of the state run all the
way from 10' to 100 per cent. In Har
lan county the loss was as high as
-SO per cent, while In Custer It rail
from :0 to 100 tier cent. In Phelns I
11 v inu'i ll run i
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me reiiiirin snowed irom lu to ou per
cent losses,
The city of New Platte, having won
n suit Involving a question of liability
for the dentil of Chief of Police Shel
don C. Moeomber and Policeman
Ceorge Rogers, the widows of the two
illleers have tiled an appeal in the
slate supreme court. They allege .the
city Is liable 'in the sum of $5,2."i0, for
each ollicer killed.
A moil(lcatloii of the temporary re
straining order against the Skinner
Packing company of Omnhn, permit
ting the concern to operate the pliuir.
nnd complete contracts for machinery
used for the plant was granted by the
state supreme court.
A permit issued by the stnto bureau
of securities to the Continental Ous &
Electric corporation of Omaha to sell
K500.000 of ciitiltnl securities In i
liraska, is the llrst of Its kind In the
liistory of the bureau in that it relates
to a public service corporation.
Extensive Improvements are to be
made at the Lutheran Seminary at
Sowunl, according to a decision reach
ed at the annual convention of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the
Cnited States at Detroit, Mich.
The most spectacular tire Lincoln
lias had in the past ten years occurred
' the'otlier nlglit when the entire plant
of the Western Glass and Paint com
pany burned, resulting in a quarter
million dollar loss.
Thomas P. Kennard, one of the
founders of the city of Lincoln, former
state treasurer and member of the
commission which located the state
capital, died at his home at Lincoln
it the' advanced ago of 02 years.
Cliadron has a population of 4.412,
according to the census report from
Washington. Chadron's population ten
years ago was 2,081, making the gain
01.2 per cent.
Judge Arthur G. Wrny of York was,
made chairinmt and L. C. McNeil of
Surprise secretary of tlie "Committee
of 4S" in Nebraska at a meeting of
progressives at Lincoln.
J. D. (Dad) Weaver, for the past 14
years secretary of the Ak-Snr-Hen tit
tJinniia, lormer newspaper man anil
well known out In the state died at his
lionio at Omaha.
Paving contracts totalling over $300,
000, have been let at Cliadron. Tho
contractor say's cement can be had
quickly and agrees to begin work at
once.
Two new buildings to cost about
i?1S0,000 are included In the expansion
, plans for Midland College at Fremont
' this year.
David Goertzen. former Auro'M
farmer, was sentenced to a year In the
lltiiiivi. ,n.- .rmriitrii in ti ,,. ...
federal penitentiary for draft evasion.
ii.imilnlliin nf 4.nO!5.
census figures show, an Increase of
'SIIS or 14.:? per cent since 1010.
Tlie Nebraska State Federation of
Labor will hold Its annual convention
at Hastings August I!.
Gasoline at Omaha lias advanced to
n new high level, 2Sj nnd 31 Vj cents
ji gallon.
Chns. A. McCloud of York was mnde
chairman of the republican state cen
tral committee nt the committee meet
ing nt Lincoln.
Lincoln county tax payers have
formed an organization for the pur
pose of comhntlng the greatly In
creased assessment planned by state
nnd county olllclals.
Tho Grand island Chamber of Com
merce and Automobile club .have ob
tained' quarters on the Lincoln high
way, in order to better enre for the
needs of tourists pnslng through the
city.
The Holdroge Equity Exchange nt
Holdrego has plans perfected to erect
a flour mill In the city.
A record sale In yearlings was made
tit South Omnhn when twenty-one bend
of yearlings shipped In by Oscar E.
Johnson of Onklnnd, sold for SKi.00.
This is the highest price paid for year
lings since October 27, 1010.
The American express company has
asked the state railway commission
for permission to raise express rates In
Nebraska to correspond to interstate
rates, Tills will mean a raise of about
20 per cent,
0n ''iidntlon of tin- national
jrunrd committee of the War depart
ment, Lieut. Col. Amos Thomas at
Omnhn, Cnpf. P. R. Halllgaii of North
Plntto nnd Capt. Charles Epperson, Jr.,
of Clay Center, havo boon appointed
members of the advisory board of tho
guard department, of Nebraska, which
has for Its work tho building up of a
national defense.
The supreme court dismissed Uio ap
peal of Allen Vincent Crammer for n
trial in Howard county as to his sani
ty, and at the same time denied the ap
plication of Crammer's attomevs for a
Htay of execution. Unless the court
further Intervenes Crammer and Cola
will die In the electric chair at tho
state prison at Lincoln. July l).
What Is believed to be one of tho
onpest trucking trips ever attempted
in Nebraska was made when ChrU
Holm of Hampton transported a load
o' hog fro,,, that place to .South
Omaha, a distance oM20 miles. Short
age of transportation mediums and In
creased rates were given as the rca
sons for trucking the distance.
ihere are now about iiO men from
e Penitentiary at Line
t,K' tl'reu road ennuis
Incoln work-.
at Tabic-
,K' , St'w'nr(1 "' Toeumseh, and
""" excctpion of the two who es
emipil frit... n.
, iccumsen camp aro
11111 lv 1 11 f ' 1'IWIil .,...,,.. .
" n-miuiu to secretary
An ties f the department of public
Welfimi
welfare
Crowing out of the drowning of the
Ave year old son of .Mr. and Mrs. W.
Rurch Illinium of Nemaha nnuntv.
May 22, 1020, Frank Harmon, a.U
mlnlstrntor of tho estate of Loval It.
Harmon, deceased. dini
united States court at Lincoln against
" n iiiii,-iill itirilllisr
Nemaha county nsklinr for S-'ni'im
ilniiinr'fw
damages
According to a letter received by
Frank Harrison at Lincoln. Senator 'lit
Johnson Is planning to publlclv brand
delegates pledged to support hlin ut
the Chicago convention who broke
faith and deserted to the ranks of
other candidates.
Suit lii tho name of Attorney Gen
eral DiiUs has been llled in the su
preme court at7 Lincoln to test tlio
school redistrlctlng (aw of 1010. Litiga
tion In several counties lias grown out
of disputes over the interpretation of
the la'w.
The Nebraska branch of the Near
East relief, In co-operation with all
other Near East orcanizntliiiiM in ti,.
country, has set aside tho "months nt
June and July to gather used clothing
for the people of Armenia
If. K. Iteische. member of the stnu
normal board, has been reappointed
by Governor McKelvie to the position
for live years, Mr. Relsche lives In
Cliadron and was a member of the
legislature of 1015.
High cost of building material and
few demands for homes have resulted
In the abandonment of plans for build
ing homes and selling them to work
ers oil' easy terms by the Commercial
club nt Fremont. 4
Kiglity-flve' Gage county farmers
have joined the purebred sire move
meat and are using only purchased
sires at the bead or their herds of
cattle, hogs, sheep, and poultry.
Miss Mortensen of Sweetwater was
killed and three others injured when
aJSuHlngtoii freight train struck an
automobile in whic'h they were riding
near Mason City.
Work Is to begin at once on tho now
state school of Irrigation buildings at
ScottshlunV The Institution, which will
open tills fall, will accommodate .'!00
pupils.
Work of paving nearly n mile of the
business district of West Point Is pro
gressing rapidly and the task will per
haps be finished ahead of schedule.
Dodge county's oluatlon has in
creased j mm $50,000,000 In 1010. to
I $70,000,000 this year, according to tho
report of County Assessor O'Connor
Illinois from five southeastern coun
ties met at Falls City tlie other day
and, organized the Southeastern Ne
braska Press club.
IMiffalo county farmers report that
the alfalfa crop this year Is the best
ever harvested In the district. Other
ciops are likewise excellent, they say.
-Fidelity Post No. .'10, American Le
gion, nf ord, has purchased a building
and fitted it up for a club nnd head
quarters.
Fire of unknown source completely
.,,,, nvin..i- , ,uiiiiri i:i,v
I destroyed tho Columbus Holler Mills
Mlt ColUUlbllS. Cfllislni' n loss nf nwivo
at Columbus, causing a loss of more
than .fi.i.uoo.
Despite the fact that cut worms
have damaged corn in Franklin coun
ty, farmers are looking for a heavy
crop.
The Central City school hoard has
granted an approximate raise of 40 per
cent to their teachers for next yenr.
P.lack scurf, a potato disease, has
been discovered in tlie Scottshluff dis
trict, nnd great damage to the tuber
crop Is anticipated unless steps aro
taken to check it.
Grand Master John .T. Tooley of tho
Nebraska Masons presided at the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the new gym
nnslum of the normal school at
Cliadron.
The wire worm Is said to be dam
aging the corn crop of Saunders coun
ty to a considerable oxtent. A method
Is being sought to exterminate tho
pest.
Shortened demnnd for wool Is re
sponslbl for reduced lamb prices at
South Omaha, It is said. They aro
selling around $10.50 per hundred,
about S1.00 below a year ago.
A disease diagnosed by state oillclnls
as anthrax, caused the dentil of $2 000
worth of live stock belonging to a
fanner living near IJentrico. Steps to
check Us spread have been taken.
Ten army rides with blank niiwnuiil
tinn hnvo been furnished Arthur M id;
Post No. 70 of tho American Legion at
Wost Poliit for cerflinimlal purpuhe.s
from, state headquarters.
Proclaimed Day of
Father of
i
wtt
Jefferson Ever
Friend of Liberty
and the Eneniy
of All Forms of
Despotism
By ROBERTUS LOVE.
The Father of Ills Country wns
George Washington, but the Father of
tho Fourth of July was Thomas Jeffer
son. Jefferson wrote tho Declaration
of Independence, which wns adopted
and signed on the fourth day of July,
1770. Forever thereafter that day
was and will be "the Glorious Fourth."
The Declaration of Independence waa
n special plea for the rights of the In
dividual., The whole life of Thomas
Jefferson was a protest against the
old-time tyranny which sought to limit
tho development and action of indi
vidual man. Jefferson loved liberty
and despised despotism. Ho was the
principal pioneer of democracy In all
the world. On this account all that
he did nnd said and wrote, his man
ner of living nnd working, his home
and his surroundings, are of Interest
to the world.
So fnr as real human Interest goes,
the homo of Jefferson was nnd Is more
fruitful of entertaining anecdote and
reminiscence than the home of Wash
ington. Both homes arc In Virginia.
Jefferson's home, which he called Mon
tlcello divided with Mount Vernon the
reverence and homage of Americans
who linve inherited the priceless bless
ings of Republican government for
which Washington fought with bin
sword and Jefferson with his pen.
Sacred to Lovers of Liberty.
Montlcello Is one of America's
shrines of pilgrimage. The house,
shown below, is three miles from tho
town of Charlottesville. Albermarle
the F
iBm; lis
urn m.
county. 115 miles from Washington.
Fewer persons visit If. because It Is
much more remote from the main-traveled
roads than " Mount Vernon, al
most within sight of the national cap
ital. At Montlcello Jefferson lived nearly
sixty years. Within n stone's throw
he spent his entire life, for he wns
born on the estate, and though he was
absent for several years In France
as American minister, and for eight
yenrs as president of the United
States, and also In the occupancy of
other offices, that was always his home.
He loved It nbove all other spots on
earth, from the cradle to the grave.
There was rocked his cradle and there
his grnve was made, when after 83
years of labor for the rights of man
he died on the Fourth of July, exactly
50 yenrs after the signing of the Dec
laration of Independence. It wns giv
en to him to experience half a cen
tury of the fruits of bis own efforts
toward a more equitable form of gov
ernment, something new to human so
ciety. History of Montlcello.
In 1700 Jefferson began tho con
struction of his mansion on the moun
tain above" Charlottesville. On Now
Year's day of 1772 he t'ik thither his
bride, the beautiful young Widow
Skelton, whose husband, Itatburst
Skelton, bad died when she was In her
nineteenth year, leaving her a consid
erable fortune. She was about twenty-three
when Jefferson married her.
Mrs. Jefferson was a singularly beau
tiful woman, with auburn hair to
match the red locks of her famous
husband. She lived only about ten
years after her second marriage. Jef
ferson never took another wife. His
daughter was tho mistress of Montl
cello nnd likewise the mistress of the
Executive Mansion when Jefferson
was president of the United States.
Jefferson survived his wife 44 years.
For the last 50 years of his life Jef
ferson wn hopelessly Insolvent. From
time to time ills precious estate and
home were In Imminent danger of being
sold over his head. Ills debts were
due to various cnuses. For one thing,
ho put his name on notes for friends
and. wns held responsible for large
sums. Then he wns an extravagant
entertainer. His bouse wns perhaps
the most commodious and manorllke In
America. He was famous In two con
tinents. Every person of distinction
who came from Eurooe o visit the
Liberty
United States made Montlcello his
chief olijectlvo point. He must see
"the Sage." It cost the Sage money,
of cource.
The chnmbers occupied by Mr. nnd
Mrs. Jefferson are most Interesting.
Jefferson, a radical In nil things, n
progressive In an age that was not
particularly progressive, had Ideas of
his own with regard to household fur
nlture. Heretofore peoplo had slept In
massive, cumbersome beds, with grent
posts or frames at the foot and head.
Jefferson chnnged this, for himself
and wife, lie built two rooms, con
nected by a wide archway. In this
archway he placed the Jeffersonlun
bed, which was merely n Inrge couch
of simple design, minus the unnocos
sary foot and head work. The bed
clowed up the archway, thero being no
other communication between the two
rooms. In one of the chambers Mrs
Jefferson made her boudoir. In the
other Thomas Jefferson studied nnd
wrote. When Mrs. Jefferson wns ready
to retire sho disrobed In her boudoir
and climbed Into the bed from her
side. When Mr. Jefferson sought the
refreshment of Morpheus ha disrobed
In his Htudy and climbed Into the bed
from Ids side. It wits all very handy.
Jefferson's Monument.
The epitaph on the original monu
ment over Jefferson's grave was writ
ten by Jefferson himself. It reads:
"Here was burled Thomas Jefferson,
author of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, of the Stntuto of Virginia
for Religious Freedom, nnd Father of
the University of Virginia."
It thus appears that Jefferson wns
more proud of theo three achieve
ments thnn of being president of the
United States, ns he does not oven
mention tho Inttcr distinction.
From u hilltop near Montlcello ono
mny see the birthplaces of three men
whose work and wisdom added to the
United Stntes nearly one-half of Its
present territory on this continent.
These men were Jefferson, George
Rogers Clark and Meriwether Lewis.
Through the efforts' of Clnrk the states
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin
nnd purt of Mlchlgun were added to
our domain. Meriwether Lewis, with
a younger brother of George Rogers
Clark, was sent by Jefferson on the fa
mous trip of exploration and illscov
cry which, many yenrs later, resulted
In giving Uncle Sam title to the Pa
cific Northwest.
'r.iuyrllii 1 1 gfi Wtrn Nwnpnpr Pnlon 1
LIVING REACHES I1IBH LEVEL
May of This Year Drained the Family
Dudget In Excess of Any Month
In Hbtory.
Wnslilnnfon, D. CJ-Tho. food bttdgei
of the nveruge Atnerlcnn family nt.
tnlned n now high recorll In Mhj too
department of labor nmtoimccd, tin
cunt of twenty-two itrtlclcs of foo!
haying Increased il per cent oqt; April
nnd 7 per cent over Jhnuary. Kecenl
Increases In sugar, Hour mid Votl,,,i
prices largely nccounts for the Iu
crease, the review says.
In comparison with' the April fig
ures, the review shows suKtir bus, ad
vanced 2(1 per cent, corn meal 14 pet
cent, Hour 7 per cent and potatoes 0
per cent.
From May, 1010. to May, 1020, the
greatest Increase 22 per cmu wai
shown In Springfield, III. Tho next
largest Increase, or 21 per cent, wnt
In ltutte and Chicago. In Salt I.ako
City tlie average family expendlturo
for the twenty-two food articles in
creased during the year 20 per cent,
in Omaha and San Francisco 10 per
cent, In Los Angeles nnd Portland,
Ore., 17 per cent : In Seattle lo per
cent; Denver, 12 per cent.
Wholesale prices also advanced dun
lug May the department'H review
shows, the "Index" In this case being
2M per cent over that of April.
"The group of fuel and lighting tun-
terlals again furnished tho most not
able example of price Increase," tlm
statement says, "due mainly to the to-
cent sharp advance In both hnrd ati'l
soft coal nnd coko. The Index mtuihcr
of this group rose from 213 In April
to 2115 In May."
WHEAT COST FINDING3.
Survey Shows $2.15 Expended tor
Every Bushel Produced.
Washington, D. C The 1010 Ameri
can wheat crop was produced at an
average cost to the grower of $2lf a
bushel, the Department of Agriculture
announced In making public Its recent
cost of production survey, The survey
covered 14 representative districts of
the wheat belt, nine In the winter
wheal areas of Kansas, Nebraska and
Missouri, and live In the spring wlleat
regions of Minnesota, North and South
Dakota.
The survey further revealed, tho de
partment said, that to penult n protlt
on SO per cent of the wheat produced
on the farms covered by the survey the
price would have to be about S2.00."
Cost of producing winter wheat was
much lower than for spring wheat, the
costs being given as $1.87 and $2.0.1
respectively. " 1
"Dollar wheat," once the aspiration
of wheat growers, would have paid the
cost of production on only two of the
181 farms Included In the survey.
Skinner Company Restrained.
Lincoln, .Neb. A second court action
In the affairs of the Skinner compn.
nies was started In the supreme court
when a temporary Injunction was
granted restraining the olllcers or
agents of the Skinner Packing Co., of
Omaha, from transacting any nf tho
affairs of the company, molesting Its
moneys or securities, or altering,
changing or concealing Its books or
records.
The action prays the court lo enter
judgment to declare forfeited and sur
rendered the corporate rights of tho
Skinner Packing Co. in fills slate and
that the affairs of the company be dis
solved, Its property sold and convened
and the corporation finally ousted from
the state.
Nebraska Prison Overcrowded.
Lincoln. Neb, While prohibition
emptied the county nnd city Jajls, tho
Nebraska penitentiary Is facing a sit
uation wherein apartments In that In.
stltutlon are In as much demnnd us.
rooms In u rooming house In the av
erage Nebraska city and- Warden Fen.
ton already Is compelled to plnee two
men In somo of the cells, which Is not
considered In the 'best Interest o
prison reform. Tho capacity of tlui
prison Is nboiit 350 Inmates. There urn
now In the Institution more than 400.
Turks Must Come to Time.
RoJilogue. The only definite decls-
readied In the allied council at Hon.
logne was to make war on the Turk
nationalists and to enforce the Ver
sailles treaty.
Although Premier Milleraud refused
to allow the amount fixed as Indem
nity which Germany must pay to he,
announced, It Is certain It Is 120.000,
000,000 gold marks ($25,000,000,000).
Author of Dry Act Defeated.
St. Paul. Minn. Congressman A. J.
Volstead, republican, nuthor of the pro
hlbltlon enforcement act, was defeated
for renouilnatloii in Minnesota's pri
mary by the Rev. O. J. Kvnle of Rea
son, Nonpartisan league candidate.
The Rev. Mr. Kvale Is a pastor of
the Norwegian Lutheran church nnd is
52 years old.
Founder of Lincoln Dead.
Lincoln, Neb. Thomas P.
Ken
nard, one of the founders of tlie city
of Lincoln, former secretary of stato
and member of tlie commission which
located the slate capltol here, died at
the advanced age of 02 years.
Mr.Kennard was responsible for
the selection of Lincoln us the capital
site.
At tho time Lincoln wns located
00 miles from a railroad, but the com.
mission had Ideals for making It an
educational, moral uud religious town,