THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIIiUNE.
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NEBRASKA LAND RELEASED FOR
HOEM3TEADINQ.
LOCATEO IN GARDEN COUNTY!
Ex-Soldiers Given Preference for Fil
ing. Open to All Citizens Up
to September 25.
AJHtmoj. Neb. Four thonsnrul acres
of rtel GrkH county liuy nml rnlllo
IrmI. part ef the famous Everett
HMred raiMrh have been restored In
hmw(Mt entry under tho KlncnlJ
act by tins government according to
itniMttHKeoM'fU nwde by the locnl
United States land office. Tin- federal
court at St. Louis' decided In April,
1012, that the title held by Eldrcd to
the lands wm not valid and cancelled
the patents on the same.
Preference will be given to ox-sol-rtlers
In tiling for the homestondj
which will be thrown open to entry ou
July 21. The period of filing will ex
tend from July IK to September 2.1. All
applications for homesteads must In
neeompartled by n Wing fee of $14,
which will he refunded If the ap
plicant 1h unsuccessful. For a period o
twenty days prior to July 21, soldiers
may llle their applications, and snmu
wllj be deposed of by lot. The local
land otllce at Alliance Is sending de
tailed Information to all applicants.
Says Girl Jumped From Car.
Fremont, Neb. Lying In n crumpled,
unconscious heap, with blood oozing
from u deep- ragged gush In her head,
Marie Krucl, 17 years old, and pretty,
was found by her mother, .Mrs. Mary
Kracl. on the front porch of their
home, four miles froth North Bend.
She bad attended nn American Legion
dance at North llend with August
Thomson. ogod 10, who Is under arrest
rending her statement, anil who says
she Jumped from his machlno without
reason, as he was taking her home.
He left her without notifying her fam
ily, Thomson declares, because ho
feared her brothers.
Tornado at Blair, Neb.
Blolr, Neb. A tornado formed In
Ihe vicinity of Illalr last Thursday
took a southeasterly course, barely
missing several farm residences on
the Nebraska side of the liver, crossed
Ihe Missouri above the Illalr railroad
bridge and totally destroyed the $5,0H)
farm residence on the Iowa side, re
cently erected by the Into IIollls Went
worth, for many years superintendent
of the lllnlr river bridge. Two women
who were In the house were severely
Injured. On the Nebraska side, where
It started, and along Its course,' hay
stacks were carr.led away and crops
destroyed.
Barnard G. O. P. Secretary.
Lincoln, Neb. The republican statu
executive committee met In Lincoln
Tilly 1 with Chairman Charles Mc-
Cloud of York, and selected Clyde Bur-
naril of Table Hock as secretary of
the state central committee, Barnard
was secretary of the senate at the last
legislative session. Ho was also secre
tary of the constitutional convention.
L. (3. llrlan of Lincoln was named as
sistant treasurer and Mrs. Lulu T,
Andrews, who for the past year has
had charge of the women's division,
was reappointed with the title of sec
retary of that division.
Virginia Miners On Strike.
Charles, W. Vn. Ofllclnls of tho
United Mine Workers of America an
nounced hero that meager reports
from Mingo county, West Virginia,
and Pike comity, Kentucky, as to tho
progress of the miners' strike which
went into effect July 1, Indicated that
0,000 members of the union are out.
Operators here said the strike will
aeffct about 120 mines in the two coun
ties, with nn estimated dully produc
tion of 2,1,000 tons.
Legislators Favor Session.
Washington, D. C. Governor Hob-
erts of Tennessee, In a telegram re
ceived by the national women's party,
declnred definitely that hv would call
u special session of the legislature of
Ids state, to meet August 0, for the
juirposd of acting on the federal suf
frage amendment,
Nebraska Needs Harvest Hands.
Omaha, Neb. Nebraska's call for
help In tho harvest fields Is going up
irom uie souiuoru counties wtin 1
throated melody.
"We could send H00 men right now
to Phelps county and guarantee them
Oft to 75 cents nn hour for a ten-hour
day with board and lodging added,"
eald Robert Holmes, In charge of the
orernment employment agency In tho
city bull.
"There Is no labor surplus In this
Hue," Holmes added.
Ashes Scattered From Plane.
Now York. In compliance wilb her
request, written ami waled M years
ago, tho ashes of Mrs, Sarah D. Brown,
who died hero were scattered over tho
Statue of Liberty from a seaplane.
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Piano Hits Llvo Wire,
Ban Francisco, Oal. Two men mid n
10-year-old boy were killed and their
bodies burned when an airplane In
which they were riding here struck n
- lilr.h voltage electric wire and crashed
to the ground In flames at the .Maiiuu
RESTORE BIG
flying fluid
SHIPPING RATES ENJOINED
Federal Court Restrains Nebraska Rail
Body From Meddling With Inter
state Commerce Commission.
Lincoln, Neb. Judge Monger, In the
Lincoln division of the federal court,
granted a permanent Injunction upon
the petition of Nebraska railroads to
restrain the railway commission from
enforcing Its general order No. 19,
fixing class shipping rates within this
state.
The court order restrains the com
mission from 'Interfering with tho
schedule of fates provided In the or
ders of the Interstate commerce com
mission, but gives the commission th"
right to appear before the interstate
commission for relief.
The stnto commission order was not
effective during federal control, but
with the return cf the roads to private
control the question of authority to
regulate rates returned to an old con
troversy of several years' standing be
tween the statu and federal commis
sions. COURT REVERSES ACTION.
Nebraska Supreme Tribunal Without
Jurisdiction In Code Law Case.
Lincoln, Neb. The slate supreme
court by an unusual reversal of Its
previous decision, ruled that It Is with
out Jurisdiction In the suit Involving
the referendum on Governor McKel
vle's administrative code law. This
places the code law, re-organlzlng the
state government, In full effect, Im
mune from nctlon by the voters tu No
vember under the referendum.
The lower court, whose decision now
stands, held the referendum Illegal be
cause copies of the full text of the law
had not been attached to the referen
dum petitions. On appeal to the su
preme court, the latter declared such
attachment of full ci pies of the law to
be unnecessary and rr'ed that tin- code
law must be submitted to a referen
dum. "
Meanwhile, the code law had been
put In effect and state olllcers were
aghast as the prospect of having to
undo the reorganization. Including I he
untangling of a ma.e of Ilnunclnl and
legal problems,
TEACHER IS FINED.
First Test of Slman Law in Nebraska
Results In Conviction.
Aurora, Neb. County Judge Fred
Jeffers found Hubert T. Meyer guilty
of teaching German In parochial
schools In violation of the Slman for
eign language law. Meyer Is the
teacher of the Zlon parochial school,
located several miles northwest, of
Hampton. After the decision of the
supreme court sustaining the Slman
law the hoard (if the church directed
Meyer to teach German for a half hour
each day. The language was taught
from 1 o'clock to 1 :.'I0 .
Judge Jeffers lined Meyer .52.1 and
costs, Meyer gave bond at once and
stated that the case will be appealed
to the district court, nils case was
the tlrst one brought under the Slman
law. County Attorney F. F. Fdgerton
prosecuted and 0. K. Santlall of York
defended Meyer.
LYNCH FOUR NEGROE8.
Two Shot and Two Hanged By
Mob
of 200 In Texas.
wiiarlon, 'lex. 'two negroes wpre
shot to death and two others hanged
tiy posses In this county, They were
wanted In connection with the killing
of Deputy Sheriff S. C. McCormlck.
Washington Giles and his brother.
name unknown, who wiih accused of
tiring tho shot that killed McCormlck,
were shot by pursuers near Diamond
Mound. The bodies of Jodie Gordon
and FJIJuh Anderson were found hang
ing from trees six miles east of Whur
ton.
Deputy Sheriff McCormlck was shot
to death Saturday night when he went
to the Giles home to arrest Washing
ton Giles on a minor charge, olllcers
said.
Creston District Storm Swept.
Creston, la, A 'terrltle windstorm
that cut a wide swath between Pres-
eott and Corning on the Blue Grass
road, destroyed houses, barns, uproot
ed trees and wrought huge damage to
crops. Fire destroyed several homes
In the stunn-swept area.
Minister Escorted From Town.
Pine Bluff, Ark. J. S. Kubanks,
president of the St. Louis Yardmen's
association, and Hev, J. P. Aregood,
a Baptist minister of St. lous, were
escorted out of town by a citizen's
committee of nine ns they were ahout
to address a mass meeting of labor
union people here. They were taken
three miles from the city and partially
stripped, whipped with switches cut
from treeH and told to leave the city
und stuy away.
Wreck Victims Saved.
Stockholm, All the 12,000 war prison
ers on board a Bolshevik steamer
which sank recently In the Neva river
were saved, according to u dispatch to
the Dagblad from Hclslpgfors, Finland.
Blackberry Wine Intoxicating,
Washington, D. C. Blackberry cor
dial and wlld.vherry wine wero added
by the bureau of Internal revenue to
the list of Intoxicating liquors, and
may ho sold only to persons who havo
obtained permits to purchase Intoxicat
ing liquor.
HOLD GIRL'S FATHER
JURY WITHHOLDS VERDICT
THAYER COUNTY CASE.
IN
RIOT GUNS PROTECT PRISONER
Talk of Lynching PuU Officials On
Guard Continue Probe of Girl's
Mysterious Death.
Hebron, Neb. Fred Bostolmntm,
held In the county Jail here pending
the verdict of the coroner's Jury Inves
tigating tbt- mysterious death of bis
daughter, Frieda, who died at the fam
ily home at Stoddard, two days prior
to her Intended marriage, will not be
sacrlllced at the hands of a mob, coun
ty olllclals say.
County Attorney Harvey Hess an
nounced that he was prepared for ev
ery emergency to protect his prisoner
anil county property. As evidence or
the step-j taken he uncovered f0 riot
guns which he stored In his office in
the court house. Sheriff Hall was
much worried over a reported attempt
to lynch the prisoner, but emphat
ically slated that he would do all.Ju
his power to prevent violence.
Tin- coroner's Jury Investigating the
death of Frieda Bostelmann. who died
of convulsions after a buggy ride with
her father .lane 7. after deliberating
two hours, decided not to return a ver
dict at this time. The county attorney
was requested to continue his Investi
gation and hold the father of the girl
until the verdict Is given.
Countv Attorney Hess stated that be
would follow the request of the Jury
and hold Itostclmann without bond.
lie will have the body exhumed ami
part of Ihe liver will be sent to the
I'nlverslty of Nehiaska lanoratones
in Omaha for examination.
It was testified al the inquest that
the father had threatened to kill Freda
because of her bejhrotluil to waiter
But.ku, Lutheran school teacher or
Custer, and that In doing so be had
taken a .12'.! ealHier lille from the wall
to emphasize his purpose. Bostcliaann
admitted taking down the gun, but de
nied Ihe alleged purpose, though be
admitted the occurrence was during a
quarrel over the affairs of his daughter
and the young school teacher.
OMAHA 34TH IN U. S.
Nebraska Metropolis Forged Aheacjfof
Eight Cities in Ten Years.
Omaha, Neb. Omaha ranks as thir
ty-fourth city In ' population in Ihe
I'nlled States, according to census re
ports received by the Chamber of
Commerce. In 1010 Omaha was folly
tlrst. During the lasi decade; 'eight
titles have been overtaken and only
one city, Akron, ()., has Increufcd more
rapidly In population
The cities which have fallen behind
Omaha are:
Worcester, Mass. Scranton. Pa.
Syracuse, N. . Hlchmond, va.
New Haven, Conn. I 'n I ergon, N. J.
Memphis, Teiui. Itlrmingham.
The first ihlriy-rour cities of
tho
country In order of population are
New York,
Chicago,
Minneapolis,
Seattle,
Kansas City,
Jei-sey fit v.
Indianapolis,
Rochester,
Providence,
Portland,
Denver,
Toledo.
Columbus,
Louisville,
St. Paul,
Oakland,
Akron.
Atlanta,
Omaha.
Philadelphia,
Detroit,
Cleveland,
St. Louis,
Boston,
Baltimore,
Pittsburgh,
Los Angeles.
San Francisco,
Buffalo.
Milwaukee,
Washington,
Nuwark,
Cincinnati,
New Orleans,
Kansas City Paper Announces Raise.
Kansas City. Mo. The Kansas City
Star announced an Increase in sub
scription rates In Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas. Arkansas, Nchraku
and Iowa from 1f to 120 cents a week.
Flsewhere the rate will be 110 cents a
week.
Aged Couple Killed By Cow.
Council Blutrs. la. Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Llddell, both nearly SO years
old, are dead from Injuries reciMved
when gored by an angry cow at their
farm near 'irejnor. la. They were
among the wealthicit and best known
farmers In Pottawattamie county.
Harding Delivers First Speech.
Washington. D. C Declaring the
nation "requires no council of foreign
powers to point tlie way of American
duty," Senator Hardin?, republican
nominee for president, In Ids tlrst cum
palgn speech urged the preservation
of Americanism.
'the candidate's first alteram e of
the campaign was heard by 110 audi
once, being made for a phonographic
record to Ih used throughout the cam
palgn.
Houses Saved From River.
Sioux City, la, A number of houses
were moved from the hanks of the
Missouri river at Dakota City less than
an hour before the flood pulled the
laud on which they had stood Into the
current.
Kansas Wheat Harvest On.
Topoka, Kan, -The hurvet H boom
ing, said the weekly crop report Issued
by the State Department of Agrlcul
tore. The report says there seems to
be 110 nreat shortage of harvo.it hands
In any locality.
AMERICAN AIR RECORD BROKEN
Plane Travels From Omaha to Penn
sylvania Town, 1,400 Miles, With
out Making a Stop.
Philadelphia, Pa. All American non
stop aeroplane records were broken
when the Larsen all-metal plane which
left Omaha at 5:00 Sunday morning,
June 127, landed at the air Held
at Pine Valley, Pa., fifteen miles
from here, at 8 o'clock Sunday
night. According to Larsen, the actual
distance llown totalled 1,400 miles, ami
was made In a few' minutes less than
eleven hours. An Impenetrable fog
made landing nt Pine Valley necessary.
Heavy fog and adverse winds caused
Larsen and his pilot, Bert Aeosta, to.
gether with Wnlllo Hugh, mechanic, to
lose their way several times. Fog was
encountered almost Immediately after
taking the air at Omaha, and prevail
ed throughout the entire Journey. Lar
sen said that, had they not lost their
hearings so many times, they would
have landed In New York without a
stop.
The plane In which the trip win
made Is a modified German Fokker. It
Is constructed entirely of metal. The
wings, fuselage and cabin are covered
with drawn aluminum, which Is some,
what liner and lighter than rolled
aluminum produced In this country,
The monoplane Is powered with an en
gine of 18.1 horsepower. It Is II reproof.
TWISTER AT OMHA.
Tornado
Lane of City Again
Some-
what Damaged.
Omaha, Neb.- For the third time in
seven years, and across almost Identi
cally the same path, gigantic wind
storm of the tornado type swept diag
onally over Omaha, from southwest to
northeast, doing a great deal of dam
age, but fortunately, causing no loss of
life nor serious Injuries.
Thousands of trees, some of them
tremendous veterans half a century
old. were twisteiTolT In the middle or
torn up by the roots, while many
sheds and roofs were torn away, and
fences blown tdown. It was apparent
that the greatest force of the storm
was exercised when II approached and
when It left Ihe central part of the
city. Otherwise Ihe damage would
have been much greater, according to
witnesses, who say the cloud lifted
over the city Itself.
The storm added considerable to the
damage already wrought hi Fast
Omaha by the overflow of Ihe Mis
souri river, it being the third time the
stream has left lis hanks at this point
since early spring.
Select Man to Plan Capitol.
Lincoln,' Neb. Plans for the con
struction of the new state capltol for
Nebraska to he located at Lincoln at a
cost of ip.OOO.OOO have been adopted.
The plans were passed upon by Wnd-
dy B. Wood. Washington. I). ('.. James
Gamble Rogers. New York city, and
Willis i'olk, San Francisco, Cat., who
onstltutod what is known as the
Jury." Bids for construction of the
new capltol were submitted by ten of
Hie leading architects of the United
States. From these ten the "Jury" se
lected ihe plans offered y Berlran
loodhue. As to when the work on the
const ruction of Hie capltol will begin
has not been announced.
Body of Nebraskan Found.
Waco. Tex.- The badly mangled body
of Henry Menebroker, wealthy Ne
braska farmer, who has been missing
since June IT. was found on a railroad
right-of-way four miles from Taylor,
a hundred miles south of Waco. The
body was Identified by C. F. Smith of
Waco. Olllcers are divided In their
opinions as to whether Menebroker
was killed by a train, or whether he
committed suicide. Meuehroker's homo
Is near Clenrwatci Neb., and a search
was Instituted for tin; missing man
June 121.
Halts Interchurch Drive.
New York. Tho billion dollars cam
palgn of iho Inlerchurch world move
uieiit has been abandoned, it was an
nounced, following a meeting of the
executive committee. The entire pro
Ject may end July 8, It was said, when
the general committee will meet to
consider what steps, If any, will be
taken to carry on the other aspects of
the campaign. Several reasons wen
hack of the decision, one being the
present prevalence or drives or var
ious kinds" which are being carried on
throughout the country.
Coal Profits Mount.
Washington. D. C Coal production
statistics compiled by the federal
trade commission from reports submit
ted by 1.0S1 operators for the month
of March Indicate an Increase In the
protlt per ton of HI cents, or 45 per
cent. The margin of protlt per ton In
March, the commission declared, was
41! cents against 12!) In February : aver
age cost per ton was reduced - per
cent In the Intervening mouth ami the
output per working day Increased
per cent.
Give First State's Population.
Washington, D. C The population
of Delaware, the first state population
to he announce'!! in the 10120 census Is
21.00:1. Increase 'JO.tlSl. or 10. percent
Ten j ears ago Delaware was forty'
seventh In population among the states.
with about rid,000 more people than
Wyoming ami about 11! 1.000 more than
Nevada, the two states with the small
est populations. In area Delaware
ranks next to the smallest state, Hhode
Island, and In 1010 had IK Inhabitants
to the square mile, ranking as ninth
state in that respect.
NEBRASKA NEWS
IN CONCISE FORM
Stato Occurrences of Importance
Boiled to a Few Lines for
Quick Perusal.
Plans nre being made to bold bal
loon races at Omaha during the Ak-gar-Hen
festivities this full.
Prospects are good for Gage county
producing one of the best wheat and
oats crops In the history of the comity.
Seepages of oil in three wells at
Home City, Kun.. imit ) ln,,s sont-,
of Heatrlce. has occasioned consider
able excitement along Ihe state line.
Tlie Plattsmotith city council grant
ed the Nebraska Gas and Electric
company an Increase from .51.75 to
S2.10 per 1,000 cubic feet of gas for
three months.
J. W. Singer, farmer, living near
Hardy, was killed by a holt of light
ening while discing a Held. Two V
the four horses attached to the Imple
ment were also killed.
Nine lots for llle purpose of Intern
ing Its members was- deeded to Hugh
J. Kearns Post No. .1(1, American
Legion, in (lie Plattsmoiith cometeiy
by the city council of that place.
Farm women of this stale produce
-.m per cenr oi tne .fiKUi'KMHM.) worth of em uougias county, at the Prospect
.poultry products raised in Nebraska Hill cemetery, half way between Wn
annually, according to government j terloo and Elkhorii was dedicated)
figures which were compiled from a i -Inly 4.
survey oi .s.io farm nouses, i
The tlrst serious bleach of discipline
at the new girls' Industrial home near
York occurred the other day when two
inmates mane tneir escape by tying
bed dollies togefJier and lowering
themselves
window.
from a second story
Crop conditions in Nebraska are
above the average for the past 10
veins, and are exceeded In Improve
ment by those In only three states, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Massa
chusetts, Utah and Kansas lead Ne
braska. A near tornado swept across Omaha
in almost exactly tlie same path trav
eled by the disastrous twister of ltll.'l,
uprooted trees and damaged small
'buildings to considerable extent. It is
the third time in seven years this
strip of the city has beep visited by
tornadoes.
The lirst case brought under the
Sinian language law In Nebraska re
sulted In Ihe conviction of Hubert S.
Meyer, who was charged witli tcacli-1
luc German in the parochial school at
Hampton in violation of tin- act.
Meyer was tlned !f!25 and costs. He
furnished bond and stated lie would
appeal the cast-.
Tlie struggle at North Platte be
tween department heads and .Mayor
Stroll, took a new angle when Chief
of Police Wlnslow resigned contrary
to his statement Hint he would light
the mayor to the last ditch. Two pa
trolmen, who were also asked to re
sign did so and finally cleat od up the
(niggle.
Farmers living In territory adjacent
to towns along Ihe Missouri Pacific '.v
Cass and adjoining counties are tak
ing advantage of the plenllfulness of
cars on the Burlington and hauling
their corn crop to lialtsmouth, loading
it into the cars by hand as there Is 110
elevator on the Burlington right-of-
way. It Is not unusual for truck
caravans to travel .'10 to ."() miles.
The Slate Hallway commission's
general order No. 10, Using class ship
ping rates in tills state, has been per
manently enjoined by order of Federal
Judge Munger of Lincoln upon petition
of Nebraska railroads. The order re
strains the commission from Interfer
ing with die schedule of rates pro
vided in the orders of the interstate
commerce commission, but gives t lie
commission the light to appear before
that body for relief.
After a lengthy deliberation on ten
plans for (he new Nebraska capltol to
be hull! at Lincoln, a Jury decided that
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue of New
York will prepare designs for the
structure, which are to come within
'.he 5.1,0(10.000 appropriated by the leg
islature for the building. The plans
submitted by Mr. Goodhue probably
will not be the plans, from which the
capltol will be luillt. The Idea of the
commission and Jury was to discover
which architect appeared to best car
ry out the Ideas they wanted covering
beauty and ability to get the space
needed.
A membership campaign for hun
dreds of new r.'ombers of the B. P. O.
F.Iks of Omaha and the erection of a
new Elk home to cost SI. 000.0(H) Is be
ing planned by Omaha Elks.
Burlington railroad olllclals esti
mated that ,'1,700 cars of wheat of the
1010 crop tire still In elevators on the
McCook division. At .52.00 a bushel
this wheat is wortli $10,000,000.
Hebron and vicinity had the heaviest
rain of the season the other night,
five Inches of moisture falling within
three hours' time. Some damage was
done.
Contract has been let for the paving
of a number of Auburn's principal
streets. ,
From Omaha to Pine Valley, Pa
without a stop was a new American
record made by the Larsen all-metal
airplane which left Omaha for New
York on June 2.S. The distance wits
made In less then eleven hours.
On June 2.11)1 the whole territory sur
rounding Norfolk wns visited by one
of the worst rain and electric storms
of the season, washing out small
bridges and crippling telephone service.
Prospects for bumper crops in Loup
county are the best In years, wheat
especially.
A slto has been chosen for the new
farmers' union elevator nt Staplcton.
Sale of stock Is well under wny.
Fire destroyed the Peters Milling
company nlfalfa shed nt Elmcreek, en
tailing a loss of about $10,000.
Work has been resumed on the nevr
hotel at ScottsblufT being built by the
North American Hotel company..
Feeding cattle and feeding steer
are being shipped to the country from
South Omaha at the rnte of about
3,700 head a week.
Huby Moger. seven, and Htith Tav
loi', eight, victims of lightning wIUcIl
struck a country school at which they
were pupils near Dunning recently,,
died of their Injuries.
The Danish college, located nt Blatr
Is not to be removed to an Iowa point
It has been decided by olllclals of 'the
Institution. A hot fight was made to
retain the college at Hlalr. '
A tract of land, consisting of mora
than six neren and one of the choicest
pieces of land In the city limits of
Albion has been presented to the city
by D. J. Fuller for use as a public"
park.
Calls are being Issued In a number
of southern counties for help In the
harvest lleids. Phelps county nlone 1
In need of .'100 men. Despite this handi
cap, harvest Is in full swing in many
counties south of the Platte.
,A soldier monument, erected from.
iuikis suhscrlhed by residents of wesl-
Jiie state supreme court has ilnnieiT.
the appllcatlton.of attorneys for Alson
15. Cole In a petition in error coram
nobis from the district ennrt i.r
Howard county, asking for- a new trial
for Cole.
The alfalfa crop In Nebraska, It Is
believed, will he the greatest on record,
In 10120, and, consequently. It Is ex
pected many farmers will he forced iv
buy cattle this fall to dispose of Iho
feed. Several houses were moved from
their foundations at Loretta and some
damage was done to property at Al
bion by a terrific wind and rain storm,
that swept Boone county. Damage to
crops was slight.
The state supreme court rendered it
occision iipnoming the Nebraska civir
administration code law. The court
reverses a previous ruling and de
clares the law r ains In full effect
until such time as the state legis
lature repeals it.
Otto Smith, Holt county cattle rus
tler, who admitted.tlie theft of 1212 head
of cattle from the Ditch Camp ranch
In Holt county and shipped them 10
Fremont where .he sold them, was sen
tenced to from one to ten years in the
penitentiary by Judge Dickson at
O'Neill.
Two Wither millers, John Zwon
chek and Joseph Aksamlt have pur
chased the DeWItt Milling company on
the Blue river, where they expect to
erect a hydro-electric plnnt to cost
ahout $100,000. It Is understood t he
owners expect to furnish juice for the
mill and may also extend the liw
from DeWItt to Western, Catonia, Hal
lam and other points.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Skinner Packing company at Oma
ha, held In the metropolis, full ap
proval of the Skinner management
was expressed In a resolution whlcli
ninety per cent of the stockholders
present voted to accept. Stockholders
representing .512.S00.O0O worth of shares,
'attended the meeting, which was by
far the largest meeting of stockhold
ers ever held in Nebraska.
Word has reached the Alliance land
otllce (ha -4,000 acres of Garden conn
ty liny and cattle land, part of th
famous Kverett Kldred ranch, title to.
which was held Invalid by the federal
court of appeals nt St. Louis In April.
1010, linve been restored to homestead!
I -ntry under the Klncaid act. Ex-sol
dlers will be given preference in tiling;
for twenty days prior to July 2.'t. Fil
ing will be open to all between July
21! to September 2.".
Tlie coroner's Jury at Hebron which,
heard testimony of about thirty wit
nesses regarding the mysterious death
of Frieda Bostelman at Stoddard, audi
for which her father, Fred Bostelman,
Is being held, reached a conclusion to
withhold Its verdict until County At
torney Hess makes a further Investi
gation. Witnesses at the Inquest tes.
tltied that Bostelman hnd threatened
his daughter with death because of
her bethrothal with W. J. Butzke, 22
teacher In the Lutheran school at
Chester. 1
For the third time this year the Mis
souri river at Plattsuiouth went out of
Its hunks, flooding the built-up lowiainL
east of the business section, doing u.
great deal of damage.
In spite of the fact thnt high water
has delayed work on the state-aid
bridge south or Shelton since earlv
spring, the structure Is rapidly Hear
ing completion.
At a meeting of farmers at Arnold
the oilier day plans wero laid for to.
organization of a farmers union and
the establishment of n co-operative-More.
Work has been started on the stale,
aid highway between Hebron and Bel
vhlere. ScottsblufT has tho honor of com
pleting the organization of the first no
tional guard company formed since
the war. Mustering In ceremonies
took place June 28. The company is
assured a military band.
Ernest I-ass of Emerson was on the
South Omaha market the other day
with n load of mixed Shorthorns from
his ranch that averaged 1,013 pounds
and topped the market for the day at
$1 0.2.1.
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