TITE NORTIT PLATTE SEMT-WEF.KT,Y TRTntTTR
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CORNHUSKER ITEMS
Uewa of All Kinds Gathered Prom
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
tJF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
The nnnunl stnte corn show will ho
held by the Nebraska Crop Growers'
Association In Lincoln during the
week of Organized Agriculture, Jan
uary ,'l to 7. Twenty-four iJrenihlnis
are offered In each of the eastern sec
tion of the state, the western section,
.and state-wldo class. In addition,
trophies are offered for the best ex
hibits. The premium list may be ob
tained of the secretary, I. H. Stewart,
University Farm, Lincoln.
Of the forty-six states co-operatlne
with the United States department of
agriculture in the "Hotter Sires Bet
,J5or Stock" campaign, Nebraska stands
second In point of progress made the
drst year. More than :?00 farmers In
this state replaced their scrub sires
with pure-breds and olilcinlly enrolled
s breeders of improved live stock.
Bitting Norman, post of Beatrice
American Legion, cleared &1G0 on the
production, "Chlng Chong," presented
last week at the Gilbert theater. The
funds will be used In improving the
clubrooms of the post.
Hogs sold for a lower price at the
Omaha stock yards last week than at
any time since January 10, 1017, when
the average was $0.80 per hundred
pounds. The general yard average
was given as $9.80.
A subscription amounting to several
Jiundrod dollars has been raised for
Henry Utesh of Columbus, whose home
and contents was destroyed by lire
last week. Ills loss was complete,
with no insurance.
An agricultural inspection bureau,
connected with the stnte agricultural
department at Lincoln, probaLly will
be started in Omaha January 1, ac
conllng to Secretary of Agriculture
Stuhr.
St. Mary's hospital at Columbus is
to have a tireproof addition, to cost
200,000. When completed, It will
linve accommodations for 200 patients,
and will be one of the largest In the
state.
Mllo Steenllk of Crete, was fatally
injured when lie attempted to drive
bis auto around another, running into
n buggy and forcing the tongue en
tirely through his body.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carey, of Bea
trice, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary in the presence of their
seven children, 14 grandchildren, and
two great-grandchildren. '
It Is estimated that there are still
about 1,000 tons of sugar beets in the
ileitis about Gibbon yet to be dug and
hauled. Operations were, halted by
the recent cold spell.
Theo. M. Osterman, of Central City,
state representative, Is claiming a rec
ord yield of com this year. Three
large ileitis arc averaging 80, 85 and 90
bushels, respectively.
The new Lutheran hospital in South
Beatrice, was dedicated last week.
The building cost about $1-10,000, and
is said to be one of the finest of the
kind In the state.
The Scottsbiult Chamber of Com
merce lias asked the county commls
Bloners to purchase bloodhounds to be
used in emergency in tracking crim
inals. Counterfeit $10 bank notes of a
crude sort ure In circulation over the
state and authorities have Issued a
warning to be on the lookout for them.
The quarries on the I'latte river,
.near Louisville, operated by the Kle
wit brothers of Omaha, have practi
cally shut down for the winter.
Twelve .young men and one young
womun passed examination and were
admitted to practice at the bar of Ne
braska, at Lincoln last week.
At a special election to decide the
location of the county ceat In Thomas
county, Thedford won over Seneca,
5)12 to 3G0.
A short course In poultry manage
ment will lie given by the college of
agriculture nt Lincoln January 10 to
15 Inclusive.
Nebraska ranks comparatively low
in the milk producing states, but
stands fourth In butter output.
A Ladles' Auxiliary to the American
Legion Post bus been organized ut
Columbus.
Dr. T. II. Line 1ms been appointed
pension surgeon at Central City.
Fremont has organized a Klwunls
club with over fifty members.
Olaf Olson, Lincoln's new lire chief,
appointed to take the place of Chief
Sommer, killed In an automobile acci
dent while going to a lire a couple of
months ago, arrived from the Panama
zone, where he has been connected
with the lire department ut Cristobal.
Preparation of a complete state
budget embracing nil departments,
Institutions and enterprises of the
Htntu of Nebraska, as well as public
and semi-public activities supported
by it In whole or In part, bus been
commenced by Finance Secretary P.
F. hross, as provided for by the code
law and the amended constitution.
Victor Stamm of Hosklns, lost his
Ife when a horse he was riding ran
away. Young Stamm was thrown,
tils foot caught in a stirrup, and he
was dragged to death.
Hubbell Is Incorporating a com
munity association to loo after the
recreation, amusement and anything
pertaining to the public welfare of
Hubbell and community.
More progress has been made In the
dairy industry in Nebraska during
the past two years than during any
ten years' period previously, accord
ing to J. 15, Palm, secretary of the
titute Dairymen's association.
Official Count On 8tate Ballot.
Following Is the ofllclnl canvass of
the voto cast In Nebraska at Uie re
cent election:
President m
Governor ............ . . . . . . . ...... .In' 242
Lieutenant governor .............. 364)998
a r." oi ?,7
Juwd commissioner 343.989
Troastirer ......... . . 351 787
Attorney general .. 367.618
tin com,"!"8 oner (lone torm) 347,846
rh Lf af' c,?nnlHMloncr (sliort term) 341,712
A.IJV8".ce .8Ul"omo court 288,158
Associate Justice , 268 918
btato superintendent 269.220
The vntn no f.,ii.... V 'i. " '
Heferetuium:
For ..A 49
Against ..... m'
410
115
Cox and lloosevelt 119 608
. atklns and Colvln 6 947
Debs and Stedman 9 600
j Governor: '
...wxciviu ............ icq D.
orsJif ad "'"."::::: "o:?"
$"VVS 0.041
ray ( 88 905
Lieutenant governor:
Bn8WS ".0T
Secretary of state":
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RicKissick . . . . . v. .v.v.v.v.v 10? ifi
Porter "bsk?
Commissioner: ' 7
?,"aron 227.358
Cropsey "1177
Attorney genera!:
&r-::::::::::::::::::: Ml
nri?Jiway commissioner (Long' Torm) :
H?"0 ..,..219 035
Albertson ". ', 1 ," ib'oII
Hallway commissioner (Sl'ior't'Term):
217.755
vent . . .) 057
Congress First District: " '
Reavls a "n
Peterson , "', ifi'ssil
Congress Second District:
33,196
o nar. is T46
Congress Third District:
&vcnen8 " 38,370
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Cpngrcss Fourth District:
McLutighlln 3 iR 1
Spraguo oeI'
Congress Fifth District:
Andrews 31 fin's
Dungas " o'gGj
Congress Sixth District: '
Klnkald , 49
Grimes ! . in'r,i
Stebblns 6 -:
r.x t NON'-PARTISAN. " """
Chief Jtistlce:
Monlssey ; i53)03B
Martin 135 122
Judge Supreme Court:
P. " 151.672
Dorsey ; 117 246
Hegents:
Lyford 85 738
Seymour l'fl 124
Gerhart lll'"40
Botes .13ll694
State Superintendent:
'alzen. 159,700
Stewart 109.619
Leo Rutjen of Tllden, had the dis
tinction last Tuesday of receiving the
highest price paid anywhere In the
United States that day for a load of
hogs at the Omaha market. Mr. Rut
Jen received $10.50 a hundred pounds
for his hogs, which was 25 cents high
er than the top price at Chicago, 30
cents higher than at Kansas City, 40
cents higher than at St. Joseph nnd
25 cents higher thai; nt Sioux City.
Nebraska live stock men, who will
meet at Lincoln during the week of
Organized Agriculture, are planning
a practical and interesting program,
according to Secretnry M. B. Posson of
the Nebraska Improved Live Stock
Breeders' association, under whose
auspices the meetings will be staged.
A bandit killed nt Fremont last
week, following the hold-up of the
College Book store and a gun bnttle
with the police, bus been Identified ns
Earnest A. Guest, a deserter from
Troop I, 15th Cavalry of Ft. Russell
at Jheyenne, Wyo.
Nathaniel Vandorn died at Stroms
burg, November 20, within fourteen
days of what would hjive been his
hundredth birthday. He was born in
1820 in Richmond county, Ohio, nnd in
1880 settled on a farm In Polk county,
Nebraska.
Twenty neighbors of Oscar Groth,
south of Blair, met Inst week and
gathered his corn crop. Groth's 8-year-old
son died a few weeks ago,
and since then another son was badly
injured when he was thrown from a
wagon.
One White Leghorn hen laid 203
eggs during the first year of the egg
laying contest being conducted by the
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment
Station at Lincoln. This Is about 200
eggs more tlinu the average hen lays.
D. Harris Cook of Plat-tsmouth, a
student nt Northwestern university nt
Chicago, Is dead as the result of heart
trouble following an Initiation nnd
bnnquet of one of the fraternities
connected with the university.
Norvnl Clark of Seward made the
best record In club activities and club
work of any boy In the state and was
awarded a free trip to the Interna
tional livestock show at Chicago.
Nebraska is doing her pnrt to re
lieve the school teacher shortage In
the country. There are approximately
4,000 young people of the state study
ing to be teachers at the 215 Normal
training high schools, according to
State Superintendent of Instruction
Matzen.
htate Fire Marshal Hartford has
drawn up a complaint with the county
attorney of Platte county, charging
that a fire of mysterious origin that
destroyed a stock of general merchan
dise In a building nt Duncan a month
ngo, was deliberately started with fel
onious Intention. ,
"Better Speech for Better Ameri
cans" Js the slogan adopted for Bet
ter Speech week, which will bo ob-
served In Columbus under auspices of
the city schools from December (J
to 10.
Formers of Nebraska are the own
ers f over 200,000 pounds of wool
which Is lying In storage warehouses
nt Lincoln. The wool was "pooled"
during June, July nnd August of this
year by farmers' co-operative organiza
tion throughout the stnte and shipped
to that place for storage when market
conditions were not such ns to make
selling advisable.
ENTER PLEA8 OF NOT GUILTY.
Chicago Market Reaches Low Figures
of December, 1916 Tariff of 25
Cents Per Bushel On Im
ported Wheat.
Council Bluffs, In. Not guilty was
the plea entered by Attorney .1. J.
Iless, representing the seven men nnd
one woman held by federal authorities
In connection with the robbery of the
Burlington mnll trnln In Council
Bluffs, November 13, nt the formal ar
raignment here of the octet Wednes
day morning before United Stntes
Commissioner W. A. Dyers.
All .eight of the prisoners waived
preliminary hearing and were ordered
held under heavy bonds to the fed
eral grand Jury.
Merle and Orvllle Phillips nnd Fred
E. Poffenbarger are charged with rob
bing the United States malls.
Mrs. T. A. Daly, Hugh A. Reed,
Clyde R. Poffenbarger and Fred A.
PolTenbarger are charged with con
cealing money they knew was stolen
from the United States government.
The bonds fixed by the United
States commissioner follow:
Fred E. Poffenbarger,- .?!15,000.
Orvllle Phillips, $25,000.
Merle Phillips, $20,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Daly Reed, nnd tho
other two Poffenbnrgers, $10,000 each.
The bonds totnl $180,000, No effort
was made to secure bondsmen. Com
missioner Dyers states these bonds
might be reduced if hll the stolen
money should be recovered, Intimating
the heavy bonds named were to fore
stall any possible effort to use por
tions of the stolen money to secure
the release of the prisoners.
HOGS BACK TO PRE-WAR PRICE.
Chicago Market Down to Figures of
December, 1916.
Chicago, 111. Pre-war prices for live
hogs have become general throughout
the United States. Big lecelpts from
the farms appeared to be the Imme
diate cause, the total supply of bogs
on sale In one day nt the ten principal
markets of the country being esti
mated at 182,000 head, as against
124,000 n week before. In Chicago,
the market closed at the bottom fig
ures of the day, the lowest since De
cember 10, 1010, and nt an average
drop of $1 a hundred weight ns com
pared with the day before. The prac
tical top at the finish was $10.00 a
hundred weight, whereas on July III,
1010, hogs communded '23.00, the
pinnacle point on record. Five years
before the current price wns $8.15.
Propose Tariff on Wheat Crop.
Washington. A tariff of 25 cents a
bushel on Imported wheat Is proposed
In a bill that will be Introduced In
congress by Representative M. O. Mc
Laughlin Of the Third Nebraska dls-,
trlqt.
"The amount of the duty suggested,"
says Mr. McLaughlin, "Is not a guess,
but wns carefully arrived at after con
ferences with n large number of farm
ers. The big break in the mnrket was
not due to pit gnmblers, but to a flood
of Canndlnn whent and the false re
port that India had a record crop. Tills
wns planned by the foreign buyers,
evidenced by the fact that shortly af
terwards over 2,000,000 bushels of
whent were shipped out of Galveston
In a single day."
Immigrants Headed for California.
Chicago, 111. Lurge numlMjrs of Im
migrants from Europe are going to
California, according to W. J. Black,
passengc.' traffic manager of the Snnte
Fe system. Ho said they are mostly
nllens who returned to Europe to
fight for their nntlve countries.
"The California-bound Immigrants
are chiefly French, Italians and
Greeks, who are very good agricul
turists and find in the vineyards and
orchards of Californln, the best oppor
tunity for their abilities," Mr. Black
said.
Will Aid Cuban Sugar Planters.
Havana, Cuba. The National City
bank of Now York has notified Its Ha
vana branch to place $10,000,000 at
the disposal of Cuban sugnr planters,
to ennble them to prepare for the
coming crop.
Big Reward in Bomb Case.
New York. A reward of $50,000 has
been offered here by n private de
tective .agency for exclusive Informa
tion leading to the identity of persons
responsible for the Wall street homh
explosion, September 10.
Alleged Slayer Attempts Suicide.
Broken Bow, Neb. Dennis Chester,
alleged slnyer of Florence Barton,
Kunsas city society girl, who was cap
tured six miles south of Oconto after
escaping from three detectives bv
Jumping through the window of a
train here, attempted to k himself
in the county Jail by strangulation. He
tore a blanket Into strips, tied one
end around a bar of his coll and tho
other around his neck. He then allow-
ed himself to fall bnckwnrd with his
feet still on the floor.
Packing Officials Get Stiff Terms.
Chicago. Sentences ranging from
seven years Imprisonment In tho fed
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth to
six months in tho county Jail, and fines
of from $1,000 to $10,000 hiive been Im
posed on eight officials and agents of
the Consumers' Packing company by
Federal Judge Evans A. Evans, The
defendants were recently convicted of
conspiracy to use the malls In a
scheme to defraud. Former Rabbi A.
J. Messing, a director, was sentenced
to three nnd a half years and fined
$1,500,
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Snb tofjen tfjeg toere tome into tfje fjoutfe, tfjep Sato tije ?oung
cfjflb tottfj jllarp Ijfe motljev, anb fell bohm, aub toorgljtppeb
fnm: anb toften tfjep fjab openeb tfjetr treasures, tfjep preaienteb
unto Ijtm gifts; golb, anb fran&tncense, anb mprrlj.
Matthew II : n.
Tke Heart of Christmas
Christmas is not n day, It Is a mood.
It is independent of dnys. We cele
brate it on Friday, Saturday, Sunday
any day of tho week. Christmas Is
indifferent to days. It has nothing to
do with the almanac. It has nothing
to do with place. It Is as Independent
of geography as It Is of chronology. It
has no relation to human government,
or even to race or blood. It Is an
institution which cun bo set up on any
soil nnd under the folds of any flag.
Christmas Is a spiritual creation, and
belongs to the kingdom of tho henrt.
It is constructed by angels of the henrt
of a child. If It then be a mood, (t
can bo extended over a week, a month,
a year, a lifetime. It can be built upon
time, upon eternity. If you conflno It
t a day, you miss the meaning of It.
If you try to cram It Into twenty-four
hours, you crush It und lose the es
sence of It.
See What Santa Brought
Where Christmas Comes From
By T. C. HARBAUGH
From the land of song and story,
Angel-kept and old as Time,
Where the lily in her glory
Reigns the Queen of Judah's clime
From the village of the stranger
Where the infant Saviour lay,
Cradled in an humble manger,
Christmas comes to us today.
Kedron still its song is singing
To the far off Orient sea,
And the tuneful bells are ringing
In the old year's jubilee;
Children pluck the lily blowing
On her ever graceful stem,
And the lazy herds are lowing
' On the plains of Bethlehem.
On the
Aye, from humble hut and steeple
In that land that lies afar,
Rise the anthems of the people
To the glowing Christmas Star;
There is told the olden story
How amid the scented hay,
Christ, the Saviour, came from glory
Upon earth's first Christmas day.
From the fields where grew the flow'n
Where His childhood flitted by, '
Where He spent the fated hours
'Neath the burning Orient sky,
And from where the roses scrambled
Over hedge and mossy wall,
Carpeting the paths He rambled,
Christmas comes to greet us all.
Where He trod the paths of sorrow,
Where He felt the wound of thorn
Where He longed the brighter morrow
Dawns the holy Christmas morn;
Where the gentle day discloses
Happiness on land and sea,
flnrn T1 4 Vil o a rl fViA (VAnM cn.Ai
shores of Galilee.
Set the bells of Christmas ringing
It is time's best jubilee,
For to us again they're bringing
Messages from oversea;
Let the hearts of all be lifted,
Hope the fiercest tide can stem;
Let the darkest clouds be rifted,
Christmas comes from Bcthleheml,
(ffl, 1920, VVtitcrn NwDPr Union.)
