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CQRHHUSKER ITEMS
.ITews of All KindB Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska,
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Fnlrbury Is to have u municipal
skating rink.
Bloomlleld business men have or
ganized a retailers' credit association.
A decline In bread prices throughout
the state Is predicted before the first
of the year,
Grand Chapter Uoyal Arch Masons '
of Nebraska will meet In Omaha.
December 10.
Petty thieves are operating In Fre
quent, and many small thefts are
ttielng reported. 9
St. John's Catholic church at Wnu
meta was dedicated Sunduy by Bishop
O'Reilly of Lincoln.
Nearly f.0,000 people visited the ills
pluy at the show of the Omaha poultry
association last week.
Omaha women will urge the next
loelsluture to pass laws that will act
as preventatives of divorce.
MeCook will stage a drive to raise
$100,000 for the purpose of establish
ing a hospital at that place.
Hog cholera has broken out In Gage
county, and every effort Is being made
no prevent Its further spread.
Births exceeded deaths more than
.live to one In Sherman county during
the three months ending November
--Oth.
A meeting of the Nebraska state
college athletic association will' be
held In Lincoln, Saturday, December
11th.
The new municipal Ice plant at
Grand Island has begun operations,
with a capacity of twenty-five tons
.daily.
Albert Norgren, a farmer living
.near Overton, fell off a windmill,
breaking his neck. lie died almost in
stantly.
Fire in the printing plant of Scott
.& Mllburn nt Beatrice caused a dam
age of nearly $-10,000, covered by In
surance. F. D. Million of Iowa, who was
recently elected superintendent of the
schools of Blue Springs, lias assumed
Jils duties.
Nebraska's apple crop, this year, Is
the lightest In the past decade, accord
ing to reports from towns In the apple
growing belt.
New markings of the Lincoln High--waj
from Omaha to Los Angeles are
'being put up by the Southern Cali
fornia Automobile club.
Frank P. Lawrence, a pioneer of
Fremont and a veteran of the civil
war, is dead. He was at one time a
captive In Llbby prison.
All recruiting records for Hie
Omaha army recruiting district were
'broken In the months just ended,
wheji '281 were enlisted.,
C. II. Gustafson, a farmer of Mead,
Is being strongly endorsed by his
friends over tho state for secretary of
agriculture under President Harding'.
There were 1,027 chickens, ducks,
pheasants, turkeys and other fowl in
the exhibit nt the Omaha poultry show
last week. Their total valuation was
2?45,500.
The state college of ogrlculture has
issued a circular protesting against
the modern abuse of the Christmas
spirit In tlie promiscuous exchange of
presents.
Coyotes ore becoming active In
Cheyenne county, nnd many losses of
poult rv have been reported. In some
localities old-fashioned wolf hunts are
lielng planned.
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion Mill erect a $10,000 fountain on
the courthouse square 'at Oinnliu In
memory of-fl'lmmas L. Cuming, first
territorial governor.
A wild-cat measuring thirty-nine
Inches from nose to tip of tail, and
weighing forty pounds, was caught
near Ohndrou by Joe Jausek, in n
trap he had set for skunks.
Governor McKoIvIe has Issued a
'proclamation requesting the people
-of the state to contribute freely to
the fiiiul belntr rnlsed for the aid of
the suffering children of Europe.
The shut-ins at the stute peniten
tiary gave their annual Thanksgiving
show to inmates and officials and In
the evening repeated the performance
to a crowded house from outside.
A subscription amounting to several
hundred dollars has becrt raised for
Henry Utesh of Columbus, whose home
.and contents was destroyed by tiro
lust week. His loss was complete,
with no Insurance.
A Ladles' Auxiliary to the American
Legion Post has been organized nt
Columbus.
Edwin Crawford of Violet wns
xerlously injured when n rock weigh
ing between two nnd three tons which
he had undernilnded nnd planned to
"bury, fell on him. His leg was crush
ed so that nmpututlon wns necessary.
' The supply, of teachers In Thayer
county promises to be more nearly
equal to the demand by next fall, as
nu unusually large number passed the
examinations. Sixty-five registration
numbers were sold In the county, 20
of them In Hebron.
Olnf Olson, Lincoln's new tire chief,
appointed to take the place of Chief
Somnier, killed In an automobile acci
dent while going to a fire a couple of
months ago, arrived from the Panuma
?one, where he has been .connected
with the fire department at Cristobal.
Preparation of a complete state
budget embracing nil departments,
institutions nnd enterprises of tho
state of Nebraska, as well as public
nnd seinl-publlc activities supported
. by It in whole or In part, has been
-commenced by Finance Secretary P.
V. Bross, as provided for by the code
.law and the amended constitution.
Officers nc South Omaha raided a
JMoonshlno" plant, and uniongst other
paraphornnlln, captured a still mado
from a gallon coffee pot.
Nebraska Is the tlrst of the states
to raise Its quota toward construction
of a National Chamber of Commerca
building at Washington, 1). C.
The general store of Thco. Harme9
at Mnnley, In Cass county, was bro
ken Into and robbed of $1,000 worth
of merchandise, ouo night last week.
Paul F. Wright was Instantly killed
wheu he grasped a live wire at tho
new Evans hospital nt Columbus,
where- he was working as n carpenter.
The bond of Keith Collins, said to
bo the "bruins" of the $3,500,000 mall
robbery, ami who was arrested at
ftK(!t'' 0kln' ,,aH bven set nt
$50,000.
From Saturday, December IS, until
Snturday, .January 1, has been set for
Christmas recess at the University of
Nebraska, Instead of the later period
beginning Wednesday, December 22.
A large part of the biggest corn crop
Cheyenne county ever produced Is still
In the .Held. Tho weather has been
Ideal for shucking, but the price Is so
unsatisfactory that farmers lire hiring
but little help.
When tho sntev legislature meets
this fall, the teachers and school offi
cials of the beet-growing districts will
demand e. law requiring attendance In-
the rural as well as city schools nine
months of the year.
Nebraska will be the only state to
furnish women electors when tho
time comes to cast the electoral voto
for president, according to Col. J. II.
Presson, recording clerk In the office
of Governor McKelvle.
The state railway commission has
granted an Increase In telephone
rntes to the Nebraska Telephone com
pany, totaling 10 per cent of the pres
ent exchange rate, effective December
1 until June 30, 1021. v
The sleet storm that swept tho
eastern portion of the state last week
caused a damage of over $20,000 to the
Nebraska Telephone company. Wires,
nrins and poles were torn down by the
weight of lco and snow.
Miss Elizabeth Parsons, attorney,
lins the distinction of being the llrst
woman In Omaha to receive a permit
to prnctlce In the federal court, per
mission having been grunted by the
Nebraskn supreme court.
Twenty neighbors of Oscar Groth,
south of Blair, met last week and
gathered his corn crop. Groth's 8-
year-old son died a few weeks ago,
and since then another son wns badly
Injured when he was thrown from a
wagon.
Lleutonnnt Governor Bnrrows, in his
capacity as coinmnnder-ln-chlef of the
Sons of Veterans, has accepted an In
vitation to be one of the speakers to
address the big banquet of the order
In Philadelphia on Lincoln's birthday,
February 12.
The University of Nebrnskn wrest
ling tonhi and the Omaha Y. M. C. A.
wrestling team will meet In Omaha,
January 12. nnd In Lincoln the fol
lowing week-end,, according to an
nouncement made by the university
athletic department.
Floyd It. Wick of Malvern has been
sentenced for a life term In the peni
tentiary for the murder of R. R. Dick
son, a rancher nnd a neighbor. Wick
Is only 18, and Is the youngest person
to be convicted of the crime within
the state for many years.
More than a hundred overnlled Has
tings college students completed the
excavation for Liberty Memorlnl Hall,
tho quurter million Hollar structure
which is to be the next addition to the
college plnnt. The co-eds Joined by
cooking dinner for the lnborers.
Not a death In the family for near
ly fifty years Is the remarkable record
of Mr. and Mrs. George Shnfto, who
celebrated their golden wedding at
Kearney recently. Ten children nnd
sixteen grandchildren nre living.
State university and agricultural
farm authorities are urging the neces
sity of asking the legislature to give
the farm bureau extension department
an Increased appropriation amounting
to nbout $200,000 for the coming two
years,
A bandit killed nt Fremont Inst
week, following the hold-up of the
College Book store nnd a gun battlo
with the police, has been Identified as
Earnest A, Guest, a deserter from
Troop I, lfith Cnvalry of Ft. Russell
at Cheyenne, Wyo.
According to word from the western
nart of the state, farmers In that
locality would gladly give large quun
titles of grain to help starving peoples
overseas If the government will pro
vide free transiiortatlon and send
something Jn the nuture of a Christ
mas ship.
Twelve young men and one young
womnn passed examination and wcro
admitted to practice fit the bar of re
braska. at Lincoln Inst week.
For the third time In a yenr, a rural
school house near Emerson In Dixon
county wns the object of an Incendiary
attempt last week. The building had
boon burned down twice before and
was rebuilt this fall.
,T. W. Freeman, Omaha ex-pollco
officer, shot by his wife last week, Is
nllvn with a bullet In his heart. Not
only that, but following tho shooting
at his homo ho wnlked unaided Into
the police stntlon for treatment.
Counterfeit $10 bank notes of
crude sort nre In circulation over the
state and authorities have Issued
warning to be on the lookout for them
With seventy-eight members, tho
Nebraskn High School Debating leaguo
will soon announce the schedule of
thirty-nine llrst series debates In tho
fourteenth year's work or the league,
which opens In Jeiuiary nnd ends with
the newly arranged two-day to.-.rtni
merit at the University of Nebraska In
May by all the district championship
schools on the quostlon or repealing
the literacy test restrictions on lui
migration.
niOT VICTIMS TOTAL 673.
Policeman, Soldier and Civilians In
eluded In List of Casualties Since
the Opening of Hostilities
In Ireland.
TIflls. Armenian forces hnve beon
driven eastward by the Turkish na
tionalists until the region they hold Is
entirely outside tho traditional bound
aries of Armenia. As a result, Ar
in on I a Is reduced to a little Caucasus
republic, such as was created by tho
Germans and Turks during the war.
It comprises the districts of Krlvnn,
Novobuyazet and Etchuitadzln, the
ecclesiastical capital of ancient Ar
menia, located about twenty-live miles
north of Mount Ararat.
Turkish nationalists have' occupied
districts Just to the west of this re
gion, holding Knrs, Alextuulropol nnd
Surmnlou.
Jlostllttlos between the Armenlnns
and Turkish nationalists have been
suspended through Intervention by the
bolshevik government at Moscow, and
hopes nre entertained that further
bloodshed mny be averted.
Conditions, however, nre frightful In
the district held by the Armenian
forces. One hundred thousand re
fugees, In the Inst stages wf .destitu
tion nre traveling through the snow In
all directions and the Armenian gov
ernment Is unable to provide housing
or food, pending the arrival of groin
promised by tho Russlnn bolshevlkl.
Many Killed or Wounded.
London. Persona to the number of
078 have been killed or wounded In
Ireland up to November 27 of the pres
ent year, by antl-governnient elements,
according to n statement Issued by the
home ofllce. The deaths do not Include
20 persons killed In Londonderry, 02
In Belfast during the summer rioting,
nor in cadets killed In the Kllmlcbnle
nmbtiscade.
The statement says that 151 police
men hnve been killed and 2110 wound
ed; that 47 soldiers have met death
and 1011 wounded. Civilians to the
number of 41 hnve been killed and 101
wounded.
Sixty-seven court houses hnve been
destroyed and 528 police barracks have
been destroyed nnd 101 damaged.
There have been 830 raids on malls
and 45 raids on const guard station
and light houses.
To Argue Rail Rates December 13.
Washington, D. C. Argument In
Intrastate rate cases affecting Ohio,
Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska and Flor
ida will be heard by the Interstate
commerce commission, December 13.
The question Involved, as In previous
cases, is ,tlie authority of the federal
commission under the transportation
net to control Intrastate rates under.
certain conditions. ,
Inter-Allies Adopt Memorial Day.
Paris. Recommendation that the
veteran organizations of all the allied
countries observe Mny SO us "Inter
allied memorial day," wits one Of the
first acts of the International council
binding together the war veterans'
associations of the allied nations,
which has been organized by delega
tions representing the allied countries.
Ask Credit Extension for Farmers.
Norfolk, Neb. Declaring thnt far
mers in Madison county, Nebraska,
are facing bankruptcy If forced to sell
their products at present prices, the
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, after
consultation with lending bunkers nnd
farmers, has sent a telegram to tho
governor of the federal reserve board
at Washington, ,
Cutting Retail Meat Prices.
Cleveland, O. A general cutting of
retail prices ranging from 3 to 11
cents a pound, bringing prices nearer
normal than at any time In months, Is
in evidence throughout this city.
Bacon has been cut from 40 to !15
cents.
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Fran
cisco Cardenas, former general in the
Mexican army, accused of the assas
sination of President Francisco Mnde-
ro of Mexico In February, 1013, Inflict
ed fntal Injuries upon himself near
here, using a revolver.
Washington. Exports during Octo
ber, Increased by nearly $150,000,000,
while Imports decreased approximate
ly $1,000,000, foreign trade figures just
made public by the department of
commerce show. Exports were valued
at $752,000,000 against $005,000,000 In
September, while Imports were valued
at $302,(X)0.000.
Permanent Mandates Commission.
Geneva. The council of the leaguo
of nations approved the fiunl draft of
the project for the permanent man
dates commission, definitely accepting
the tentative proposal to have the
commission comprise five iionninnda-
tor.v and four mandatory powers. It
was decldod tljat all tho members bo
chosen by the council.
The permanent commission, it Is
forecast, will probably meet once u
year at Geneva and review the admin
istration of the mandate holding coun
tries.
Want Importation Stopped.
New York. Counsel for the Wright
Aeronautical Corn., niinlied to Fed
eral Judge Hand for an Injunction re
stralnlm: Handley-Paue Ltd.. of Hue-
land, from bringing Into this country
10,000 airplanes and 34,000 engines
made abroad for war purposes. The
attorney for the American corporation
declared the lutliix of British govern
ment surnlus "war lunk" would ruin
tho business of his clients and other
nlrplane manufacturers of the United
'States. Decision was reserved.
Quite Up
Of Course He Will Use the Reindeer Jf There Is Snow
Busy Practicing With an Airplane
Jmh
Or Had I Ju.t Better Stick to Old X WWJfrWW
Dancer nnd Prancer?"
OODNESS sakes alive, what
a time good old Santa
Onus Is having these days 1"
Mrs. Santa Claus was
busv nncklrnr un dolls, and
wonderful teddy bears, ami
trains of brightly .painted
cars, and hags of candy,
'and skntes. and little carts.
and sleds, and picture books, and all
the hundreds of other things that
every youngster In the world Is wait
ing for.
She paused In her work for n mo
ment and looked over her glasses, "So
you wont to see him. Humm, humm.
He doesn't like much to talk or be
Interviewed, Just about this time, you
know. What do you want to see turn
about?"
The Man From the Newspnper
cleared his throat. "Oh," said he, "I
just merely wanted to nsk him how ho
Is going to get around, In ense there
Is not enough snow on the roofs for
his sleigh."
Not Behind the Times.
"Well, I never; Hint's Just what he
has been fussing about himself for the
past two weeks. But the thing Is nil
settled now. Everything straightened
out. Why, ho Is out there In the back
yard How practicing with ills air
plane."
"Airplane 1" cried the startled Man
From the Newspnper.
"Yes, airplane. 'That's what I snld.
He Is going to try out an airplane this
yenr." Mrs. Santa reached over and
picked up a beautiful, dark-balred,
rosy-cheeked doll nearly two feet riign.
"I wonder what I shall do to get that
In," she mused aloud.
"But he has always used reindeer,
nlways, always," ventured the Man
From the Newspaper, when he bad
recovered from the shock.
"Of course he lins, silly," replied
Mrs. Santa Claus. "But, my deur young
man, do you suppose that Just becutise
we are up at the North Pole here we
are behind tho times? Not a bit of
IS
AWAITING THE
A VERY DEAR
v
to Date, Is Old Santa
55 W
It. Of rourse he may use the reindeer
as usual and the sleigh, If the snow
storm Hint he has ordered from the
North Wind turns up on time. But
we've decided that If the storm doesn't
nrrlve. It will bo the nlrplane."
One Question Barred.
"You see Its " She suddenly
stood up. "Why don't you go out Into
the bneft yard and talk to hlhi your
self? I think I hear the motor now.
I guess that he will tell you about tho,
troubles that come when there Is not
enough snow on the roofs. Mind you
don't nsk him any curious questions
though. He hates curious questions,
you know, questions such as we have
been listening to this past week, like:
'What am I going to get for Christ
inns?' Pontile don't know. Heavens on
earth, whnt n chorus of that, kind ofr
questions there Is now! Folks ought to
know tluW they must Just wait. Run
along now, I'm bus"
The Mnn From the Newspnper went
out Into the back yard.
"Brrrrrrrr rrrrrrr rrrrr " ho
heard above his head. He looked up.
There sure enough wns an airplane. It
was tearing around In n mad circle,
with Santa Claus sitting on the top of
one wing and holding on for dear lire.
There was n row of chimneys set up
on tho ground, and, as the flying run
chine roared over thorn, Santa Claus
would lean forward and kick a lever
and down would drop n doll, ker-plop,
In n parachute, or a boy's book, or a
pair of furllned gloves, or something
else. And every single one of the para
chutes would go right straight down
a chimney.
Parachute Mistakes.
After a few minutes the machine
came down to the ground nnd Santa
Claus climbed out. "Wheuuu. That
was terrible," said he, blowing on his
hands.
"Do they always go right straight
down the chimneys?" asked the Man
From the Newspaper.
"NOW they do," replied tho white-
VISIT OF
FRIEND
Enough; but He Is
hurcd, fur-contcd old Saint. "You
should Iinve been around when I tried
It first, though. THEN they NEVER
would go right. It has taken me a
whole week to get them to go where I
want them to.
"You see, It wns rather hard nt
first, and rnther bad. too. If I sent a
sled to Willie Jefferson, nnd It went
flop right down the chimney of tho
elder Miss Jones, now, veil ha-ha-hn
what on earth would tho
older Miss Jones do with n now, alilny,
steel-framed flyer?
"But I got them to go right after a
while. I shall use the parachutes In
some cases, but mostly I believe thnt
I shnll go right down the chimney us
usual, with the pack. It only takes a
minute. And If something SnOUI.D
go wrong with the parachute, you
know well. I'd rather not;thlnk
what might happen"
"Doesn't look as If n stor'm was
coming, either," suggested the' Mnn
From tho -Newspaper, to get tho ells-cr..-ulon
hack to the reindeer nnd
sleigh question. ,
No Room Except on Top.
"No. It doesn't." admitted Santa
Clnus. "Thnt's Just what started mo ,
practicing. You've no Idea what n
terrible Job It Is for those poor rein
deer to haul n henvy load of toys
across a roof when there Is no snow.
It simply tires them to .death. So, If t
thc'Nnrth Wind gets up to nny pranks
with me. I'll- Just use tho plane."
"Is It much faster?" asked the Man
From the Newspaper.
"Fnster? I should say It Is." said St.
Nicholas. "It's a pretty big old
world, you know, even if some of theso
scientists do deny It. Maybe they
wouldn't be quite, so sure If they had
to mnke a trip all qver It every Christ
mas, ns I do. I bore to he In Franco
and America nnd England all nt tho
same time almost, you know. Only
about five hours difference,"'
"Why do you ride on the top of tho
plnno?" demanded the Mnn.
"No room Inside. Hint's why. . Just
take a look at that plane, young mnn,"
said Santn Claus. The Man wnlkird
over.
The plnne wns Just Jammed,
crammed, packed with boxes opd nun
dies and pneknges., "It's only the first
load, all that," explained St. Nlcholns.
"I hnvo to make 24 loads In nil. Bolls?
Surely. There they are, hung up over
there nn tho wall of the house. M.v old
sleigh hells, of course. One lins to bo
economical, though, these days of high
prices and everything."
Joke on the Children.
"I nm slninlv colnc to tie the bells
over the plnne and let the wind ring
thorn. Of courso you understnnd about
the reindeer. If It feally DOES snow
they're trim ns ever. There's
Prancer nnd Dancer thcro now, over
by the fenco en ting. moss.
"Won't It bo a Joke on the children,
though! No one will drenm, when
they hear the drone of nn airplane
motor above the house, that It's me,
will they? I can see tliem all waiting,
tucked In their lieds. listening for tlm
sound of the reindeer on the roof. And.
there won't bo any reindeer at all, It
It doesn't snow, nn, ha, a good Joke."
"But tell me, what am I going to get
for " The Man From tho News
paper got no furthor. Snntn Clans,
and the house and tho nlrplnno nnd tho
reindeer vnnlslied like smoke.
It doesn't pay to be too curious,
after nil 1 Mr. Santa was right. Ry
James II. Powers, In tho Boston Globe.
Hand Kkslng Observed.
The young Armenians, on Christmas
day, pay "hand-klBslng" vlslta to their
ciders.
