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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1921)
NORTII PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. CORNHUSKER ITEMS Wows of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS The student population of Lincoln Is 11,002. Thoro Is' one nutomobllo to evory 8.0 persons in tlio state. The state ronlty dealers association will meet nt Lincoln January 11. Comstock will have a big poultry and pet stock show tlio week of Janu ary 25th. It Is said that four women will bo candidates for the nomination for mayor of Illoomflcld. The Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' association will hold Its annual reunion at Lincoln January 11. The Alliance packing company or ganized last year, has been dissolved nnd retired from business. North Platte olllcers found an Illicit still In operation in a tank car on the railroad tracks at that place. The annual conference of the county superintendents of the state will bo held at Lincoln January 13-157 The municipal employment bureau at Omnha claims there aro 10,000 un employed persons In that city. Lincoln barbers have reduced prices and are now giving a hair cut for 35 cents and a shave for 20 cents. Prospects are bright for a free bridge across the Missouri river be tween Omaha and Council Bluffs. A $10 per month Increase in the pay of firemen and policemen has been voted by the city council of Omaha. Over a hundred members of the state bar association attended the ban ciuet of that body at Lincoln last week. Henry Ostenson, of Norfolk, was found dead In his room at an Omaha hotel. Ills death Is being Invest! gated. Sam Wickllne, an Omaha restaurant man, , found a rare blue pearl while opening oysters. It Is said to be worth ?5,000. Auto license plates to the number of 800,000 are now ready for Issue. Near ly 10.000 state licenses have already been delivered. The bonded Indebtedness of the state on the llrst day of December was $50,280,132, according to returns in the auditor's olllce. Elizabeth ' McClure, for over 40 years an employe of the Omaha teli: phone company, was retired on a pen elon January 1st. Headquarters of the enforcement division of the Nebraska federal pro hlbltloti department are soon to be moved to Lincoln. Ceresco is to have a new financial Institution to .be known as- tho -Union State Bank. Tlio stockholders are principally farmers. More than 100 petitions, asking that capital punishment be abolished in Ne braska, have been sent out by Sirs. C. V. Hayes of Omaha. At a recent meeting of the stock l olders, it was decided to allow no gambling concessions of any naturo at tlio Loup Valley fair next fall. Governor McKelvIe has appointed Mrs. C. II. Dietrich of Hustings a mem ber of the state library commission In place of S. A. Somer of Lincoln who resigned some time ago. Martin Klawlkose, of Auburn, holds the record for corn husking this sea son 3,350 bushels In thirty-seven duys, nenrly 100 bushels a duy. Contributions totaling $25,781.37 for relief of starving children In Central Europe have been received to date by G. V. Wattles, state chairman. Dr. P. L. Hall, president of the Cen tral National bank of Lincoln, has been elected president of the board of re gents of the state university for tlio coming blennlum. It Is osserted. by those In position to know, thnt Frank Alexander, a Fremont boy, whose death by suicide has been erroneously reported, died from a gunshot wound, accidentally received. Commerce High school buildings at Omahu, together with several apart ments and dwellings In the same block, were destroyed by fire New Year's day, with an approximate loss of $150,000. Auburn sportsmen made a bIg kill ing near that place, bagging 489 cotton tails, twenty-seven Jack rabbits, three crows, three hawks and one opossum. The rabbits were sold and the money used for the benefit of the needy. It Is estimated that $12,000,000 Is paid out annually to the employes of the various packing plants of Omaha, and although there wrs a decrcose in the receipts of live stock, most all of the employes were kept steadily em ployed at the different plants. C. A. Sorenson, chairman of the Non partisan League of Nebraska, has Is sued u call for a mass meeting of men und women voters to ho held at Lin coln, January 10 and 20, for the pur pose of making demands on the legis lature for a "constructive program of economic, polltlcnl and social pro gress." Six stills, 450 gallons of moonshine and three men were captured by a force from the sheriffs office In n rnld upon n farm in the woods near Car ter lako In Douglas county. The stills were found In the house and barn but liquor was bidden In many places scattered over the farm. Jtmmle Keating of Lincoln wanted to Join the navy, but was short on weight. A conference with the police Judge resulted in a Jail sentence, and In sixteen days he succeeded In put ting on weight enough to secure for himself a four-year "hitch" with Uncla Sam Tho Aurora Itotnry club will cel ebrate Its first birthday with a banquet January 17. State Auditor Marsh, In a recent re port, places the value of state prop erty at S105.077.38-l. Firemen attending the state conven tion at York, January 18 and 10, will get special rates on railroad fare. A total of 02,170,000 bushels of grain wero received and 04,743,700 husheis were shipped out by the Omaha Grain Exchange during the year just closed. Nebraska Federation of ltetallers will hold a meeting nt Omaha, January 4-28. The association embraces deal ers in siioes. furniture, dry goous, clothing nnd groceries. The Union Stock Yards of Omahn Is tho second live stock market of tho world, and In better shape to haiidla business than in any of tho 37 years It has been In existence. Three hundred post udjutants of Ne braska chapters of the American Le gion have been Invited to a conference at Lincoln, January 12, by State Ad Jutant Frank 15. O'ConneU. Churches of uroenwood have ac quired nearly n hundred new membors ns the result of a largely Attended re vival conducted by Evangelist W. D. Hamilton of University Place. A. D. Hays, a member of the Lin coin fire department, died of heart failure as he was returning from work nt the municipal skating rink, which he had been Hooding with water. Severn! hundred men employed In the car and motive power shops of tho Burlington at Havelock, Platts mouth and division points in Nebras ka, have been laid off for nn Indefinite period Annexation Is worrying University Place citizens ngaln. During the past two sessions of the legislature meas ures to annex thnt city to Lincoln havo been Introduced, but failed to get through. Thirty-five street carmen In Omnha have been granted permission to carry firearms. Tho move was made us an endeavor to reduce holdups und law lessness In that city. Kappa Delta Phi, fraternity nt Uio state university, has been granted a charter of Lamba Chi Alpha. The pe tition was made to the convention of tho fraternity held In Indianapolis last week. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Hunter, of El wood, Celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary last week In tho Masonic hall, where their silver wed ding anniversary was observed twenty five years ago. Mrs. Evelyn Prelss McElhaney, con vlcted at Alliance of second degreo murder for the shooting of Earl B. Anderson, has been sentenced to a term of thirty years in the state peni tentiary at hard labor. Arrangements for tlio opening of tlio 1021 basketball season at the stato university In the coliseum nt tho fair grounds ut Lincoln, Janunry 14, are being made by Director Luehrlng of the athletic department Electric light and power rates have been boosted In Stnnton from 12 nnd G cents to 14 and 8 cents, respectively. Fifty bend of Durocs were sold at Beaver City by J. C. Forney for $0,500, nn average of $130 a head. In the face of n heavy decrease In live stock at nil of the big western mnrkets, the Omaha market remains in second place by a margin of ap proximately 550,000 head of all kinds of stock, leading Knnsns City, which Is In third plnce, by this margin. Three baby girls, all In excellent condition and weighing live pounds each, were born to Mrs. Neal Mclntyro in Nebraska City last week. There nro six other children In the fnmlly, tho oldest being sixteen yenr of age. At the close of their annunl meeting at Lincoln tho association of county agents of Nebraska elected the follow ing officers for the year: President, II. It. Frauscli, Bed' Cloud ; vice presi dent, Philip Sheldon, Scotts Bluffs; secretary-treasurer, H. G. Gould, Sid ney. Edwin Smith, a member of the Ne braska City high school basket hall team, fractured his collar bono whll nt practice and will be out of the game for several weeks. Last fall, Just be fore the opening of the foot ball sea son, young smitii rrnctureu tne same bone and was out of the game during the entire season. Approximately 15,000 farmers Joined the Nebraska Farm Burenu Federa tion In seventeen counties up to December 18. This Is nn average of 852 to the county. As many of these counties are sending In additional members, It Is probable that tho uver nge will be about 1,000 a county, or nbout 70.000 for the entire stnte when the membership canvass Is co'iiplete. C. E. Hartford, state fire marshal, estimates that while the total fire loss In Nebraska for 1020 will be little if any greater than In 1010, the loss by lncendlnry fires has Increased to an alarming extent. It will cost the stato $770,530 more durlnu the next two years to run Its stnte Institutions according to nn es timate made by the board of control in its report Just mnde public. The to tal cost during the blennlum Just past was $3.037.0770. 'I" - estimated cost for the coming two .. .-urs, as given In the annual roort of the hoard, Is ! $4,708,000. A guarantee fund of $10,000 has been pledged by Lincoln citizens for tho purchase and distribution of conl lo worthy people who are out of work or are unable to purchase fuel Just at present. Governor McKelvIe has revived two old customs, the Inaugural ball and governor's military staff. Imme diately following the Inauguration January 0, a reception will bo held at the governor's mansion nnd dancing will follow. Light refreshments will be served. A reception for state of ficers and employes followed by danc ing will be held January 7. Back Giving Out? Is backache making you miserable? 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