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CHAPTER X Continued.
10
lliiKli wnlkod to ttio top of tho
stairs. A grin spread over Ills fuce
h lio saw half a dozen familiar faces
In tho hall, and lit) hailed thorn
cheerily.
"Llko old times, boyB," he laughed.
"Where's tho driver of the lorry?"
"That's me, sir." One of them
stepped forward.
"Oood," said Hugh. "Take your bud
ten miles from here: then drop that
crowd ono by one on tho roud as you
go along. You can take It from mo
that none of 'cm will say anything
uhout It, oven when they wake up.
Then tnko her back to your garngo;
I'll sco you later.
"Now," went on Hugh, as they heard
tho sound of tho departing lorry,
"we've got to set tho scene for to
morrow morning." He glanced at his
watcb. "Just eleven. How long will
It take me to get the old buzz-box to
Laldley Towers?"
"Laldley Towers," echoed Dnrrell.
"WIih. tho devil are you going there
for?"
"I fust can't bear to be parted from
Henry for ono moment longer than
necessary," said Hugh quietly. "And
Henry Is there, In u praiseworthy en
deavor to lift the duchess pearls. . . .
Dear Henry I" His two fists clenched,
and tho American, looking ut his face,
laughed softly.
But It wan only for a moment thut
Drummond lndhlgcU In the pleasures
of antidilution; all thut could come
after. And Just now there were other
things to bo dono many others, If
cants next morning were to go . as
tfioy should.
"Tnko thoso two Into tho center
room," ho cried. "Incidentally there's
a dead Bocho on tho iloor, but he'll
cotnn In very handy In my little
iwheme."
"A dead Bocho I" Tho Intimidated
ndiliU gave a frightened squeak.
"Good heavens I you ruffian, this Is
Imyond a Joke."
Hugh looked at him coldly.
"You'll find It beyond a Joke, you
icisornblo little rat," ho said quietly,
"If you speak to mo like that" He
laughed ns tho other shrank past him.
'Three of you boys In there," he or
dered briskly, "and If cither of them
gives the slightest troublo clip him
over tho head. Now let's have the
lfSt of tho crowd In here, Peter."
They camo filing In, nnd Hugh
vnved a cheery hand In greeting.
"How goes It, you fellows," ho cried
with his Infectious grin. "Llko a com
imny pow-wow beforo ioppIng tho
parapet. Wlmtl And It's a bigger
Hhow this time, hoys, than any you've
bad over tho water. Gather round,
Mid listen to me."
For live minutes ho spoke, and his
audience nodded delightedly. Apart
from tholr lovo for Drummond and
three out of every four of them know
And Once Again the American Laughed
Softly at the Look on His Face.
him personally It was u schomo which
tickled them to death. And he was
cureful to tell them Just enough of tho
sinister design of the master-criminal
to make them realize the bigness of
the Issue.
"That's all clear, then," said Drum
noml, rising. "Now I'm off. Toby,
I want you to cotno, too. Wo ought
to bo there by midnight."
There's only ono point, captain,"
remarked tho American, as the group
began to disperse, "That safe and
the ledger." He fumbled In his pocket,
juid produced a small India-rubber hot
tie. "I've got the soup here gel
ignite," ho explained, ns he saw the
.mystified look on tho other's face. "I
reckoned It might come In handy. Al
100 a fmo und detonator."
"Splendid I" sold Hugh, "splendid I
hfou'to nn acquisition, Mr. Groun, to
Way gathering, Hut 1 think I think
Lnklngton first. Ohl yea most un
doubtedly Henry first 1"
And onco again tho . American
laughed softly at tho look on his face.
CHAPTER XI
In Which Laklngton Plays His Last
"Coup."
ONE
"Toby, I've got a sort of horrid feel
ing thut tho hunt 's nearly over."
With a regretful sigh Hugh, swung
the cart out of the sleeping town of
Godulmlng In the direction of Laldley
Towers. Mile after mile dropied
smoothly behind the powerful two-
seater, and still Dnimmond's eyes wore
a look of resigned sadness.
"Very nearly over," he remarked
again. "And then once more tho
tedium of respectability positively
stares us In the face."
"You'll be getting married, old bean,"
murmured Toby Sinclair hopefully.
For n moment his companion bright
ened up.
"True, O King," ho nnswerod. "It
will ensc the situation somewhat; at
least, I suppose so. Hut think of It,
Toby: no Lnklngton, no Peterson
nothing at all to play about with and
keep ono nmused."
"You're very certain, Hugh." With
a feeling almost of wonder Sinclair
glnnced nt tho square-Jawed, ugly
profile beside him. "There's many u
slip . . ."
"My dear old man," Interrupted
Drummond, "there's only one cure for
tho proverb-quoting disease a dose of
salts In the morning." For a while
they raced on through the warm sum
mer's night In silence, nnd It was not
till they were within a mile of their
destination that Sinclair spoke again.
"Whnt aro you going to do with
them, Hugh?"
Who our Carl and little Henry?"
Drummond grinned gently. "Why, I
think that Carl and I will part
amicably unless, of course, ho gives
me any trouble. And ns for Lnklng
ton wo'll hnve to see about Laklng
ton." Tho grin faded from his face
ns ho spoke. "Wo'll havo to sco about
our llttlo Henry," ho repeated softly.
"And I can't help feeling, Toby, .that
between us wo shall find a method of
ridding the earth of such a thoroughly
unploaslng follow."
You mean to kill him?" grunted
the other non-commlttnlly.
"Just that, and no more," responded
Hugh. "Tomorrow morning as ever
Is. Hut he's going to get the shock
of his young life before It huppens."
Ho pulled the car up silently In the
deep shadows of some trees, and the
two men got out.
"Now, old boy, you take her hack
to The Elms."
"Hut confound It all," spluttered
Toby Sinclair. "Don't you want mo
to help you?"
"I do: by tnklng the buzz-box back
'Plilu HHIn ulmu. lu ttit utwi '
For a moment or two Hugh stood
watching tho car ns- It disappeared
down the road along which they had
Just come, while his thoughts turned
to the. girl now safely asleep In his
fiat In London. Another week per
haps a fortnight but no more. Not
a day more. . . . And so delightful
was tho train of thought thus con
Jured up, Unit for a whllo Peterson
and Lnklngton were -forgotten, The
roseate dreams of tho young about to
wed have been known to net slmllnrly
before.
Wherefore to the soldier's Instinc
tive second nature, trained In tho war
and slmrpened by his grim duel with
tho gang, must bo given tho credit of
preventing the ringing of tho wedding
bells being postponed for good. The
sudden snnp of a twig closo by, the
sharp hiss of a compressed-air rllle,
seemed simultaneous with Hugh hurl
Ing himself Hat on his face behind a
sheltering bush. In reality there was
that fraction of a second between the
actions which allowed the bullet to
pass harmlessly over his body Instead
of finishing his career there and then
Lie heard It go zlpplug through the
undergrowth ns ho lay motionless on
the ground; then very cautiously ho
turned his bend and ioarcd about.
A shrub was shaking a few yards
away, and on It Hugh fixed his half-
closed eyes. If ho lay quite still the
man, whoevor ho was, would probnbly
assume tho shot had taken effect and
come and Investlpite. Then things
would bo enslcr, as two or, throe
Hoches had discovered to their cost
In days gone by.
I' or two minutes ho saw no one;
then very slowly tho branches parted
and tho while face of n man peered
through. It was tho chauffeur who
usually drove tho Rolls Royee, and
ho seemed unduly anxious to satisfy
himself that all was well before com
lig nearer. Tho fame of Hugh Drum
mond had spread abroad amongst the
satellites of Peterson.
At last he seemed to make up his
nimu, anil cnnie out into tho open.
Step by step ho advanced toward tho
motionless figure, his weapon held In
roadlness to hhoot nt tho faintest
movement. Hut the soldier lny
sprnwlinu and Inert, nnd by the time
the chaulTeur had replied him there
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was no doubt, in Unit worthy's mind
Hint, at last, this wretched meddler
with things that concerned him not
had been laid by the heels. Which
was as unfortunnte for the chauffeur
as it had been for unwary Huns in
the past.
Contemptuously he rolled Drum
mond over; then, noting the relaxed
muscles und Inert limbs, he laid his
gun on the ground preparatory to run
ning through his victim's pockets. And
tho fact that such an action was a
little more foolish thnn offering n man
eating tiger a peppermint lozenge did
not troumo tne ennuneur. in met,
nothing troubled him again.
He got out one gasping cry of ter
ror as he realized his mistake; then
he hnd a blurred consciousness of the
world upside down, and everything
was over. It. was Olakl's most danger
ous throw, carried out by gripping the
victim's wrists and hurling his body
over by a heave of the legs. And nine
times out of ten the result was a
broken neck. This wus one of tho
nine.
For n while the soldier stared at tho
body, frowning thoughtfully. To have
killed the chauffeur was Inconvenient,
hut since It hnd happened It neces
sitated a little rearrangement of his
plans. The moon was setting nnd tho
night ouhl become dnrker, so there
was a good chance thut Lnklngton
would not recognize that tho driver
of his car had changed. And if ho
did .well, It' would be necessary to
forego the somewhat theatrical enter
tainment he hnd staged for his benefit
ut The Elms. Hending over the dead
mnn, he removed his long grey driving-coat
and cap; then, without a
sound, he threaded his way through
the bushes In seurch of the car. '
He found It about a hundred yards
nearer tho house, so well hidden In
a small space bff the road that he
was almost on top of It before he real
ized the fact. To his relief it was
empty, and placing Ills own cap In a
pocket under the seat he put on the
driving-coat of his predecessor. Then,
with a quick glance round to ensure
thut everything was In readiness for
the Immediate and rapid depnrture
such as he Imagined Lnklngton would
desire, he turned and crept stpalthllj
toward the house.
TWO
Laldley Towers wns en fete. The
duchess, determined that every con
ceivable stunt should be carried out
which would make for the entertain
ment of her guests, had spared no
pains to mnke the evening a success.
Tho duke, bored to extinction, hud
been five times routed out of lib study
by his Indefatigable spouse, and was
now, ut the moment Hugh first came
In sight of the house, engaged In slink
ing bunds with a tall, aristocratic-
looking Indian. . . .
"How d'y do," he murmured va-
cantly. "Whnt did you say the dam'
fellah's name was my denrV" he whis
pered In a hoarse undertone to the
UuchesH, who stood beside hlin wel
coming the distinguished foreigner.
"We're so glad you could come, Mr.
Hum Dnr," remarked the duchess af
fably. "Everyone Is so looking for
ward to your wonderful entertain
ment." Hound her neck were the his
toric pearls, and as the Indian bowed
low over her outstretched bund, his
eyes gleamed for a second.
It had been the marquis of Laldley
himself who had suggested getting
hold of this most celebrated perform
er, who had apparently never been
In England before. And since the
marquis of Luldley's comlng-of-nge
was the cause of the whole evening's
entertainment, his suggestion had
been hulled with ucclnmatlon. How
ho hnd heard about the Indian, and
from whom, were points about which
ho wus very vugue; but since he was
a very vague young man, the fact
elicited no comment. The iiuilii thing
was that here, in the llosh, wus u
durk, mysterious performer of tho oc
cult, und what more could u house
party require' And In the general
excitement Hugh Drummond crept
closer to the open window. Suddenly
Ills jaw tightened; Irma Peterson had
entered the room with young Laldley.
"Do you want anything done. Mr.
Until Dur?" asked the duchess "the
lights down or tho window shut?"
"No, I thauk you," returned the In
dlan. "I am ready. Who first will
learn of the things that are written on
the scroll of Fate?"
And It was at that moment that the
Intent watcher outside the window
began to shako with silent mirth. For
the faco was tho faco of the Indian,
Hum Dar, but the voice was the voice
of Laklngton. It struck him that
the next ten minutes or so might bo
well worth while. Tho problem of re
moving the pearls from the duchess'
neck bofore such nn assembly seemed
to present a certain amount of dllll
culty even to such an expert as Henry.
And Hugh crept n little nenrer the
window, so aw to miss nothing.
Evidently the scene wus now set
tho necessnry props were In pos'tlon
and Hugh wnlted with growing lm
nutlonco for tho principal evont. Hut
the principal performer seemed In no
hurry, In fact. In his dry wuy Lak
ington wus thoroughly enjoylntc him
self. A'i Inttmute Inside knowledge
of the skeletons thut rattled their
bones In tho cupboard. of most of
those' present enabled the gods to
speak with disconcerting accuracy;
nnd as each victim Insisted on some
body new facing the sands thut came
from beyond the mouutnlns, the per
formance seemed likely to Inst Indefi
nitely. At last a sudden delighted burst of
applause came from the group, an
nouncing the discomfiture of yet an
other guest, and with it Lnklngton
seemed to tire of the amusement. En
grossed though he was In tho untlclpu-
Hon of the mnln Item which wns still
to be staged, Drummond could not but
udmlre the extraordinary accuracy of
the character study. Not a detail had
been overlooked; not a single flaw In
Laklngton's nctlng could he notice. It
was an Indian who stood there, and
when a few days later Hugh returned
her pearls to the duchess, for a long
time neither she nor her husband
would believe that Ram Dar had been
an Englishman disguised. . . . And this
was what happened aB seen by the
fascinated onlooker crouching nenr the
window outside.
Superbly disdainful, the lndtnn
after a short, meaningless patter, to
hold the attention of the audience,
stalked to the open window. With
arms outstretched he stared Into the
darkness, seeming to gnthcr strength
from the gods whom lie served.
"Do your ears not hear the whisper
ings of the night?" he demanded. "Life
rustling tn tho leaves; death moaning
"Where Did the Protector of the Poor
Obtain the Sacred Cabinet of the
Chow Kings?"
through the grasses." And suddenly he
threw bnck his head and laughed, a
fierce, mocking laugh; then he swung
round und faced the room. For a while
he stood motionless, nnd Hugh, from
the shelter of the bushes, wondered
whether the two quick llnshes that
had come from his robe ns he spoke
flashes such as a small electric torch
will give, and which were unseen by
anyone else Were a signal to the de
funct chauffeur.
Then a peculiar look came over the
Indian's face, ns his eyes fell on a
Chinese cabinet.
"Where did the Protector of the
oor obtuln the sncred cabinet of the
Chow kings?" Ho peered at It rever
ently. and the duke coughed.
"One of my ancestors picked It up
somewhere," he nnswerod apologctl
cally.
"Fashioned with the blood of men,
gunrded with their lives, and one of
your uncestors picked It up!" The
duke withered completely under the
biting scorn of the words, nnd seemed
about to shy something, but the Indian
had turnqd away, and his long, delicate
fingers were hovering over the box,
With gleaming eyes he stared In
front of li I in, and a woman shuddered
uudlbly.
VWhut Is It supposed to do?" she
ventured timidly.
"For centuries that box contained
the jewels precious beyond words
of the reigning queens of the Chow
dynasty. They were wrapped In sll
ver und gold tissue of which this Is
a feeble, modern substitute."
From n cummerbund under his robe
ho 'drew a piece of shining, material,
tho appearanco of which was greeted
with cries of feminine delight.
"You would not nsk mo to commit
sncrllege?" Quietly he replaced the
material In his belt and turned nwuy,
nnd Hugh's eyes glistened nt the clev
erness with which the mnn wns nct
lng. Whether they believed It or not,
there wns not a soul In the room by
this time who wus not consumed with
eagerness to put the Chinese cabinet
to the test.
"Supposing you took my pearls, Mr,
Ram Dar," said the duchess diffident
ly. "I know that compared to such
historic Jewels they are poor, but per
haps It would not.bo sncrllege."
Not a muscle on Laklngton's face
twitched, though It was the thing ho
hod been playing for. Instead he
seemed to be sunk In thought, while
the duchess continued pleading, und
the rest of tho party added their en
treaties. Then, ns If ho had decided
suddenly, ho swung round.
"I will try," ho announced briefly,
nnd the duchess bended tho chorus of
delight. "Will the Presences stand
bnck, nnd you, your Grace, tnko that?"
He handed her tho piece of material.
"No haiid but yours must touch the
pearls. Wrap them up Inside the sil
ver und gold." Aloofly he watched
the process. "Now advance alone, nnd
open the box. Place tho pearls In
side. Now shut and lock It." Obedi
ently the duchess did as she was bid ;
then she stood waiting for further in
structions.
Hut nppnrently by this time tho
Great Brooding Spirit wns beginning
to tnko cfTecL Singing a monotonous,
harsh chant, tho Indian knelt on the
floor, and poured some powder Into
n little nruzier. lie wns still ciose
to the open window, and finnlly he sat
down with his elbows on his knees,
and his head rocking to und fro In
his bunds.
"Less light less light r The words
seemed to come from a great distance
ventriloquism .In a mild wny was
one of Laklngton's accomplishments;
nnd as the lights went out a greenish,
spluttering flnmo rose from the brazier.
A heavy, odorous smoke filled the
room, but framed and motionless in
the eerie light snt the Indian, staring
fixedly In front of him. After a time
the chant began again; It grew and
swelled In volume till the singer grew
frenzied and bent his head with his
hands. Then nbruptly It stopped.
"Plnce the box upon the floor," he
ordered, "in the light of the Sncred
Fire." Hugh saw the duchess kneel
down on the opposite side of the
brnzler, nnd plnce the box on the floor,
while the faces of the guests strango
and ghostly In the great light peered
like specters out of the heavy smoke.
This was undoubtedly a show worth
watching.
"Open the box I" Hnrshly the words
rang through the silent room, and with
fingers thnt trembled a little the duch
ess turned the key and threw back
the lid.
"Why, it's empty 1" she cried In
amazement, nnd the guests craned for
wnrd to look.
'Put not your hnnd Inside," cried
the Indian In sudden wnrnlng, "or per
chnnco It will remain empty."
The duchess rapidly withdrew her
hand, and stnred Incredulously through
the smoke nt his Impassive face.
"Did I not say that there was power
In the box?" he said dreamily. "The
power to render Invisible the power
to render visible. Thus camo pro
tection to the jewels of the Chow
queens."
"That's all right, Mr. Ram Dar,"
said the duchess a little apprehens
Ively. "There may be power In the
box, but my pearls don't seem to be.'
The Indian lnughed.
"None but you bus touched the cab
lnet, your Grace; none but you must
touch It till the pearls return. They
are there now; but not for mortal
eyes to see."
Which, Incidentally, was no more
than the truth.
"Look, ohl sahibs, look; but do not
touch. See that to your vision the box
Is empty, . . ." He waited motion
less, while tho guests thronged round,
with expressions' of amazement; and
Hugh, safe from view In the thick,
sweet-smelling smoke, enmo even near
er In his excitement.
"It Is enough," cried the Indian
suddenly. "Slmt the box. your grace,
and lock It as before. Now place it
on the table whence it came. Is it
there?"
"Yes." The duchess' voice came out
of the green fog.
"Go not too nenr," he continued
warnlngly. "The gods must have
spuce the gods must have space."
Again the liarsh chant begun, at
times swelling to a shout, ut times
dying nway tp a whisper. And It was
during one of these latter periods that
a low laugh, Instantly checked, dls
turbed the room. It wns plainly audi
bio. and someone Irritably said, "Be
quiet!" It was not repeated, which
afforded Hugh, at any rate, no sur
prise. For It had been Irma Peterson
who hnd laughed, and It might have
been hllnrlty, or It might have been
a signal.
"Bring the box, your grace," he cried
harshly, and once more the duchess
knelt In the circle of light, with
row of dimly seen faces above her.
"Open ; but as you value your pearls
touch them not." Excitedly she
threw back the lid, and n chorus of
cries greeted the appearance of the
gold nnd silver tissue ut the bottom of
the box.
"They're here, Mr. Ram Dar."
In the green light the Indian's som
her eyes stnred round the group of
dim faces.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
The Iberians.
The Iberians were un undent peo
ple living nt the mouth of the Iberus
(Ebro) river lu enstem Spain. Later
tho Inhabitants of the entire peninsula
wero called Iberians. The term now
is upplled to the primitive Neolithic
nnd bronze-nge men whose remulns
nnd relics lire found In nnclcnt graves
and grottoes throughout western En
rope. The race wus characterized by
long bends and short stature. The
term Iberia still Is frequently used
In reference to Spain and Portugal
especially In literature, the expression
Iberlnn peninsula being quite common,
World's Largest Spring.
Whnt Is the largest spring In the
world? Florida has one which must
bo nenr the head of the list. This Is
called Wakulla spring. It Is 400 feet
across, Is 80 feet deep and flows at
the rato of 120,000. gallons of wnter
every minute. It gives rise to a river
250 feet wide nt its source. This
mammoth spring is situated about IB
miles from Tallahassee. Outlook.
Spared Something.
Jonah shuddered.
"Supposo they had quarantined the
whule nnd me for typhus?" ho cried,
CORNHUSKER ITEMS'
News of All Kinds Gathered From,
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
Julius Wclgl of Ravenna has re
turned home after an absence of eight
years. Welgel, a wealthy Schneider
township fnrmer, is a native of Ger
many and In 1013 he decided to visit
relatives in that country. Shortly af
ter his arrival all Europe wus seething
In war nnd Welgel was unable to leave
despite frantic protestations agnlnst
his retention. Then America got Into
the gamo and there was nothing left
for Welgel to do but mnke the best of
his stay, regardless of how dlsngree
ablo it was under th circumstances.
.Sight years later, through the Swiss
consulate, ho finally had his passports
properly Tlscd and took the next
steamer for home.
On July 19 citizens of the school
district of Gllead, and four surround
ing districts will vote on a proposition
to unite In one high school district.
There are already seven such schools,
in the state. They are located at
Champion, Chase county; Lyons, Burt
county; Dlx, Kimball county; Lowell,
Kearney county; Bellevue, Sarpy
county; Mlnntnre, Scottsbluff county;
Drilling for oil by the Home Oil Cp.,
composed of Hastings business men,
has begun on the Dan Nettleton farm,,
five miles and a half east of Pauline.
Government geologists have a survey.
Tho company has leased several thous
and acres und If oil Is not struck In,
the first well, two or three more will
be drilled.
A Yellowstone National park "cut-
on?' was established on the Natlonul
highway nenr Kimball, which goes
north to the Natlonnl Monument park
road to Scottsbluff, and northwest to
the Scottsbluff Valley highway via
Fort Laramie to Guerney, Wyo. This'
will save seventy-five miles.
Roy Haines, a farmer living near
Lexington, has just threshed a field of
twenty-five acres of wheat which yield
ed forty-seven bushels per acre and
tested sixty pounds Turkey Red. Ills
field Is no better than many other
fields will prove to be In this county.
To lose three barns In the Inst few
years on the same farm was the ex
perience of Charles Dogner, n fanner
northwest of Hebron. Tho first barn
was burned, tho second wns destroyed
in u uyvionu unu me uuru uurneu uy
lightning.
Mell Yoder of Sterling, electric line
man who came near being electrocuted
when he came in contact with a live
wire a month ngo, will go to a hospital
for skin grafting to some of his burns
before lie can recover.
Tho supply of ice at Bloomlleld Is
running low and as a result the Bloom-
field Butter Co. has been compelled to
discontinue the manufacture of Ice
cream. An artificial ice plunt bus
been talked nbout.
Tho community play ground at
Liberty will bo opened July 13. Tho
boys and girls up to fourteen are to
make use of the grounds which will be
under the supervision of Miss Thelma
McMurray.
Marinus Lindhout, of Norfolk, whose
neck was broken when he struck the
bottom of the river after diving into
two feet of water, is still alive, al
though his limbs nre paralyzed.
Cass county lias employed a home
demonstrator, Miss M. Wllklns, a
graduate of the home economics de
partment of the Nebraska state uni
versity. The congregation of the Evangelical
church at Mllford unanimously voted,
to petition congress to cnll a confer
ence on International disarmament.
Governor McKelvle. at Lincoln, an
nounced that the state staff of officers
for the enforcement of dry lnws will
be doubled Immediately.
The wheat harvest In Lincoln nnd
adjoining counties Is now In full swing.
The uvernge yield being about twenty
bushels to the acre.
Com in the Central City community
is from two to three weeks ahead of
usual this year, due to the unusunl
warm weather.
nurvestng of the nenrly 3,000 acres
of potatoes around Kearney Is well
tinder way. The ylchl Is good and so
Is the quality.
A terrific hail storm totally destroyed
-grain over nn nera of more thnn thirty
miles squnre, northwest of Alllnnce.
It Is reported thut the plant of the
Great Western Sugar Co., at Mlnatare.
Is to be completed this fall.
Nehawka has five boys' and girls'
pig clubs with a combined membership,
of forty-one.
Figures compiled by tho stnto de-i
partment of agriculture show thuti
practically 80 per cent of the Nebraska
farmers are native, white Americans.
Of the 124,421 farms In Nebrnsku, 09,
429 aro operated by native, white
farmers, 24,595 by foreign-born whites
nnd 897 by colored farmers, Including
Indians.
The $7,000 monument erected at
Bloomfleld to the memory of those
who sacrificed their lives in the late,
war, was unveiled amid a huge asi
semblage of citizens of tho town and
community.
A drive for memberships In tho
United States Grain Growers, Inc.,
tho farmers' 100,000,000 marketing or
ganzatlon has stnrted In Nebraska and
several co-operative elevators of tha '
state have passed resolutions nuthor
Izlng their olllcers to sign the neces
snry contracts which will nlllgn them,
with the national organization. ;
