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1 Grace Mffler White
IlhislmtyRHLivingstone.
"YOU DARLINGI"
SYNOI'SIS.-OccupylnK a dllnpl
dated fllmck In tho Bllent City, a
Hiiutittor Bottloinent nenr Itlmca,
Now VorkJ l'olly HopklnH liven
with hor father, Binall' Jorry, and
an old woman, Granny Hope. On
an udjacont fnnn, Oscar IScnnett,
prosperous farmor, In a nolKhlor.
Ho la secretly married to Evelyn
Itobertson, supposedly wcnlthy girl
of the nelRhborhood. Marcus Mac
Kenzle, who owns the Kround tho
sauattora occupy, Is tliolr dotcr
mined enemy. Polly ovcrheurs n
conversation between MueKcnxIo
and a stranger, In which tho forme
avows his Intention of driving tho
Bquattors from his land, Tho ntran
Bcr sympathizes with the squatters,
nnd earns Polly's gratitude. Kvelyn
Itobertson dlscovors from her moth
er that they aro not rich, but prno
. tlcally living on tho bounty of
Ilobcrt Perclvnl, Kvelyn'n cousin.
Polly learns from Evelyn that tho
sympathetic stranger 1b Robert
Pcrclval. Kvelyn charges Polly
with a messago to Ucnnctt, telling
him sho can glvo him no moro
money. Slio already blttorly rcgrots
her marriage to the Ignorant farm
er. Polly convoys her message and
Oscar makes 'threats. Ho insists
Kvelyn meet hi in that night, Polly
lias her father and Larry Ulnhop,
a squatter, tako an oath to do Mac
Kcnzlo no Injury. Kvelyn unsuc
cessfully tries to got money from
her mother with which to buy off
Dennett and Induce him to leave tho
country, giving her her freedom.
Sho and MnoKcnzIo avow their
love. At tho arranged meeting that
night Uonnett threatens Evelyn
with exposure unless sho gives him
monoy, Polly moots Robert Per
clval, and thoy aro mutually at
tracted, Polly's feeling being adora
tion. Oscar kills Polly's lamb and
Pcrclval thrashes Oscar.
j CHAPTER VII Continued.
J -7-
A sound of boots moving on bonrds
was bin only unawcr. l'olly coughed
nervously.
"Now tills- Is what I'm going to
Wcr," went on MucKenzle. "No one
'can mtiko mo rnlso the price one cent.
T.ll give you men twcnty-llve Uollnrs
nplcco; you sign over to nic your
Milliliter rights; then tnko your wom
en nnd kids and go."
There wns not n word In nnswer to
tills.' Only Wee Jerry felt Daddy Hop-
kins clasp lilm tighter.
Realizing tlint the stony silence Hint
iniet Ids offer wns prnctlcully n re
'fusul, MncKcnzIo got to Ills feet.
) "You can tnko It, oror go to h 1
lor nil I carol" bo exclnlmcd.
Ho turned towurd tlio door; nnd
then I'ollyop got buck her breath, and
rvvhllo the Bqtmtter men watched sul
lenly, sho stepped "In front of lilm.
"You'ro In wrong, mister," she llared.
"You're d d generous, ain't you?
Twenty-five dollars wouldn't tal;o ui
'anywhere, nn where would wo go
(nnyhow? This nln't movln day in th
Silent City, You've made your tnllr,
now scoot along."
, Mnrcus fixed her with eyes angry
beyond description, llor own blazed
back at him as sho pointed toward tho
. door.
"Scoot out," sho repented, "an' don't
bij comin' again."
MucKenzle lifted his riding whip
threateningly, and every man with n
growl started forward; but ns tho
whip fell buck to his -side, they sank
down again.
Then It was that he shifted tho whip
to his left hand and took from Ids
pocket a shining pistol; and although
l'olly whitened, sho held her ground.
"And you, you Impudent huzzy,"
mapped MucKenzle, "what have you
.got tq. do with it? What aro you, any
way ?"
In splto of the deadly tiling held In
tho white, strong lingers, Tolly's head
went up n bit.
'Tin tho lfttlest mammy In the
world," sho said simply. "I'm mammy
,to this bull setllomont. An' us squat
ter stuys In tho Silent City see?"
' The pistol came up with a click, and
MacKeuzlo, enraged beyond control,
struck Pollyop two stinging blows with
tho riding whip, Then he strode out
into tho open, and, holding high tho
weapon, passed through tho frowning
Jluo of watching women. He gave them
but u Hashing disdainful glnneeuand
when ho turned around, Polly Hopkins
was standing In tho door, motioning
the women Into the shade. Ho came
to a direct halt and shouted at her:
"I'll never offer money again, hut
tit you'll all go, If I havo to burn your
tuts about your heads."
Ail If ho had not spoken, Polly gnve
Mm no heed but ushered woman after
-woman Into tho shunty.
. "I'd ruther ho'd V bit me .huu any.
no of you," sho said, her fifsh ting
ling with pnlu. "If you'd V pounced
ti 'lm, Daddy, or you, Larry, ho'd 'a'
" ftfpputl oho of you dead. Not listen
to me."
Then alio told them that Robert Per-
rfvnl Imti said the squatters should
ktay I tho settlement. Sljo said sho
icYlrmi 'n promise' from n hihn,,bettcr
11 v
is
than Old Marc that ho would help
them. And thus sho brought smiles
back to tho faces of her miserable
friends; and ns they went away, each
woman kissed her, and each man rev
erently placed his hand on lier curly
bead In blessing.
CHAPTER VIM.
Then eamo the days through which
the inhabitants of .the Silent City lived
with nothing to comfort them but
l'olly Hopkins. Scarcely an hour
passed without strangers walking over
tho rough road through the settlement
nnd every one knew that these men, so
curious and yet so unwilling to speak
oven n "good-dny," were doing service
for Marcus MucKenzle.
At last ono day, crushed with ap
prehension and despair, Jeremlnh
Hopkins decided that one of them
should go to Robert Perclvnl to ask
his aid In keeping tho settlement to
gether. Polly was so Biire ho would
keep his word to her now they would
glvo him the chance.
"It's a cholco of the three of you,
Poll," said Lye Bracger, "you or your
daddy or Larry Bishop."
"He wouldn't listen to mo, lassie,"
Hopkins mourned. "Mebbo he would
to you. I dunuo, but mebbe."
Before the girl's sensitive mind
flushed the face of Kobert, nnd she hid
hor red cheeks against tho speaker's
knee.
"Oh, 1 couldn't never goto Mm,
Daddy honey," she murmured. "Please,
Daddy."
"Wo ain't got a chance without
some one's help, Poll," Insisted Brae
ger. "You go along, an' do your d dest
for tho squatters I"
"AH right, Lye," she managed to say.
"I'll go after Jerry's In bed, an the
supper's over."
So It came to pnss that nightfall
found Polly Hopkins struggling up the
hill lo the railroad tracks. Sho turned
south on tho boulevard and stole, cau
tiously along tho Odgo of tho rond.
Sho bnd no desire to meet Old More
or Evelyn. As sho went on she mur
mured to herself sOmo of the love
words Granny Hope had planted In
her memory, and when she turned Into
tho carriageway leading to tho Itob
ertson home, sho held her head a little
higher und walked with less nervous
ness. Around nnd around tho house .sho
crept, until with trepidation she
mounted the steps leading to tho front
porch and tiptoed to a long French
window. It wns pnrtly open nnd there,
seated hefore a table, was tho man she
sought.
Polly knocked once, but the sound
wns so faint Kobert did not hear It.
"Hist," come from between Polly's
lips, and tho young man glanced up.
At the sight of hor ho got to his feet
slowly. Then Polly shoved the win
dow open a crack and squeezed Into
tho room.
A strnngo mixture of conlllctlng ex
pressions swept over bis face, hut
plensuro at tho slghf of her -predominated
them all.
"Pollyop 1" ho exclaimed. "Polly
Hopkins, whnt's tho matter?"
"Old Marc's goln' to turn us all out,
mister," she whispered huskily, search
ing his face, '!an' Daddy sent mo to
ask you to help us."
Hoburt drew one hand across his
brow helplessly.
"I've said everything I could to
make him understand the crime of It
all," ho apologized. "He's like a crazy
man 1 I can't seo how ho can think of
such a thing, oven though your peo
ple wero willing to go, Polly,"
"We nln't; we can't go," sho replied,
quivering. "There ain't a pluco In the
world for squatters but tho Silent
City."
"I know It," ho returned gloomily.
"And can't Love do nothln for us?"
Implored the girl. "Granny Hopo says
It can, an onco I I heard you say
'twas the tho "
Just tit that moment the sound of
footsteps was heard outside In tho hall,
Robert thrust out his band, grasped
Polly by the shoulders, and In another
moment sho found herself behind tho
thick curtain hanging In heavy folds
over rows of books which roso to the
celling.
Tho door opened ; and Pcrclval spun
around to moot Mnrcus MucKenzle.
Ho crushed downhills embarrassment
and offered his visitor n chair.
"Kvelyn sent mo for .a book," Mar
cus explained. "Pardon me for dis
turbing yoy, old chap."
"Sit down," Robert requested with
an effort. ' T
Marcus Phonic his head.
"I can't,' ho replied. "Kvo and I
aro coufablng over something. I told
her I'd get a book and coma right
back."
He made a .movement to walk to
ward the book".Bluives; but, Robort
stopped him.
"You've got to sit down," he said
grimly. "1 wnnt to talk to you."
"In a minute, then," returned Mar
cus. "I'll get the book first."
Very white, Robert walked bofore
MucKenzle to the bookcase. Then
with one sweep of his arm ho moved
aside tho curtain nnd with It Polly
Hopkins. He could feci beneath the
thick material the slender, quivering
body. And there, as tho two men
stood facing the shelves Indcn with
the masterpieces of tho world, nnd
Mnrcus was, running his eye up and
down, Robert felt that first wonder
ful protective love that comes to a
man when he Is shielding a woman.
"Kvelyn paid It was here," observed
MucKenzle cnrelessly. "Let mo look I
A BC Here's D. It ought to bo
on this shelf."
He rend aloud the names of, the
books under his eye while still tho
strong band of his companion held up
the curtain and tho girl.
"Ah, hero It Is," came In exclama
tion. . "There I Thanks, Bob! Now
I'll sit down a minute."
Ho walked back to tho table, and
Perclvnl carefully dropped the drap
eries. Keeping his eye on tho other
man's back, he ran his Angers over
the curtain until he came to tho curly
bend of Polly Hopkins. Two tender
pais fell upon it. Then ho, too, crossed
to the center of the room.
"You're a hospitable chap, Bob,"
laughed Marcus. "Heigh-ho I but to
day I've been some busy. I'll hot you
a quarter of n dollar It won't be three
months before I get every squatter off
that shore. Tho fact of It Is, I've only
got to catch Hopkins, nnd tho rest'll
bo easy. He's a bud actor; and that
girl of bis Is a saucy baggage."
"She's n very good girl," Robert In
terposed In deep tones, "and very pret
ty, too."
The bookcase draperies moved ever
so little. Polly Hopkins nlmost burst
with Joy when she henrd those words.
"Pretty enough, I suppose," Marcus
conceded, "but not good. Site's like
tho rest bad clean through."
Tho curtains moved a little moro;
and Robert caught the sway of them
out o'f the tail of his eye. Ho felt that
if MncKenzle did not go soon, bo would
throw him out. What tho girl would
do If Marc started a tirade against her
father, Robert did not dare contem
plate. "Look here, Marc," ho burst forth,
"you're all wrong about those people,
all dead wrong. They don'tjmrm any
one, ns I can sec. Why can't: you Uvo
and let live?"
Ills eyes (lashing, Marcus stood up.
"No harm, no harm, you say," he
flared. "Why, they steal everything In
sight, and In a fOw more years there
won't bo n fish left In the lake. There
Robert Drew One Hand Across His
Brow Helplessly.
won't bo nnythlng to cntch In season
or out, If the squatters keep up their
Infernal panelling. Hunting nnd llsh
lug are for gentlemen, my dear Bob I
Don't forget that F
"Gentlemen be d til" ejaculated
Robert, and then tho curtains swayed
so that he got tolils feet and started
toward tho door.
"Marc," ho continued, "perhaps wo
can't agree nn this matter at nil, hut
I really do want a heart-to-heart talk
with you about It. But not now I Tho
fact Is 1 was busy when you camo
In"
"Thinking up a few moro pleas for
the squatters, eh?" tho other man
teased. "Well, old fellow, Just remem
ber this. I've got at least twenty-flvo
men watching everything that scamp
of a Hopkins does, and when I get
something on lilm, there won't be twenty-four
hours between that time and
his nrrest."
Robert almost shoved tho speaker
out of the door; but Marcus only
chuckled gpod-iinturedly ns ho went
uwny. When Robert turned the key
In the lock, he stood quite still, breath
ing hard.
From behind tho curtain, Polly
thrust out her head, her small faco
wrinkled und tenrs standing thick In
hor oyem
"I'm a-toln' nfter that pup nn swat
him," Bl hissed stormlly. "Ho lies
when he says my daddy's a scamp."
Perclval lifted a precautionary bund.
"Not too loud," ho wurned. "Come
here." Sho went slowly forward, her
head hanging; hut when bo held out
his huuds she snatched them and bent
her curly herd over the Rtrong lingers
and l;lm;d them passionately.
"Poor little girl, poor llttlo Polly,"
murfflurod Robert, brokenly. Then as
she swhped toward lilm, his nrms went
nrouAri her, and for a moment he
pressed her bond against his breast.
"Polly, Pollyop," bo whispered, kiss
ing her hnlr. "Oh, God, If I owned that
lake property I'd I'd "
A certain deep tone In his voice
brought up Pollyop's head, nnd she
saw In bis oyos nn expression that
made her struggle from his arms.
Fleeing to the porch window, sho'wna
gone before Robert could stop her.
"Bob's a qucor fish, Kvo," 'laughed
MucKenzle, as ho camo Into tho music
room where Kvelyn Robertson wns
waiting for him. "If I hndn't kept my
temper -Just now, wo should have
parted bud friends."
"That's like you, dear," sho smiled.
"But then, of course, you wouldn't let
him bother you. Fussing nbout the
squatters again, I suppose."
Evelyn took his big fingers in her
hnnd and occupied lic?self In examin
ing the white spots on ono of the pol
ished nnlls.
"My big man mustn't mind Bobs,"
sho exclaimed persuasively, noting the
frowning lines thnt had come In his
face. "He's sentimental, Robert Is,
full of half-baked notions about broth
erly love nnd helping tho downtrodden,
and that sort of thing."
The mnn lnughed Indulgently. It
delighted him to have the girl of his
choice express lils own sentiments so
well.
"You precious 1" ho 'murmured.
"They can't fool my Kvo much, can
they?" By n simple twist of his wrist
he captured her hand. Then ho took
up a favorite topic with new zest.
"I want to Improve my property, dear.
The Silent City's nn eyesore t If I
could get the squatters off the lnke
sidc nnd buy the Bennett, farm, I could
make my place the handsomest in tho
county."
At the suggestion about Oscar's
farm, a different light flushed Into
the girl's eyes. Her band twitched In
his.
"That would bo wonderful, dear,"
sho ejaculated. "If If tho squatters
weren't there, you could make n very
lovely drive right along where their
road runs, couldn't you?"
This had been MacKcnzle's Idea,
also. What a capable girl Eve wasl
Ho took her pretty face between his
hands and kissed her onco and then
again and again.
"You darling t" ho murmured.
"You'ro tho wisest little woman in tho
world I My whole ambition Is to mnke
our home Just to suit you. I was talk
ing, to ono of those landscape chaps
up at tho college, the other day, and
he said tho lake section could be made
charming. Wo can build our bouse
on tho hill Just above there!''
j- jiiu uiu iiiiiii, uvciyu iuivi iiuweu,
I "that would Just round out your place
perfectly. Oh, honey, do that right
away. Mr. Bennett will ask moro for
It ns soon as you get rid of tho squat
ters." Marcus lighted n cigarette thought
fully. "The Bennett farm wouldn't be of
nny 'use to mo," he explained slowly,
"unless I can make a clean sweep of
tho whole thing. It's a crime, I tell
you, Kvelyn. Think of It I I bad to
send out of tho county to get my men
to wntch those fellows down there.
Ithaca makes me tired. It's n good
thing I enme bnclc to put some snap
Into the fight against tho squatters."
The girl's white lids made n curtain
between his shining eyes nnd her own.
Evelyn, wns wishing, oh, how very
much she desired that Marcus would
buy the farm. Then Oscar could leave
the country, nnd In another state ho
would sot ljer free I She studied Muc
Kenzlo's fnco covertly through hnlf
closed eyes, considering what to say
and how to say It.
MucKenzle Hung his clgnretto Into
tho grate. He found tho suggestion of
her veiled look so alluring that he
gathered her into his arms und rained
kisses uponjior face.
"I love you so, sweet, I could almost
eat you I" he panted.
A happy sigh, like the perfumed
breath of a roso, slipped from her
parted lips, und when she laughed
again, bis deep chuckles Joined hers.
"Look at me,. dearie. I love
you, little girl."
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
Traded Pipes for Land.
Tho clay pipe Industry of Bristol,
Eng., which Is now entirely closed
down, dates back to the Sqventenuth
century, when largo quantities of
Brlstol-mndo pipes were exported to
the American colonies, English clttys
wore so much preferred by the Indians
to their own rudoly fashlonml pipes
thnt they became valuable as objects
of barter-.or part pursue value In
exchange for land, riireo hundred
pipes ilgure 'u tne list of articles
given by Willlnm Penn In exchnngc for
a tract of land In what Is now Penn
sylvania, and nnother record of enrly
colonial days shows that In 1Q77 120
pipes and 100 Jcws"harps were ex
changed for a plot near Timber Town,
N. J.
Webster's Work on Dictionary.
Noai' Webster began his prepara
tlon for his American dictionary of tho
English Innguugo In 1807 und pub
lished It In 1828. Previous to 1807 he
had published a speller and "A Com
pcndlous Dictionary" both of which
wero probably bolpful In the new tin
dertaklng. The American dictionary
contained 12,000 moro words and
nbout 41,000 more dellnltlons tlmn ban
appeared In nny English dictionary pub
Ushed before his.
CQRNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
A blnzo which started In tho'gnrrot
of tho Friend hotel was -declared by
Flro Chief Hoofer to have all tho ap
pearances of Incendiary origin. Tho
flro wns extinguished with chemicals
boforo much damage resulted. When
tlio volunteer flro department answer
ed the cnll they found Brltton In the
kitchen of tho building, which Is a
throe-story brick structuro, eating pop
corn. When told tlint tho building was
on flro he answered thnt it could not
bo possible. Investigation showed
tlint oil-soaked carpets, and blankets
had been placed In tlio garret Ac
cording to firemen tim building Is In
sured for $20,000.
Wolbach bollcvcs It has tho young
est purebred hog denier In tlio Btato In
tho person of Virgil, son of Mrs. W. H.
Maddox, proprietor of the Glen View
hotel. -While but 12, Virgil sold three
purebred hogs at tho Larson & Son
sale for a lmndsomo price, and im
mediately bid In one of the Larson
gilts for $52. .Those ho sold were his
own raising and which ho earned dur
ing last summer's vacntlon.
When Loo Nicholas, hardwnro mer
chant at Palmer, opened his mall ono
evening recently ho was surprised to
find a ?10 bill In n letter with an ex
planation that- tha sender had at one
tlmo short changed Mr. Nicholas to
tho amount of $1. At another time
ho had taken merchandise from tlio
Nlcholns store to tho amount of $5.
The extra dollar was Included for in
terest
Douglas county post, American leg
ion, was awarded judgment of ono
cent by default in Judge Iledick's
court against F. H. Shoemaker, former
labor leader on charges of slander.
It was charged Shoemaker in n -labor
speech last December stated "tlio leg-
ton was subsidized by the big business
and Interfered with picketing among
labor unions."
Following cremation of his body the
ashes of the late Matthew Goring,
well-known Omaha and Plattsmouth
attorney, will be taken to his child
hood home, Kempton, Bavaria and
scattered over the waters of tlio River
Her, along which he played when a
i..nnll l. mt. .ii lit -j, 1
fvq tvlll lift In nrtnnt.fi iirtfli n wlai'i nftnv
..... uw ... u,wwv.ll HUM 44 tTlflll
expressed by Mr. Gerlng.
Every taxpayer in Nebraska who
turns in property for taxation will
have to glvo an oath that his return
is correct, if a plan proposed at a group
jncoting of county assessors here is
carried out Twenty assessors at a
meeting pnssod a resolution urging that
county assessors require precinct as
sessors to administer an oath on ev
ery tax return in their district
Tho jury in tho $05,000 damage suit
of Arlie Culver of Beatrice against
Union Pacific railroad brought in a
verdict In favor of the plaintiff for 550,-
000. The, case has been the most bit
terly fought of nny tried in me district
court in years and will be appealed
to the supreme court
Tho uncompleted building of the
North American Hotel company, re
cently estimated to be worth $225,000,
Inclusive of real estate, was sold to
Judgo Norvnl, representing Seward,
Omaha and other bondholders, at fore
closure sale for $50,000.
Benkelmnn schools have outgrown
tho present school building, nnd the
district Is preparing to voto a bond is-
suo to cover tho present running ex
penses. New quarters for high school
or grade must bo provided before school
opens next fall.
As an appreciation for tho quick re
sponso made to David City's call for
aid when the I. O. 0. F. tomplo burn
ed the David City city council au
thorlzed tlio sending of a check for
$100 to tlio Seward fire department
The Garrison Poland China Pig club
has completed Its organization and Is
tlio first of Its kind to be stnrtcd In
Butler county this year. Mora than
half of tlio boys have already started,
each having a pure bred sow.
A. H. Byrum of Frnklln county,
member of tlio Nebraska house of rep
resentatives, has filed with tho sec
retary of state notice of his candidacy
as a republican for governor.
Ono hundred Nebraska editors at
tended tlio forty-ninth annual mooting
of tlio Nebraska Press Association
just held nt Lincoln.
An Inspection of tho winter wheat
near Oshkosh shows that practically
all of It Is going through tho winter
in splendid condition, is well rooted
and tho abundnnco of moisturo assures
a speedy growth in tho spring..
H. 0. Yund of Broken Bow has com
pleted Installing his wireless outfit,
Mr. Yund brought tlio sot with lilm
from Coudcrsport, Pa., but on account
of war conditions has not reset tlio
station. He has very complcto equip
ment and can receive messages from
France, Germany, Spain, Norway and
Sputh America.
Lieutenant Claronco Welch, twenty-
seven years old son of Mr. and Mrs,
M. V. Welch, of PnpUllon, was among
tlio severely injured of the crow of
tlio giant dlrlglblo Roma which crash
ed In flames over Hampton Roads.
When Deputy Sheriff T. L. Mlsklmen
went on an errand to tho basement of
the county court house at Alliance, ho
discovered tlint a burglnr had stolen
tho contents of two 100-pound sacks
of granulated sugar and had filled the
sacks with ashes and cinders. Tho
engnr had been confiscated In a raid
on a still several months ago.
Sugar beet growers in the vicinity
of Lowoll and Gibbon nre not In the
least porturhod over tlio announce
ment that the yenr's contract prlco .
will bo around $5 per ton, for Uio
simple reason they do not plan to
rnlso many beets, regardless of prlco.
With irrlgntlon acreage these farm
ers for tho most part uro finding tho
humble potato moro profitable, with
cabbago n closo second. Consequent
ly, this vicinity, which In past years
has raised large quantities of beets,
will build up, Instead, a greatly In
creased potato acreage and also a
large acreage of cabbage. Tho lat
ter product Is becoming more popu
lar nnnunlly. Ono farmer located
south of Gibbon a setting out 40 acres
of cabbage plants to replace beets.
Approximately 180 lnmntcs of Ne
braska penitentiary will soon bo stead
ily employed In tho how prison shirt
and overall factory. Installation of
129 largo power sewing machines Is
expected to bo completed soon. Largo
quantities of buttons, thread and cloth
aro already on hand. Tho fnctory will
probably turn out 125 dozen shirts a
day, according to Warden Feuton. Tho
cntlro product will go to a Jefferson
City, Mo., wholesale concern, which
has contracted for tho labor.
Organized farmers of Nebraska aro
opposed to tlio proposed sales tax to
create revenue for tho soldiers bonus
or for any other purpose, II. D. Lute,
of Lincoln, sccrctnry of the Nebraska
Farm Bureau federation, wired mem
bers of the Nebraska delegation In con
gress. Mr. Luto said the farmers sug
gest that funds for tlio bonus should
come from either a tax on excess pro
fits or from tho Income tax.
Instructors In any of tlio state nor
mal colleges of Nebraska hereafter
will bo refused leaves of absence to
study or attend tlio universities of Col
umbia, Chicago and Northwestern "be
cause tho testimony of thoso who havo
been students and the nows Items in
Uie daily press, show that clgaret
smoking Is common among women in
these Institutions," under a resolution
adopted by the board of education of
state normal schools.
Nebraska's dog population for 1021
was 105,288, according to f.gures giv
en out at tho state house at Lincoln,
baTSod on assessor's returns. That
means thnt there is one poodle, collie,
alrdale, terrier, bull dog or some other
kind of canine for every twelfth per
son in the state. The dog census for
last year shows nn increase of 5,285
over tlint of 1920. Tho assessors madov
no nttempt to place tlio dog wealth.
The Superior High school will havo
a new gymnasium. The proposed
building Is to bo 50x80 feet Thjci
basement room is to consist of class
rooms, which will relieve tho conges
tion of tlio seventh and eighth grades
and tlio high school. The ground
floor will make a gym 30x70 feet, wlttiV
a maple wood basketball floor anda?
seating capacity of 500.
Tho thirty-mile gale accompanied by
slcot put 20,000 miles of telephono
lines with 40,000 phones nnd 300 toll
lines out of commission in the South
Platte district, with a financial loss of
$20,000, M. T. Caster, plant superin
tendent of the Lincoln Telephone nnd
Telegraph Co., announced. Tho heav
iest loss was in Butler county.
For selling liquor to Indians on tho
Winnebago reservation near Walthlll,
Neb., Earl Roso was given a 00-day jail
sentence and a $100 flno by Federal
Judgo Woodrough. This is the min
imum sentence sot. by law. Roso
pleaded guilty. Indian agents testified
that Rose Sold pint of whiskey for $12.
The Richardson county board took
another step In tho building of a new
$200,00C court house when at their
mooting, W. F. Grnnndt of Omaha was
selected as the architect. It Is not
yet known when active work will bo
commenced. ,
Tho city council at Ravenna has
made n call for bids on street paving.
Tlio first district to be paved will cover
about 80 blocks. It Is the object of the
city to povo tho main thoroughfares
and ono block on each sldo street.
At a bond selection held in' Strutton
for the purposo of issuing $12,500 light
extension bonds to replace a similar
issue that were declared illegal tho
lssuo carried by the wide margin of
08 to 8.
J. D. Phllllpe, Fremont contractor,
submitted tlio lowest bid among 10
firms, for the construction of the new
Junior high school to be built at Fre
mont tills summer. Tho bid wns $157,
409. An electric siren Are alarm is to bo
installed at Randolph by tho lire de
partment, to supersede tho bell alarm.
Persons from all parts of the United
States will attend the national debato
at Lexington March 4. when the ques
tion of whether or not speculation Is a
menace to the marketing of grain will
be argued by J. Ralph Plckoll, editor
o Tho Roundup, a Chicago grain
paper, and George C. Jewett of Port
land, Ore., vice president of tlio United
States Grain Growers. Tho debate Is
tho outcome of a challenge published
by PIckel offering to meet any grain
growers' official at any "place In Neb
raska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri or Illin
ois, Tho stato of martial law which has
been In exlstenco in Four MIlo pre
cinct at Nebraska City, In Otoo county,
since January 28, has ceased by a pro
clamation of Governor McKclvle, stat
ing "that vlolenco and disorder had
been suppressed and tliero was no fur
ther need of murtlal law."
Flro destroyed tho five-room home
of W. D, Shual near Springfield. Air.
Shaal wns alone In tho house at the ,
time of the flro and almost suffocated
before rescued. Tho firemen were un
able to save the liouso or contents.
The loss Is estimated at $3,000.