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The selective draft law In operation
reveals some kinks for official Iron
ing. A case In New Jersey provoked
much adverse comment. .Four of five
sons of a widowed mother entered va
rious branches of the service as volun
teers. The fifth son was drafted and
denied exemption. The governor of the
state has Interceded In this and similar
cases, pleading not only dependency,
but the equally strong reason of the
families doing more than their bit
through volunteering.
Women workers who may enter
American munitions factories In the
near future will save much trouble by
taking note of warnings of British doc
tors to women In that class of work.
Some of the thoughtless used powder at
hand to Impart a Titian red color to
their looka. In many cases the result
was facial Jaundice and other diseases.
Eagerness to Improve on nature with
dangerous tools usually defeats the ob
ject. _
There has been added to the London
regiment a new draft of 60 men re
markable for their splendid physique. It
Is the result of a newspaper paragraph
announcing that there were openings
for recruits. The average height of the
new' recruit is 6 feet 11% inches, but
many of them are considerably taller,
and one Is 6 feet 6 inches. The aver
age age is 24% years.
Automobile dealers in Greensburg,
Pa., find It more profitable to sell ma
chines to coal miners than to opera
tors. Since miners are making as
much as $200 to $300 a month, they
have affected many of the styles of
their employers. Never In the history
of the mining Industry in Westmore
land county htj such prosperity been
enjoyed by the miners.
While plowing In a field neail
Charleston, Mo., men unearthed a num
ber of clay pipes of peculiar construc
Mon. The pipes are richly ornamented
in figures and flowers. All appear to
have been used In smoking and are
highly colored. It Is supposed that they
are relics of the ancient mound
builders.
A Pittsfield (Mass.) man, who
p.'anted a war garden alongside a trol
ley line, planted potatoes first, but the
quack grass crowded the seed potatoes
out of. the ground; then he planted
squash seeds, but the vines spread over
the track and were ruined by the
passing ears, and last he tried cab
bages, but the woodchucks got them.
Austin, Tex., has a plant which runs
at full capacity each day, turning out
oakoal, wjjich Is made from the city
garbage, waste paper, old shoes, rags,
etc. The new fuel sells at $6.50 a ton
and is said to burn as long and to give
off as much heat as the best bitumin
ous lump coal, besides relieving the
city of all waste material.
Wages In the mills of Bridgeport,
Conn., have aviated into the salary
class. One manufacturer reports that
the average tradesman pulls down $50
a week, while $70 and up a week is not
uncommon. Overtime and premiums for
quantity of output fattens pay en
velopes as never before.
A 1,000-pound female grizzly bear
was lassoed in the Santa Fe national
forest by J. F. McMullen, trapper, of
the United States biological survey.
The animal was trailed down as she
raced through the woods with a 45
pound trap and a six-foot drag hanging
to her feet.
At the commencement exercises of
the University of Minnesota school of
agriculture,. Miss Olive Cunningham
one of the graduates, wearing an apron
and with a dishcloth In her hand, gave
the audience a number of valuable
suggestions oin the subject of washing
dishes.
A Minneapolis publication which fea
tured the backfire speeches of Senator
La Folletto and Congressman Lundeen
delivered at St. Paul finds the policy an
expensive one. Action by advertisers
annulling contracts because of the se
ditious matter was sustained by local
courts.
The site chosen for the final resting
placo of the body of James Whitcomb
Kiley*4s the highest knoll In Crown Hill
cemetery, just outside Indianapolis.
Tire location commands a view of the
surrounding country and overlooks the
city beloved by the poet.
A stone inkstand at least 100 years
old Is the latest curio to be added to the
Memorial building at Hardwick, Vt. It
Is about two inches square and two
Inches deep. The boring of the stone
appears to have all been done by hand.
All the “come-downs" that thriii Lon
don arc not "made in Germany." Gas
companies serving Beveral sections of
the big town announce a come-down in
price, the new rates averageing about
70 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, f
A combined scraper and brush, cpn
cealed when not in use in the running
board of an automobile, has been in
vented for the purpose of preventing
people with soiled shoes from carrying
dirt into the car.
Two pairs of twins form four of the
five Strickland boys of Houston, Tex.,
now troopers in the First Texas cav
alry. They are: Tate, 19; Oscar, 25;
Gtho, 25; Clenj, 19. and Claude, 21.
Four of the IS sons of R. S. Wills,
of Oakdale, Pa., are in the United
States service, and five others are of
military age and subject to the draft.
It was by means of their well de
veloped organization that the Germans
were able to get most of the valuable
■trade of the Caucasus region.
In a playground league baseball game
mi New Orleans the pitcher of the team
was named Liquor while the opposing
twirler was named Claret.
Bangor, Me., was visited one night
by such a flight of moths that the side
walks in places wore covered with them
to the depth of an inch.
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Cooked crabs* ciaws are nibbled by
;'ie people of Seville, Spain, more for
pastime than for sustenance.
There has been an enormous decrease
In the amount of sulphur exported this
. ear from Sicily.
Thomas Ah Quin is the first Chinese
V"lic' v.-m in San Diego. Cal. He was
rpp'vii’ed a special policeman to serve
>.: compensation.'
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A n<"v!y invented cigaret holder has
?V attachment which ejects the burned
■1 of a eUa-?t without danger of
. u'ning tne fingers.
■r:#e Norwegian In prohibited by Jaw
: • tv, ponding- mor- than 0 cents at
one visit to a public house.
S-ven'y thpufar.d be!is have been
receive*} by a bell foundry in Hanover
COAL QUESTION IS
STILL BOTHERSOME
Dealers of Nebraska Wait on
Further Instructions From
State Administrator.
Lincoln, N*b., Nov. 8.—Coal dealer*
and members of the state railway com
mission ar® of the opinion that State
Fuel Administrator Kennedy la due to
disappointment In getting all the coal
that Nebraska requires. Mr. Kennedy
said in his talk to the dealers that he
was sure the coal would be forthcom
ing and that railroads would be stopped
from confiscating fuel. The commis
sioners say that all their reports Indi
cate a shortage of equipment that is
likely to continue all winter and which
will be heightened when com begins to
move in large quantities. The railroads
have not enough coal to operate and the
government will have a task on Its
hands in supplying them, not to men
tion dealers.
Lincoln dealers will not put govern
ment prices into effect until the expert
Mr. Kennedy has promised to send
looks over their reports to the etate
council of defense and decides what
should be the proper basis. Many of the
grades of coal are now being sold for
less than the government probably will
permit the dealers to charge. These
prices will be advanced as soon as the
government decides what shall be the
prices. Hard coal will drop over 11, It
is now being sold at $15, due to the fact
that dealers had to pay more for it
than the government will hereafter
permit.
The showing of the dealers, when
compared with the government prices
as determined by the announced for
mula, Indicates that the Lincoln con
sumers’ aggregate coal bill will he
higher than now. The government
allows BO cents a ton profit, where the
dealers have been taking only 30 cents.
MERRY TELEPHONE WAR
ON AT RED CLOUD
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3.—According to
filings in the office of the state railway
commission a merry war is on at Red
Cloud between the Farmers’ Indepen
dent Telephone company and the Lin
coln Telephone & Telegraph company,
which have exchanges at that city,
with 300 phones apiece. The former has
started a campaign to get the latter's
subscribers away from it on the ground
that It Is a home-owned company. All
the doctors signed up to order out the
Lincoln phones, and the company re
taliated by hiring messengers to call
all the doctors subscribers desire. It
has also taken a 10-year lease on a
block and Is putting in a new plant.
The Lincoln company has filed a mo
tion asking the Farmers’ company to
elect, in Its case there, whether it will
proceed under a contract with the Lin
coln company to furnish toll connec
tions, which the latter cut when the
local war started, or under the statute
which requires such connections. If
the latter issue Is forced the company
will take the matter to the court of last
resort, claiming that compulsory con
nection lakes their property away with
out due compensation or process of law,
and therefore violates the constitution.
8EWAGE DISP08AL IS
WORRYING FREMONT
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 3.—While the
criminal complaints filed In Omaha
against the Fremont mayor and city
council have not yet been pushed to
the point of causing the arrest and de
tention of the Fremont officials, they
have had apparently the effect desired.
The counctlmen at a meeting show
ed desire to get some immediate ac
tion on the proposition of finding a suit
able outlet for the Fremont sewer,
which at present is dumped into a creek
bed near the town of Valley, 14 miles
away. The council for three years has
been casting about In an effort to find
a solution to the problem, but without
success. Yesterday it authorized a
committee, the city engineer and the
board of public works to go to Sedalia,
Mo., where an investigation at close
range can be made of a successful sep
tic system for handling the sewage.
NORMAL SCHOOLS ARE
BAD OFF FINANCIALLY
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3.—State Treas
urer Hall reports that the normal
schools now have an overdraft of nearly
$250,000. and that for the second year
of the biennial period it will have not
to exceed. $75,000 left of the $400,000
appropriated. Most of the money has
been spent in finishing buildings at
Wayne, Kearney and Chadron normals.
The Wayne normal has agreed to waive
Its share of the money set aside for the
purchase of demonstration farms and
equipment therefor. These were to be
utilized In training teachers to be in
structors In agriculture In public
schools, as now required bv law. Wayne
wants to spend the money In extend
ing Its campus. The legislature refused
to make any campus extension appro
priations and the normal board pro
poses doing this out of money raised
by taxes.
ALL SUGAR FACTORIES
RUNNING FULL BLAST
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 3.—Union Pacific
and Burlington officials report that all
the sugar factories on the two lines are
in operation.
In western Nebraska, Colorado and
Wyoming the acreage in beets Is con
siderably greater than last year, but it
is not thought the yield per acre will
be any larger. The yield was cut down
to some extent on account of a dry spell
during August.
It is said that the beet sugar factories
of the central west are running at full
time and that within the next two
weeks their output will be on the mar
ket.
SENATOR NORRIS SAYS
HE IS A CANDIDATE
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3.—Senator
George W. Norris, in Lincoln for a few
hours, said that he could not help being
a candidate for reelection in view of the
fight being made upon him, and that
his name would be submitted to the re
publicans In the primary of 1918. He
proposes to make an extensive tour of
the state prior to the primary election
j to state his case in person to the people.
He said there was no truth in the story
I that he was thinking of opening u law
I office in New York city and said he
proposed remaining in Nebraska.
1 FARMERS SAY MANY
OF THEIR POTATOES FREEZE
Ainsworth, Neb., New 3.—-As many as
j 25,000 bushels of potatoes are estln\atz<
i to have frozen in Brown county as :
result of the sudden drop in tem'neva
turo of the past few days, wh n tli
thermometer registered as low as 4
• green below zero. Nearly < v or e .
er suffered loss, the Indie J■.< A
■ ranging from a ) j> bushel* : :>
1,500 bushels. Scores of y.nl
i been sng&ged hi trying to - r, e -
Imaindei of the crops. . li; v. s
earliest freeze in this you-tc.v- >.
BLOOMFIELD STAGES
PATRIOTIC MEETING
Former Pro-German Citizens
Announce They Have Experi
enced Change of Heart.
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Bloomfield, Neb., Nov. 3.—A thousaii
people attended the patriotic meeting
held at the Bloomfield opera house. The
meeting was called by Mayor W. H.
Harm and the feature of the evening
was the appearance upon the platform
of Messrs. John A. Steffen and Oustaf
Eisenhauer who were arrested here Sat
urday for seditious utterances and fort
obstructing the big Liberty loan drive.
Both of these men publicly admitted
their guilt and stated that they in the
future would be loyal American citi
zens. Their resolve was received with
tumultuous applause and they were
welcomed into the ranks of ksyal sup
porters of the old flag. Speeches were
made by Mayor Harm, B. Cunningham
and Dr. W. H. Mullen and the spirit
of the vast crowd was loyal to the
highest degrees.
Bloomfield is determined to stamp
out the lust vetiges of "kaiserlsm, and
this is but a starter In the cleanup cam
paign. Bloomfield’s quota for the sec
ond Liberty loan was $98,000 and the
last tally shows that this amount was
oversubscribed almost $70,000.
SCOTTSBLUFF SCENE
OF DOUBLE SHOOTING
Scottsbluff, Neb., Nov. 3.—Lyle Bish
op, aged 23, shot and dangerously
wounded Miss Esther Orites at her
apartments In this city and then turned
the weapon upon himself. The bullet
crashed through his head and he died
almost instantly.
The attempted murder and suicide
are supposed to have been committed
while Bishop was suffering from a fit
of temporary insanity.
Young Bishop, who was employed in
the Weller store, was originally from
Broken Bow, as is also Miss Crltes.
They were schoolmates.
Bishop called upon the girl at the
apartments, which she shared with an
other young woman, who was present
and witnessed the tragedy.
The wounded girl is a stenographer
employed in the First National bank
of this city. Physicians say she may
recover. The dead man is survived by]
his mother, brother and sister, all resi
dents of this city.
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PEOPLE OF CHAMBERS
BUY LIBERTY BONDS
Chambers, Neb., Nov. 3.:—Though
someone with a grudge against this
town reported from O’Neill that the
people of Chambers had not subscribed
for Liberty bonds as they should, it is
disclosed that subscriptions for the
bonds to the amount of 312,450 were
made through the two banks. The peo
ple of Chambers are as loyal per capita
as the people of any other community
In the country.
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WAKEFIELD RED CROSS
CHAPTER KEEPS BUSY
Wakefield, Neb., Nov. 3.—The Wake
field Red Cross chapter sent their sec
ond consignment to Chicago. The ship
ment consisted of 24 pairs of socks, IS
pairs of pajamas, 15 sweaters, 15 wrlst
ers, 15 ambulance pillows, 9 scarfs, 9
wash cloths, 24 napkins, 36 supply
handkerchiefs, 3 packages muslin
strips and 9 quilts. Several quilts and
ambulance pillows are ready for the
third shipment. The largest box that
could be obtained would not hold all
that was ready for this lime.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR
ALL GERMAN CHURCHES
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 3.—Rev. O. D.
Baltzly, pastor of Kountze Memorial
Lutheran church, who last spring was
quoted ;us saying he believed "this to be
Mr. Wilson's war,” is leader of a na
tional movement in the Lutheran
church to substitute English for Ger
man and other foreign languages. The
movement was begun at the annual
convention of the general council of the
church which has been in session at
Philadelphia. Ur. Baltzley was a spec
ial commissioner to the council.
NEW MEDICAL MAN AT
THE NORFOLK ASYLUM
Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 3.—The board of
control has named Dr. Beverly A.
Finkle, recently of Faribault, Minn., as
first assistant physician at the Norfolk
state hospital for Insane, to take the
place of Dr. H. R. Carson, who resigned
to enter the army hospital serv ice.
Dr. Finkle will report for service No
vember 16, bringing his family with
him. He has been doing state institu
tion work at Faribault and at St.
Joseph, Mo., having about five years’
experience in state ^institution work.
FREMONT—Oscar Hornyak/ groom of
a day, who was arrested on a charge of
being a slacker, Was released when he
produced his discharge papers from the
national guard. Hornyak served on the
border a year ago and with the Fremont
signal corps at Lincoln last summer. He
was discharged in September, two months
after the draft. He misrepresented his
age, however, in giving It to the clerk at
the county judge’s office, but secured the
consent of his parents lat^r.
WAKEFIELD—Four Wakefield boys
have recently been made officers at Camp
Funston. Alva Bowman has been pro
moted from company clerk to sergeant,
Clifford Carlson was also made sergeant
Friedolph Johnson is tt corporal, Carl
Swanson, who was chosen as one of the
20 to train the negroes, is also in line for
promotion.
LYONS—When M. M. Warner prepared
to take his flowers in for the winter he
discovered the Star of Bethelhem, usually
a pure white, had turned a blood red
color. Persons of a superstitious nature
are inclined to the belief the change of
color has something to do writh the en
trance of our soldiers Into the great Eu
ropean war.
ALLIANCE—The 100 Sioux Indian*
brought to this county to assist in har
vesting the potato crop were given a re
ception by the Community club, the In
dians in turn put on paint, feathers and
beads and did their utmost to show their
appreciation. About 1,000,000 bushels of
spuds were picked by the Indians in this
and adjoining counties.
OMAHA—The bank clearings in Omaha
for October were $308,149,223, exceeding by
nearly $40,000,000 the previous high record
made in March of this year and more than
$70,000,000 above the clearings for October,
1916.
LINCOLN—Some time within the next
few days the work of boring for oil in
Banner county to begin. The Prairie
Oil & Gas company, of Kansas, which is
regarded as one of the subsidiaries of the
Standard. Is spending $100,000 in experi
menting in that section, where the experts
say a dome has been found.
LINCOLN—Nebraska state institutions
: under the state board of control are fac
| lug a coal famine, all because- railroads
| have commenced confiscating coal
; destined to state institution*. Whether
I there is to be any real nuffering at state
institutions on account o’ luck of coal
wilt toon develop.
“SLACKER" BANKS TO
BE ASKED TO EXPLAIN
Nebraska Council of Defense tc
Quiz Those Who Hindered
Liberty Loan.
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 2.—The state
council of defense proposes to call be
fore it for explanations a number ol
bankers in the state who are reported
to it as having not only refused to sub.
scribe for Liberty bonds, but whq
placed obstacles in the way of solicitor*
and indulged in criticisms of the gov
ernment that were disloyal. The quit
will also include other citizens who
talked too freely and too critically to
Individuals who were soliciting sub
scriptions. The council proposes tc
take drastic steps against any who
actually offended against this law. It.)
principal difficulties heretofore have
been to secure evidence to justify
prosecutions, and it is expected that U
these bankers and others have th«
courage of their convictions they will
repeat their criticisms where witnesses
who will not be deterred by social or
financial reasons from testifying will
hear what they have to say.
NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY TO
HONOR ANDREWS’ MEMORY
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2.—The Univer
sity of Nebraska will honor the memory
of its former chancellor, E. Benjamin
Andrews, whose death occurred Tues
day at his home in Florida, by holding
services of a memorial character at the
hour of his interment in Grantville,
Ohio. A member of the faculty will at
tend the funeral as the representative
of the institution.
Mr. Andrews came to the university
from Chicago, where he had been super
intendent of schools, in August, 1900,
and retired because of failing health on
January 1, 1909. He was formerly
president of Brown university, but left
there because of his espousal of the
cause of free silver and the consequent
ruction among the trustees. It was be
cause of this action in Brown that he
was tendered the chancellorship of Ne
braska. He was named by President
Harrison in 1892 as a member of the
international monetary conference that
met that year in Belgium.
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NEBRASKANS TO STUDY
CONSERVATION PLANS
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 2.—Gurdon W.
Wattles, Omaha millionaire, in charge
of the food conservation work in Ne
braska, is here organizing the various
actvities in support of the task in hand.
He says his principal work is to con
vince people of the necessity that exists
for the conserving of food in order that
allies may be supplied.
John L. Kennedy, state fuel adminis
trator, met today with the coal men to
talk over the organization of a coal
committee to fix prices for Lincoln. Mr.
Kennedy has secured the promise of 100
cars of hard coal to relieve the situa
tion in the small towns where the base
burner flourishes.
ALIMONY PROBLEM TO
THE SUPREME COURT
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2.—John E. Van
Dorn, of Omaha, has asked the Ne
braska supreme court to set aside a
judgment directing him to pay his
former wife $40 per month for the sup
port of herself And son and to furnish
them with a home. Mrs. Van Dorn ob
tained a divorce some years ago, and
her husband wras directed to pay her
$1,500 alimony and $150 a month there
after. There was a reconciliation and
Mrs. Van Dorn signed an agreement re
leasing him from this obligation. Later
she sought to have the judgment re
vived and the agreement set aside. In
the meantime Van Dorn had remarried.
The lower court found he had a right
to do so, and in consideration of that
fact it reduced the amount of alimony.
YOUNG ELOPERS WIN
OVER ALL OBJECTIONS
Fremont. Neb.. Nov. 2.—Herbert Ma
son, of Pender, and Miss Myrtle Nj»son
ger, of Omaha, secured a marriage li
cense and Judgef Wintersteen had just
finished tying the nuptial knot when a
telegram reached him from the sheriff
at Pender, instructing him not to marry
the couple. An hour later the father of
the groom called up by telephone from
Blair to assert that his son was under
age and that the judge, therefore,
should not grant him a permit to wed.
Judge Wintersteen was forced to con
fess to both protestors that they had
j been heard from too late.
CUPID GETS THIS
MAN INTO TROUBLE
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 2.—Oscar Horn
yak, aged 21, applied for a marriage li
cense to wed Bessie Walker, of Oconto,
a music student at the college. He told
Judge Wintersteen that his birthday
was April 21. Court house officials as
certained later that Hornyak did not
register for the selective draft be
cause “he was under 21.” Warrant was
issued for the arrest of Hornyak on a
“slacker” charge.
LINCOLN—Sixty students of the school
of agriculture have signified their inten
tion of leaving school to help with farm
work during the next few weeks. Sev
eral boys left Saturday. Fifteen will go
next Saturday and other contingents dur
ing the succeeding two wreeks. All must
return to school not later than Decem
ber 3. Free tutoring will be offered and
some extra classes will probably be
opened to enable them to make up their
work.
LINCOLN—The Lincoln city commis
sioners will not grant the Lincoln Gas &
Electric company permission to charge
$1.25 per thousand feet for gas it fur
nishes its patrons during the period of
war prices for fear that any such action
would ruin all chances of winning the
dollar gas case which is now pending in
the United States supreme court.
PAPILLION—Fire which destroyed the
old log house on the Sam Gramich farm,
southeast of town, took away one of the
oldest landmarks in Sarpy county. The log
house W'as built by Louie Gramich in 1856
and was still in good condition, it being
used for storage of edibles for winter, all
of which were destroyed with the build
ing.
PROVIDENCE-The death at Inter
lachen, Fla., of Dr. Elisha Benjamin An
drews, formerly president of Brown uni
versity and later chancellor of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, was announced in
telegrams received here.
LINCOLN—1Twenty-two school land
leases for oil and potash development
were issued Tuesday by Land Commis
sioner Shumway, where only one appli
cation for the same tract had been re
ceived. The lands are located in Sheri
dan, Banner, Scotts Bluff, Morrill,
Cherry and Garden counties.
GRAND ISLAND—Mr?. Richard West
phai was fatally burned, her mother, Mrs.
Fred Rlckert was seriously burned, and
Wauneta, 3-year-old daughter of Mrs.
j Westphal, was painfully injured -*vlu*n a
' can of gasoline, mistaken for kerosene,
j exploded in the kitchen of the We^tjjJjal
' home.
HEMP GROWING MAY
BECOME PROFITABLE
Laurel, Neb., Parmer's Experi- !
mental Crop Is Satisfactory !
in Every Resp.ict.
Colertdgg, Neb., Nov. 1.—J. J. Champ
lin, of Laurel, recently completed the
harvest of the first crop of hemp ever
grown in the state of Nebraska and
Indications are the returns will be such
as to make that one of the profitable
crops of the state in years to come.
At the instance of the International
Harvester company and as an experi
ment on the part of that great concern,
Mr. Champlin last spring seeded 80
acres of land to that crop. The company
supplied the seed and implements for
doing the seeding, also the harvesting
machinery, its object being to free it
self and the American farmers from
the robber prices demanded by the
Panama twine monoply which supplies
the bulk of"the twine for binding the
grain crops of America.
At the time of seeding this experi
ment farm in Nebraska the company
also caused similar tracts to be seed
ed with hemp in widely separated parts
of the country. This was done to as
certain where the crop will grew to tho
best advantage.
A representative of the company was
here recently anti pronounced the crop
grown by Mr. Champlin the best in
quantity and quality lie has ever seen
Special machinery was shipped hers
for the harvesting of the crop. An en j
gine runs the machine which cuts the
hemp and a revolving platform dumps
it in swathr. The harvester is drawr
by four horses.
After being cut the hemp must lay
on the ground until the pulp and body
of the stalk have decayed. Then it is
gathered and broken and baled by spec
ial machinery.
The crop grown by Mr. Champlin is
an exceptionally heavy one. it being es
timated it will yield la to 16 tons on an
average to the acre. As it is now worth
19VL cents per pound it is seen this crop
is a. valuable or.c, and will yield the
grower handsome profit, though the
seed, the harvesting and the process ot
preparing the hemp for the market are
al; expensive.
It. is expected other fields of tills new
crop will be planted in the sfiving. that
it will be a great crop hjy'c in tho
future.
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NEBRASKA WILL REAP
BIG POTASH ROYALTIES
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 1.—The Nebras
ka Refining & Pipe Line company,
which threatens to make the state ot
Nebraska rich thsough the royalties it
Is willing to pay for the potash lakes
on school land, has compiled with the
order of the state board of educational
lands and funds and selected the five
sections of state lands for members of
its company. The- state contracted
with the company tfi allow it to pick
five sections out of 59, and to give it
mineral leases thereon. The original
contract gave them three years in
which to make the selection, but as this
barred anybody else from taking any
lakes the c ompany acted quickly and
ordered it done in 30 days.
The company has no potash plant,
but will build one if it cun get enough
potash water to iustify the large ex
penditure necessary for a plant. Four
factories that turn out 5.00 tons of pot- !
ash rails a day are now in operation
and making $70 a ton on it: another is
in process of construction and four
ether companies, with leases, are be
ing organized. The business is a big
-amble as the cost of manufacturing
potash at these figures is three times
what Germany formerly laid potash
down for in New Yyk.
DES MOINES BOYS END
JOY RIDE AT LINCOLN
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 1.—Three Des
Moines youths, Paul O’Reillv. i.'""'
Fiala and Charles Ramsay, West high
school lads, arc anxiously awau.ng m.
arrival of J. V. Hast, stepfather of
O’Reilly, whose car they took and joy
rided west. The hoys say they did not
intend to run away when they left, but
the going was so good that they kept on
going. They left with $50, but spent
so much of it for repairs that they had
but 50 cents when they reached Lincoln,
and had been getting handouts from
generous farmers for a day. They said
they never allowed any other car to
pass them while on the Journey.
THREE POTASH TOWNS
ARE GROWING RAPIDLY
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. L—The potash
industry ol' northwestern Nebraska
has caused three new towns to be
horn. The new town of Hpffland, 12
miles from Alliance, has now a popu
lation of 600 and is growing rapidly.
Antioch has been on the map longer,
but a year ago all it contained was
a store and two house1' It now con
tains a population of l.yeij.
Lakeside is another potash made
town. It is a yellow cement town. It is
'located on the eastern edge of the pot
ash area. It was originally the head
quarters of the T. B. Hurt cattle ranch,
which covers two entire townships.
GOVERNOR'S REGIMENT
13 FAST FILLING UP
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1.—The govern
or’s regiment, the Seventh Nebraska, is
rapidly filling up. Every one of the
companies now has more than the min
imum number required, and three ure
very close to their maximum strength
As soon as tile minimum number had
been reached, the governor common!
rated with the war department, and is
expecting any day to secure the recog
nition of it promised him personally
when lie was in Washington.
EVIDENCE FAVORABLE TO
MAN NOW ON TRIAL
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1.—That George
Miller, the barber, killed by a street
car conductor during the strike rioting
last May, hud been drinking and had
encagei with others in stoning the cars
of the company, was brought out at ti e
trial of Conductor Calvin Lambert,
charged with the murder. Two com
panion;! of Miller so testified and also
declared that they were running away
after stoning the cur when the con
ductor opened fire on them.
■——
ALLIANCE—The first annual potato
show and convention will bo held at Al
liance, November 15 and 16. There will
be county as well as individual exhibits
from the principal potato producing sec
tions of the state.
LINCOLN—Land Commissioner Shuni
way is devoting Ills energies to increasing
the Income of the state by having school
lands reappraised for leasing purposes.
The commissioner has contended that 1
much stab land hn« been leased below ,
a fair valuation. Lessees must in the fu- I
turn pay the state rental ;;t the rate of 1
6 per cent on the gppraisid valvttion.
LINCOLN — Supposing that George j
Whitmcv. i’ meat cutter, was a highway
man, R. 12. BothweU. who was starting i
on a hunting trip with li.s brother, shot
at Wilitmer and the bullet struck the j
I butcher in the calf of the right leg. The
, victim of the accidental shooting is not ;
I seriwiigiy hurt.
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4 American Flotilla Base in the 4
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4 16.—One submarine which will 4
4 never sail to Germany again was 4 i
4 sunk under peculiar cireum- 4 1
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4 U-boat torpedoed a ship bound 4 ,
4 from the United States. It is ex- 4 |
4 tremely unwise and unsafe tQ +
4 fire a torpedo at such close 4
4 range, but the U-boats must 4
4 take their targets as they get 4
4 them these days. The torpedoed 4
4 ship was loaded with a cargo of 4
4 heavy war material, and the ex- 4
4 plosion was so forcible that it 4
4 blew a large piece of heavy ma- 4
4 terial through the deck of the 4
4 ship and dropped it on the sub- 4
4 marine as the latter was sub- 4
4 merging. The hull of the sub- 4
4 marine was crushed like an egg 4
4 shell and she sank with all on 4
4 board.
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OFBTQpiES
Meeting Today Held With That
in View Because the Steel i
and Nickel Used Are <
Needed in War.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 3.—With
the prospect that war requirements
goon will necessitate curtailment of
production in all nonessential indus
tries, conferences with manufacturers
of automobiles and automobile acees- J
sories began today at the council of ^
national defense.
The question of curtailing produc- I
tion of automobiles was said to have |
been precipitated because of the short- ’
age in steel and nickel, both of which
are used extensively in the manufac
ture of automobiles and are also neces
sary in the production of war muni
tions. _
FAKERS TRY TO OBTAIN
FOOD CANNED BY WOMEN
‘Washington, D. C., Nov. 2.—The food
administration today branded as im
postors men in various parts of the
country who have attempted to buy
home canned products put up by house
wives, representing themselv'es as food
administration agents. At the same
time the food administration took oc
casion again to deny that the govern
ment contemplates commandeering
home canned goods.
NEW YORK GOES INTO
FUEL AND FOOD TRADE
New York, N<fv. 2.—New York city
today entered the coal and grocery
business. The buying, selling and stor
ing of food and fuel is now in tin* hands
of Dr. Henry Moskowitz, head of the re
cently appointed city market commis
sion. He lias the power to take over
such necessities as conditions may re
quire. His first step may be to take
over the milk supply unless there are
substantial price reforms by the retail
dealers.
SWEDES SEEK ISLANDS
IN BOTKNiA^FOR KAISER?
Petrograd, Thursday, Nov. 1.—There
is unrest in political circles in Helsing- -
fors, according to a dispatch from the f
Finnish capital, over agitation in the W'
Swedish press of the possibility of the
taking by Sweden of the Aland islands Jjt
lest they be captured by Germany.
Finnish newspapers declare that in lie »
case will Finland give up the islands,
which constitute Finland’s chief de
fense.
The Aland islands are in the Gulf o.
Bothnia at the entrance of the Gulf of
Finland. The islands are nearer Finland A
than Sweden. The population consists ’
mostly of Swedes, _
SAYS RUSSIAN TROOPS
HOLD 147 DIVISIONS
Washington, D. C., Not. 3.—Notwith
standing withdrawals of German troops
from the Russian front for the Italiar
campaign there still as 147 German
Austrian, Turkish and Bulgarian divis
Ions facing the Russian army, the Rum
sian embassy announced today.
GOTpSI
South Dakota Federal Judgq
Acts in Cases of Convict
ed Russians and
Germans.
Sioux Falls, S. D. Nov. 3.— In Fnited
States court this morning Judge d oil
man overruled motions for a stay of
sentence and for new trials in the rases
of 27 Cerman-Russian farmers of
Hutchinson county, and al! defendants m3
were sentenced to terms varying from.JM
one to five years in the federal pcni
tentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., ™
and fined sums varying from $300 to )
$1,000.
August Friedrichs, alleged ring lead
er of the 27 men who were convicted
of Violation of the espionage act by re
sisting the selective draft law and
threatening the governor and other of
ficers charged with its enforcement,
was fined $1,000 and sentenced to a
term of five years in the Fort Leaven
worth prison.
All tile others were fined sums v.Wy
ing from $300 to $500 and sentenced jjto
terms at Fort Leavenworth varying
from one to two years.
There are rumors that an appeal will
be taken to the federal circuit court of
appeals, which would tie up matters
for a time.
Ail the defendants apparently were
unconcerned when the sentences were
Missed upon theta.
