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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1923)
THE FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER, C. TEMPLETON, Editor and Businas* Managsr. ffiFfElLL^ NEBRASKA TELEGRAPH BRIEFS All records for tourist travel to Toe* Mite park were breken one day recently. A Belgian airman recently rose to a height of 1,600 feet In lees than a minute, flying a seven hors* power monoplane. Cigars 18 Inches long, weighing half a bound ana prloed at $8.79 nave been exhibited In London recently. It is estimated that motor trucks now carry 89 per cent as much freight as do railroads, though the average haul ts much shorter. The town of Alamltos, Cal., with about 10,000 Inhabitants, hag recently voted t* be annexed to the city of Long Beach. Auto polo games will be a speatal fea ture of the California State fair at Sacremento In September. The Oregon Short Line railroad plans construction of a 98 mile branch road from Rogerson, Idaho to Wells, Nev., this summer. The cost will be slightly over $5,000,000, It Is estimated. At one Bavarian hotel a visitor re cently found th# tablecloths r.nd nap kins to be paper, the buter margarine, the coffee oats, and the rice bread crumbs. A bank has been opened at Orass Val ley, Cal., In a building once occupied by one of the most famous of early dap saloons. Copper monsy bearing the uncrowned head of Queen Victoria is being called In by the bank of England. About 18,000,000 tons of coal aro con sumed annually in London, 6,000,000 tony being used for domestic purposes. Edward Schiller, accused of stealing raxapliones from a Los Angeles music house, was asked to play a tune by the judge before Whom he was tded. When he confessed he was unable to do s* the judge gave him the maximum sen terjc*. Bird S. Coler, commissioner of public welfare in New York, wants the city to forbid use of its streets for money raising drives of all sorts. A new steel alloy, claimed to be supe rior In strain resisting any mechanical properties to any other such alloy, has allo^ has recently been Invented at beventy per cent of the 2.000 students at Yale took active part In one or more ©f the 20 athletlo sports offered at the university during the past year. A Roosevelt trophy, a cowboy riding a bucking broncho, will be awarded to winners In championship contesta for cowboys at Cheyanne, Wyo., New York city and Pendleton, Ore., this year. King Oaorge and Queen Mary of Eng land have Just paid their annual visit to Scotland. They held court In Holly rood palace and received the Scottish clans. Hawaii is a country of rainbows. It Is a rare thing for 24 hours to elapse without on* or more of the colored arches appearing above Honolulu. Efforts will be made to put Identi fication bands on #00 wild ducks and ceess at Point Barrow, northernmost Alaska, this summer in an attempt to gain definite Information about tho mi gratory habits of these birds. Plans are being made to establish a passenger air nils from London which will enable anyone to make a trip to the Swiss Alps and return In one day. Swans can fly at the rate of 100 miles an hour. Mayor Small of Rochester, N. Y„ who has been cutting city expenses right and left, has discovered he Is unable to cut his own salary from *<VV* to $!Wtt b year, as he wishes. He plans to ask the legislature to repeal the law which fixes his salary at #600. YANKTON RAILROAD MAN IS GIVEN PROMOTION Yankton. S. D., July 28. (Special) Gus Stelnbach, for several years lo cal cashier for the Northwestern railway, has been appointed passen ger Rgent here, to succeed the late JT. W. Warring. EXPECT KENNEBEC TO DEMAND POSSESSION SOON Pierre, S. D., July 28—It Is not like ly that Kennebec will lose any great amount of time in taking the honors of the county seat of Lyman coun ty under the holding of the supreme court. While the supreme court does not agree with the circuit court on all Its findings as to what votes should be counted and should not be counted, after making Its own cal culations on the record sent up by the lower court the supreme court holds that there were 2,640 votes which were legally cast on the Issue of removal of the county seat, and that out of that number the removal vote was 1,768, which Is slightly over two-thirds of the total vote oast on that question, and that Ken nebec Is the county seat under that vote. LAW ENFORCERS BUSY; GAMES OF CHANCE RAIDED. Geddes, S. D„ July 28 (Special)— While the second day of one of the most successful celebrations ever held In this city was In progress here Thursday afternoon and the. close te one hnudred, concessionaires were busy with the monster crowd in at tendance at the American Legion Old Settlers Picnic, State Sheriffs Wood, Smith, Peters and thro fede ral special deputies quietly slipped Into town and swooped down upon the operators of fortune wheels of every kind. Word was rapidly pas sed out and many operators of wheels deserted their stands and fled while others tore down their wheels and concealed them, en arrests were made and Judge Shuck assessed fines of )5 and costs In each case. The Officers retained the seized paraphernalia. After cleaning up every game of chance in operation they started In pursuit of those who had made their get away. • This raid la the first since the official statement made by State Sheriff Shanks a short time ago. when he said that no fortune wheels or games of thance would be allawed to operate at any fair or celebra tions in this Stats this year. Unto ths End. SVem The Y os man Shield. TIow s thTsV* asked the lawyer. Tou ve nabAed six bankers In your will to be pallbearers, of course. It'a all right, but wouldn't you rather choose Some friends with whom you are on Better terms?" "No. that's all right. Those fellows have carried me for so long they might as well finish the Job.” The Fly in th~ ( j. From the LonisvJH* < juri'?-Journal. \ icc- Pres dent Calvin Coolldge Bays the unr'tf m»-» be sued by co ope-.'.Ten Hit .he x* e department **"» " . »♦ c* that IlIn cut in TUBJUIIIIT State Treasurer of Nebraska Says Only Saving Is In Soldiers’ Relief Fund Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 2. (SpecfJal)^ State Treasurer Robinson says that the reduction of a million dollars in the amount of state taxes la not due to any cut in the cost of operating the state government, but because there was no money appropriated by the last legislature for soldiers’ re lief. The previous legislature ap propriated $2,000,000 for that purpose, and as this was an ample sum, being Invested and the interest used for the purpose stated, no necessity existed for another appropriation. The entire cut is, therefore, represented by the million that was raised for this pur pose last year and which will not be yalaed this year. MU8T RETURN HIS GIFT OF 86,000 Fremont, Neb., Aug. 2.—Five thou sand dallars given by Jamea Coogan, 83, to his neighbor, Mrs. Catherine Calrnes to purchase a home for her self and family, must'be returned to the donor, or title to the two proper ties purchased by Mrs. Cairrres with the money will be given Coogan, ac cording to decision of Judge F. W. Button in district court. The youthful wife of Coogan, whom he married as a girl of 18 in Ireland 10 years ago, brought the suit for recovery of the donation to Mrs. Calrnes, who is the mother of seven children. The case was tried two weeks ago. - —- -_M BLOOMFIELD BREEDERS BUILD FINE HOQ BARN Bloomfield, Neb.. Aug. 2 (Special) —Patterson & Powell, breeders of Duroc hogs, are erecting what is claimed to be the finest and best equipped hog barn in this section of the state- The new building is to be 100 feet long and 28 feet wide at the ends. It will be 40 feet wide In the middle and two stories high. It will be floored with con crete and the hog pens will have a board floor In addition. It will bo equipped with a hay mow, grain bins, dipping tank and other conveniences, with a furnace in the basement. The total cost of the structure will be in the neighbor hood of $5,000. The farm is located seven miles north of Bloomfield. CHILD BADLY HURT BY AN ANGRY COW Fremont, Neb., Aug. 2.—Laura Stleren, 8 years old, daughter of a farmer living near West Point, Neb., is still lying unconscious, at a Fre mont hospital where she was brought Tuesday evening following an attack by a milch cow The girl had been playing with a small calf, in a barn yard enclosure and was suddenly at tacked by the mother cow. WINNEBAGO POWWOW TO BE BIG AFFAIR Winnebago, Neb., Aug. 2.—A game of lacrosse between members of In dian tribes and broncho busting con tests will be the features of a day of entertainment which will be held here Saturday. Several thousand visitors are expected. Other events arranged are squaw races, pony races, potato races and a baseball game. The entertainment will start at 2 p. m. SWIMS LAKE ERIE Oarbis Walker, First to Ac complish Feat, Partly Paralyzed After Covering 33 Miles Lorain, O., Aug. 2—Carbls Walker, the first man to Bwim across Lake Erie, ate a very hearty breakfast and went to bed after dragging himself ashore at 5 :30 a. m. here today. Walker had been in the water 20 hours and 15 minutes. He swam the 33 miles from Point Pelee, Ont. “I might have gone farther had it been necessary”, Walker said. The heroic swimmer worked off 20 pounds weighing 176 when he plun ed into the lake and 156 when he came ashore here. He was accompanied by four row boats and the gasoline launch Argus. The latter became lost in a fog and did hot finish the trip until several hours later. Lumps of sugar thrown over the sides of the row boats were Wolker’s only nourishment. Meat broth and milk provisions on board the boats spoiled before the swim was half finished. Members of the party accompany ing Walker said the lake was smooth throughout the long swim. “I am going to sleep all day”, Walk er said, when he arrived at the coast guard sleeping quarters here. The fresh water swim had sapped his strength. His legs are partially and temporarily paralyzed. He is sleeping an exhausted sleep on a cot in the United States coast guard sta tion here. New York, Aug.- 8.—The committee considering consolidation of the Cal umet and Hecla Mining Company, the Ah meek Mining Company, the Allouez Mining Company, the Cen tennial Copper Company, and the Osceola Consolidated Mining Com pany today announced it had agreed upon a plan of consolidation provid ing for an authorized capitalization of 2,500,000 shares at 925 par value. The new company will issue 2,005,802 of these shares to stockhold ers of constituent companies and the remaining shares will be reserved tor general corporate purposes. NICKERSON BONK IS TOKEN OVER Nebraska Guaranty Fund Commission Acts Under New Law—Puts It On Its Feet Lincoln, Neb., Aug. ' (Special)— The state guaranty fund commission has taken over its first bank under the new law. This is the First State of Nickerson, Dodge county, which was recently robbed of $26,000 In ft mysterious manner. W. E. Fane stock, of Scribner, Is In charge, and the commission will proceed to try to put It on its feet again. The first public sale of assets of a failedi bank was held at Hadar, Pierce county, Monday, when Secretary Knudson of the banking board se cured bids totaling $87,022, which will reimburse the guaranty fund In full for the money paid ^ to depositors shortly after the bank failed and pay all. the expenses of the receivership. INCENDIARY FIRE8 ARE BEING INVESTIGATED Lincoln, Neb., Aug. ,> (Special)— Somebody with a grudge to settle is the explanation of the fire preven tion investigators who have been looking into two fires here early Tuesday merning. One was in the McPherren tire shop and the other In one of the Fisk tire company bran ches. The insurance on the former stock was only half the value of it, and the Fisk company carries its own insurance. Somebody had removed the outer casing from a Waterbury alarm clock, and attached three matches to the end of the hammer that strikes the alarm. A piece of emery paper was attached to a piece of wood at the spot In the contrivance, which was encased in a packing box, where the hammer would fall. An oll soaked piece of newspaper was close by. Oil however, got onto the matches and they did not ignite. RANDOLPH'S EXPENSES ARE CONSIDERABLY MORE Randolph, Neb., Aug. ^ (Special)— Appropriations for the city for the coming year were given out this week. Total appropriations are for $31,211.48 as compared with a total of $20,150 for last year. However, the increase in city appropriations is nearly made up by the decrease in school appropriations which was cut this year over $8,000. The city light plant Is also a heavy ex pense due to the installation of a new engine this year. But the plant is earning a surplus and has practically paid for Itself and in future years will bring in enough revenue to pay for Itself and leave surplus to pay on other city activities. RAILROADS REFUSE TO CUT RATES ON WHEAT Omaha, Neb., Aug. \—Refusal of 20 western railroad executives at Chicago to grant a request by an Omaha business men’s commission for a 25 per cent, emergency freight rate reduction on export wheat and flour was based partly on conten tion that wheat growing foreign countries would meet any resulting American competition it was said to day at the Omaha chamber of com merce. A communication from J. E. Gor man, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad company, said to have been to this effect, was received by the commission, but its text was not madie public as John Kennedy, committee chairman, de sires to send a reply before its de tailed contents are announced. GROCER FINED FQR SELLING LEMON EXTRACT Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 4 (Special)— J. A. Mize, prominent Lincoln gro cer, was fined $100 and costs in justice court for selling too much lemon extract, which contains a large amount of alcohol. The state showed that Mize had sold |616 worth of lemon extract the past thirty days, at a profit of $470. The wife of a man named C. P. Hughes tracked him to ascertain where he had been gett ing the material to extend his spree indefinitely, and told the police. The wholesale men say that Mize had an Ingenious repeat order method of getting the extract, waiting until the hour when a new order clerk went on the telephone, when he would add to his extract order, and in that way get all he wanted. BEGGING FOR GASOLINE IS THE VERY LATEST Yankton, S. I)., July ", (Special)— “Please, sor, an’ could you give a poor woman a few pennies for gas for her starving flivver?’’ That’s the new beggar gag we have now. It was sprung in Yankton a day or two ago. A family of half a dozen hove into town, clustered about on a diminutive automobile with a sort of abridged truck rear end. They had to get to relatives in Nebraska or Montana, or some other place, and they had only the flivver and it was out of gas. All they asked for was five gallons. They appealed to citi zens, and finally to the Ked Cross, which decided it would be economy to give them enough gas to get them out of town. It was a choice of that or feeding the whole family. The woman did the active begging. The dairyman who produces and sells a low grade of cream is nipping profits in the bud. FARMERS GRAIN COMPANY INCREASES ITS CAPITAL Lincoln, Neb„ Aug. ' (Special)— Attorney General Spillman said Tues day that the Farmers Union Grain company which has been admitted as a member of the Omaha Grain ex change. has not changed its articles of incorporation so far as he knows, by eliminating the distribution of dlvl ’ dends upon a patronage basis. It had, he said, made an increase in capital stock. Tuberculosis is a community prob lem. PARENTS BATTLE FOR MIR CHILD ! Omaha Judge Orders Little One Held—May Be Sent To New York For Court Action Omaha, Nab., Aug. -Judge Leslie in district court today ordered Roger Williams, six year old son of Mr. and Mrs Roger Williams, New York, held In custody of Sherillf Endres while hearing on which the parents shall have the child Is* had. „ j The Williams, while separated, are not divorced. Little Rogers has keen living here with Williams mother, Mrs Elizabeth Williams. Both parents are In New York. t [ Mrs Rose Bellow, Brooklyn, sister of Mrs Roger Williams today brought habeas carpes proceedings to have the child returned to its mother, Mrs. Williams, acting for her son, protests ed against this action. Williams is a retired colonel on general Pershing’s staff and is now a bond salesman In New York. The familly Is prominent In New York soolety. Judge Leslie intimated he may send the child to New York in custody of the sheriff to let New York courts Bettle the case. 8AY HOUSE EMCUitlBERED BECAUSE OF THREAT8. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. * --W. H. Thompson and wife, an aged couple of Cuming county, have lodged with the supreme court an appeal from a mortgage forclosure judgment which they say will leave them homeless in their old age. They say that they were forced by threats that their home would be taken from them and two of their Bons criminally prosecuted unless they signed the note and mortgage, the proceeds of which were used to pay off the boy s debts. Mrs. Thompson says that she was told the hounds would be lei loose on her. This so affected her that she disappeared freon home. A son found her hiding in the haymow. Bhe said she did so to escape the hounds. BETTER SUPPLY OF GRAIN OARS 18 AS8URBD Huron, S. D., Aug. The South Dakota Farm Bureau federation has been notified by the American Rail way association that they have offi cially adopted the ruling for supply ing cars to blocked elevators as recommended at the meeting of the Northwest Regional Advisory board at Sioux Falls recently. This ruling will assure a more adequate supply of freight cars for farmers’ elevators this fall. In former years, the allotment of cars for county elevators has been based on the capacity of the houses. Because line elevators, as a rule, are larger than those owned by farm ers, they hve been getting a greater proportion of the available cars. With the rule based on the number of loads passing through a house for a 10-day period, farmers’ elevators will be able to get cars In proportion to amount of grain handled. The advisory board, through its sub-committees, has completed a sur vey of the number of cars that will be needed this fall for coal, grain and other commodities. with this Information in hand, steps are being taken to Induce consumers of coal to obtain a supply to carry them through the,winter before Oc tober 1. This campaign will have the reffect of avoiding a peak demand for coal cars at the same time that the demand for grain cars Is heaviest. The advisory board, organized last spring, already hs done much to re lieve the car shortage and all Indica tions point to a satisfactory supply this fall and winter. MADE 8URE HE WOULD HAVE FI8H BAIT Mitchell, S. D„ Aug. 'S-Some where in the twin oltles, St. Paul and Minneapolis, there' is a man who gave 12 dozen frogs a 400 mile automobile ride. He caught five black bass and counts hlm t elf fortunate and well-repaid for his long journey with the frogs. One day last'week at a Mitchell fill ing station an automobile stopped. The tonneau of the car was filled with strange looking boxes. When the men at the station Inquired the reason for the boxes, the driver ex plained that they held the frogs. He was going to Lake Andes and that he didn’t want to take a chance of not being able to get any frogs there, so he had brought them with him. Two or three days later the same man stopped at the same filling station. He proudly displayed his five bass. His frogs were all gone. ANTHRAX LOSSES ARE 8AID TO BE ALARMING Wessington Springs, S. D., Aug. r (Special.)—A serious outbreak of anthrax is reposted to the south of here In Viola township with more serious losses to the south in Aurora county, where as high as 70 head of cattle are reported dead in one pas ture. Among the losers of live stock in Jerauld county are Matt Hen dricks, Frank Hougland, Gene Por ter, Will Beckman, Nels Christensen and George Housner, the losses sus tained being from one to eight head each. Beveral veterinarians are working to combat the spread of the disease by vaccination and every care is being exercised to prevent further losses. The Pennsylvania railroad conclud es successful experiments with auto matic safety devices, and is to be con gratulated. These devices connecting track and , locomotive electrically, stop trains , automatically with no action on the ' part of the engineer or fireman, when there is danger of collision or an open switch. The curious thing la that railroads should be left to accept or reject such safety devices according to their own : will. Xn Switzerland such devices have been In use successfully and have not 1 been kept secret Their use should be compulsory. MILLION CUT IN MsjiGimmY State Treasurer of Nebraska Says Only Saving Is In Soldiers’ Belief Fund Lincoln, Neb., Aug. (Special)— State Treasurer Robinson says that the reduction of a million dollars In the amount of state taxes is not due to any cut in the cost of operating the state government, but because .there was no money appropriated by the last legislature for soldiers’ re- j lief. The previous legislature ap propriated $2,000,000 for that purpose, and as this was an ample sum, being invested and the interest used for the purpose stated, no necessity existed for another appropriation. The entire cut is, therefore, represented by the million that was raised for tills pur pose last year and which will not be raised this year. MUST RETURN HI8 GIFT OF $6,000 Fremont, Neb., Aug. %—Five thou sand dallars given by James Coogan, 83, to his neighbor, Mrs. Catherine Calrnes to purchase a home for her self and family, must be returned to the donor, or title to the two proper ties purchased by Mrs. Calrnes with the money will be given Coogan, ac cording to decision of Judge F. W. Button In district court. The youthful wife of Coogan, whom he married as a girl of 16 in Ireland 10 years ago, brought the suit for recovery of the donation to Mrs. Calrnes, who is the mother of seven children. The case was tried two weeks ago. BLOOMFIELD BREEDER8 BUILD FINE HOG BARN Bloomfield, Neb.. Aug. (Special) —Patterson & Powell, breeders pf Duroo hogs, are erecting what is claimed to be the finest and best equipped hog barn in this section of the state- The new building is to b* 100 feet long and 28 feet wide at the ends. It will be 40 feet wide in the •_ middle and two stories high. It will be floored with con crete and the hog pens will have a board floor in addition. It will be equipped with a hay mow, grain bins, dipping tank and other conveniences, with a furnace in the basement. The total cost of the structure will be in the neighbor hood of $6,000. The farm is located seven miles nortih of Bloomfield. CHILD BADLY'HURT BY AN ANGRY COW Fremont, Neb., Aug. “ —Laura Stleren, 6 years old, daughter of a farmer living near West Point, Neb., is still lying unconscious, at a Fre mont hospital where she was brought Tuesday evening following an attack by a milch cow The girl had been playing with a small calf, in a barn yard enclosure and was suddenly at tacked by the mother cow. WINNEBAGO POWWOW TO BE BIG AFFAIR Winnebago, Neb., Aug. —A game of lacrosse between members of In dian tribes and broncho busting con tests will be the features of a day of entertainment which will be held here Saturday. Several thousand visitors are expected. Other events arranged are squaw races, pony races, potato races and a baseball game. The entertainment will start at 2 p. m. SWIMS Li ERIE IN TWEE HOURS Carbis Walker, First to Ac complish Feat, Partly Paralyzed After Covering 33 Miles Lorain, O., Aug. “—Carbis Walker, the first man to swim across Lake Erie, ate a very hearty breakfast and went to bed after dragging himself ashore at 6:30 a. m. here today. Walker had been in the water 20 hours and 15 minutes. He swam the 33 miles from Point Pelee. Ont. "I might have gone farther had it been necessary”, Walker said. The heroic swimmer worked off 20 pounds weighing 176 when he plun ed into the lake and 156 when he came ashore here. He was accompanied by four row boats and the gasoline launch Argus. The latter became lost in a fog and did not finish the trip until several hours later. Lumps of sugar thrown over the sides of the row boats were Wolker’s only nourishment. Meat broth and milk provisions on board the boats spoiled before the swim was half finished. Members or tne pany awump»ny lng Walker said the lake was smooth throughout the long swim. "I am going to sleep all day”. Walk er said, when he arrived at the coast guard sleeping quarters here. The fresh water swim had sapped his strength. His legs are partially and temporarily paralyzed. He Is sleeping an exhausted sleep on a cot In the United States coast guard sta tion here. New York, Aug. —The committee considering consolidation of the Cal umet and Hecla Mining Company, the Ahmeek Mining Company, the Allouez Mining Company, the Cen tennial Copper Company, and the Osceola Consolidated Mining Com pany today announced It had agreed upon a plan of consolidation provid ing for an authorised capitalisation of 3,600,000 shares at $25 par value. The new company will Issue 2,005,302 of these shares to stockhold ers of constituent companies and the remaining shares will be reserved for general corpor^tf purposes. I CONDITION* ABOVE NORMAC * Pierre, S. D., Aug. 1. (Special).— According to figures complied by the < state department of immigration from the July report of the United States department of agriculture, general crop conditions have omproved in ■ South Dakota, nine per cent, since June 1, and is estimated at 102.8 per ' cent, of the normal. Crop conditions In the other leading cornbelt states, Is estimated by the department as follows: Ohio, 94.8; Inldiana 100.2; Illinois, 100.T; Wisconsin, 90.4; Min- \ nesota, 97.1; Iowa, 99.6; Missouri, 102.9; Nebraska, 98.4; Kansas,87. The condition of the state's corn crop is 91 as compared with the 10- 1 year average of 80. Where the corn has been properly cultivated it will; be little affected by whatever weath er conditions may prevail from nowi On, and the estimate of the federal I department of 129,000,000 bushels ast this year's com harvest is more like-! ly to be Increased than reduced when) the final December estihate is made. - Winter wheat suffered from the^ cold, oloudy weather throughout the! early spring, but this same condition has assured a good average spring! wheat crop. This year’s crop is esti-;' mated at 24,300,000 bushels. Thel923 with 38,000,000 bushels In 1922. The' oats orop will be *77,969,000 bushels,: an Increase of 4,000,000 bushels over; lact year, and the barley crop is esti-/ mated at 24,300,00 bushels. The 1922( crop was 21,896,000 bushels. The, South Dakota rye crop Is about halfj as large as last year with a present1 estimate of about 4,000,000 bushels.! The hay crop, both wild and tame,1 Is estimated t® guna little over 6,000, 000 tons. WILD CURRANT MAY BECOME 8TATE STANDARD; Pierre, S. D., Aug. 1. (Special).—^ The yellow currant, which grows, wild In isolated parts of this section’ of the state, is attracting the atten tion of the botanists and horticul turallsts of the state college experi ment station at Brookings as one of! the possible parents of a new variety of current which will be hardier in, this climate and have a much sweeter' and better flavor than any variety, which Is now produced In the state. Prof. E. J. Petry, consulting botan ist of the station, came to Pierre es-j peclally and made a number of trips, into the country for the purpose of securing the seed and some of the plants of the wild yellow currant for the purpose of taking to the college and starting a system of Inter breed ing with other varieties to bring about the desired result. The wlld( current Is large, yellow and almost) transparent, very sweet and with a! splendid flavor. In addition it is hardy to this climate. County Auditor Joseph Ihll, being interested In fruit bearings shrubs, sent samples of the currant to Prof. N. E. Hansen of the state college and he at once became Interested In it aa a possible native fruit from which to* develop a new variety which would’ meet local weather conditions better, than some of the other varieties! which havS been imported with vary - j ing degrees of sucess. COWS 8HOW WELL IN BUTTERMILK PRODUCTION. Brookings, S. D., Aug 1. (Special)!' One hundred twenty-six cows pro-; duced more than 40 pounds of butter fat each among the 1,480 cows tested In 104 herds of the four South Dakota cow testing associations In June. Of the 104 herds, 68 averaged more than ■ - S5 pounds of butterfat for the month. The greatest amount of butterfat was produced by Juno, a grade Guernsey cow owned by Hildebrand brothers of Waubay, and she also re turned the greatest income over cost of feed. Juno produced 67.6 pounds of butterfat valued at $24.33. The charges against her for feed were $1. for pasture, and, as she was given no grain, she netted her owners $23.83. Her test was 6.8 per oent. ALLEGED BOOTLEGGER8 HAVE 8MALL WAR Mitchell, S. D., July 81 (Special)— As the result of an alleged boot leggers" war near Planklnton a party of eight men tried to raid the chicken coop of William Klundt. Klundt heard the thieves and reported them. Blood hounds were out on their trail and led the officers to the home of James Waldron, Jr. Waldron told the offi cers they could learn of the raid from Lawrence Synhorst. Synhorst admitted he had been with the chick en thieves, and told the officers the raid was planned for vengeance on. Klundt, who himself Is suspected of selling liquor. Revenge. Synhorst said’ was sought because Klundt lhad “done i the other gang dirt” Synhorst’s com panions were all arrested and plead guilty. Synhorst, because he turned, state’s evidence, was not tried. Each of the seven was fined $30 and costs. REDS THREATEN SEIZURE 0.F N0ICE RESCUE SHIP Nome, Alaska, July 31.—Harold Noice, head of the expedition to Wrangell Island for the relief of Alan Crawford and his party, marooned there since 1820, has been advised of an announcement by the soviet au thorities at East Cape, Siberia, that unless his ship, the Donaldson calls at Petropavlosk, Kamchatka for prop SCOTLAND FOR THREE | DAY8 OF CELEBRATION. Scotland, S. D., Aug 1, (Special)— Scotland has well-laid plans for a great fall celebration August 20, 21, and 22. There will be ball games every afternoon. All kinds of athletics and sports ^tyl be on the program. LARGE CROWD ATTgND8 FUNERAL O* PIONEER Toronto. S. D., July 21—Funeral, services were held here Monday for Peter Budahl. 68 years old, a reel- I dent of this seotlon for mors than 40 years, who was drowned last weej* while fishing In Lake Hend ricks, A large crowd of towns- J people attended the services which were oonducted by George Utvilden of the Lutheran church. Mlxqd blood Indians are more in telegenj than full-blooded Indiana, recent mental tfgl* show.
